A Booking.com booking blunder! Can I get a full refund for this flight?
Can an online travel agency keep your money after making a reservation you didn’t want? Booking.com just did it to one of our readers.
Advocacy
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Hertz ran out of cars. Why is Booking.com keeping $65 for my rental?
What should you do if your car rental company runs out of cars? Can your online booking site just keep your money? Here’s the unfortunate truth.
A SIM swapping nightmare leads to a $3,809 bill from Best Buy. Can Chase help?
What is SIM swapping and how do you prevent it? Here’s how to protect yourself from identity theft and reclaim your money.
I want my money back for this hotel! Can I dispute a credit card charge made abroad?
Can I dispute a credit card charge I made abroad? That’s what one of our readers wants to know. Here’s the surprising answer.
Does Airbnb allow kids? Here’s how one guest got kicked out of her apartment
Does Airbnb allow kids? Some do, but some don’t, as one of our readers found out. Will her host keep all of her money?
She bid $594 for an upgrade on ITA Airways but was seated in economy class. Now her money is gone.
Can ITA Airways keep the money for your upgrade bid but send you to economy class?
Mold, urine and cockroaches in my vacation rental! Will Vacasa give me a refund?
When James Storie and his family checked into a Vacasa vacation rental in Florida’s Panhandle, he was stunned by the condition of the home.
I lost $6,074 after Booking.com canceled my vacation rental. Can you get it back for me?
Jennifer Book’s problem with a canceled Booking.com vacation rental and Affirm — and the heartbreaking loss of $6,074 — looks like an open-and-shut case.
Help! My Hertz car rental is infested with ants — and now they’re charging me extra
There’s a rule in the Travel Bible that your rental car must be insect-free. But the folks at the Hertz location in Palo Alto, Calif., forgot to study their scripture on the day Miguel Lopez came to town. And they handed him the keys to a car infested by ants.
This $2,484 Aer Lingus flight voucher doesn’t work! Do I still have to pay for my ticket?
When Aer Lingus canceled Thomas Bedsole’s flight from Indianapolis to Dublin during the pandemic, it quickly offered him a voucher for $2,484 — and he quickly accepted. But almost four years later, the Aer Lingus flight voucher doesn’t work — and the airline won’t help him.