Condo Booking Goes Bye Bye

It must have been a premonition that urged me to keep the Toronto DoubleTree booking I mentioned when I wrote about our condo woes 10 days ago.
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At the time of the condo cancelation on 23 June, Adrian (the host), apologized and said that it was an AirBNB system glitch. He provided a link. We rebooked the condo. The cost had gone up by $1+ ... CAD/USD exchange rate differential. Acceptable.

Then, on 1 July, we got another cancelation notice. Adrian apologized again and said it was another AirBNB system glitch. He provided a link. We sat down to rebook the condo. The link didn't work. Adrian provided a second link. Whoa! Wait just a darn minute. The property was listed under a different host. The price was $130+ more than the original booking. Definitely not a CAD/USD exchange rate differential. Not acceptable.

We sent a message to Adrian asking about the discrepancies. Gave him until today to respond. Not a peep. So, we're moving on. Not rebooking the condo this time.

It would have been nice to have a condo for our stay in Toronto. With all the woes being reported for the summer travel season, however, we don't need to be worrying about a condo booking that could flake out on us at the last minute. We'll do just fine with a hotel room instead … especially one that comes with 🍪 🍪 when we check in 😊

P.S. By the way, I checked and the hotel is about as far from Union Station where we will be getting our PCR tests as the condo was. Still walking distance. That's a positive in this saga.Læs mere