Oh my goodness what can we do???!!

I posted a message on the Dubai site to try and get a bit more info on the place they are staying (from this saturday for 5 night on way back to UK), and got a PM from the (very helpful) Dubai Moderator that this place should be avoided at all costs.

I have tried to cancel it for them (Mother in Law is nearly 70) but they booked and paid for it 6 months ago through some Thailand based website

Said website won't cancel it or even upgrade them to another hotel and they would pay the difference.

Would the actual hotel in Dubai have received the money yet?

This is such a shame, I hate feeling so helpless. We've had a such a fabulous time with them and they have loved their first visit to Oz, I just don't want their last 5 nights to be in some dreadful place.

Any advice guys??

God, no idea Was it a lot of money, could they afford to "lose" it and just book somewhere else?

Did you pay by credit card if so contact them.

My Father-in-Law paid for it 6 months ago and the money was taken then I believe.

I think it's a lost cause...........

not necessarily it's the old 'not fit for the purpose for which it was sold' if they take it in payment the can do a reclaim try you've nothing to lose

Thanks so much, I'm still trying!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At least Father In Law will enjoy the place.

How the bloody hell does someobody mistake a brother for a hotel?

I even didn't know that prostitution was legal in Dubai.

It's listed as a hotel but someone on the Middle East site said it's nothing better than a knocking shop

Full of Russian ladies of the night I expect...only what I heard mind!!

Ahem, me mate was telling me it's toppers with Russian girls.

Nothing wrong with a bit of the old eastern block community relations.


Happy to help!

Rich

Mrs J

If it were me, or should i say my inlaws, I'd contact the booking agent and cancel the accom, there may be a refund of some sort or they may have to accept they may well lose what they have paid but fight tooth and nail for it when they get back. Then try to change their flights so they fly all the way through without having to overnight.

You could always try sending your MIL off to the docs to get a cert saying that the doc recommends she gets straight home, then she can claim from her insurance.

Good luck with it, chances are it's not as bad as you imagine, but it is a horrible thought when you are sending older people there.

Lynn

Thanks so much for that - they won't let them cancel, I tried that. Good idea re the doc though..............

Are you sure it was by accident?

Sounds like a British nightclub to me.

Swallow the pill - write it off. Re-book in a different hotel. No use worrying over something that is now out of your control.

Or you could give one of us the hotel booking ...........