I had booked through hotels.com, to pay on arrival. I gave my credit card details, which the website assures us will not be used and are only for security. But two weeks before my stay I got an e- mail and a text saying «PREPAYMENT NEEDED» from someone asking for the hotel costs, reeking of fraud, which I was advised
not to open. On arrival at the hotel, preparing to pay cash as was my intention, I was told they had taken the money from mycard! I have complained to hotels.com,
The flat itself was nor particularly pleasant, I felt like a prisoner, as the windows could not be opened due to the noisy street. The shutters could not be opened completely during daytime, the wind kept half- closing them. The TV worked well, but the only place you could watch it from was sitting in bed, which was also the only place with proper reading light.