MTÜ’s new survey assesses the current state of payment delays on Booking.com, and as a follow-up it examines how many accommodations are still waiting for their money from an online accommodation portal, he writes. spabook.net.
Dear host! booking.com has officially informed the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) that after August 15, it will pay its outstanding debts to all relevant service providers. In order to map the current state of the situation, MTÜ continues to collect data that started at the beginning of August, in order to find out how many service providers are still affected by late payments. Please help our work by filling out the survey at the link below…
– Reads the second round letter of MTÜ.
In the questionnaire, an answer is sought as to whether the company has paid its debts to catering establishments or not.
Not much has been paid yet
Spabook knows that, contrary to the weekend’s promise, the outstanding debt amount has not been transferred to everyone involved, and there are still housing providers waiting to be repaid.
The overall picture includes the fact that the majority received their money by the end of last week, but it’s important to note that Booking was unable to deliver on its promise this time either.
GVH launched a swift investigation
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Tourism Sub-Committee of Parliament’s Economic Committee, the accommodation brokerage firm’s practices were described as unacceptable, and they will do everything they can to bring the matter to an end. GVH is investigating the Dutch company in swift action.
However, more letters from readers have reached our editorial office, in which accommodation applicants complain that the company has not yet paid them.
A debt of 12,000 euros
The index has also been contacted by the accommodation provider who has the apartment paying since June 8th all utility costs (incurred in connection with receiving guests mediated by the booking), cleaning fees, laundry costs and the costs of all hygiene products, but none of this has been conveyed by the company.
However, BOOKING.COM has a total of €12,000 (more than 4.5 million HUF).
Anikó Suhajda-Molnár, deputy director general of the Hungarian Tourism Agency, described it as outrageous that Booking.com is putting local accommodation providers in an unpleasant position in the middle of the tourist season.
