Scams like these

[AuSammy]

I won't touch booking.com. There are too many stories exactly like yours that suggest to me that their systems are, or have been, compromised in some way, and have become a scammers paradise. Book direct with the provider is my advice.

Stopped using them around end of the '90s when I read too many alarming stories on social media . I use hotels . com now and get the one free night in ten plus price match guarantee.

 

[Warks]

Stopped using them around end of the '90s when I read too many alarming stories on social media . I use hotels . com now and get the one free night in ten plus price match guarantee.

I didn't even know they were around back then. The first ones I remember were lastminute and Wotif and that might have been early 2000s? It's all such a blur now. Having been on the web almost since the beginning I have to wonder at the changes.