Istanbul | Cancelled Hotels

[Blue Mist]

Booked with booking.com yesterday morning by lunchtime it was cancelled. Something to do with the calendar not being maintained by the accommodation provider.

I called booking.com and they refunded me for the original booking ( landed in my credit card account this afternoon) and also gave me an additional credit of 50% of the booking cost. So we ended up with better accommodation for an extra tenner. While I was on the phone the booking.com agent telephoned my new accommodation provider and verified that it was available and also arranged for a late check-in.
I use booking.com a lot, I'm genius level 3 so maybe I get better response from their customer service department. Outside of the arse of having to make a second reservation and it costing me a tenner more I can't complain.

I am genuinely taken a back. Wow.

 

[blueparsman]

Just had this happen to me on a taxi I’ve booked from sabiha airport to Taksim! Cheeky bar stewards

Just gonna jump in one at airport as mine not been confirmed

 

[bada bing]

i only booked a taxi with booking.com now that’s just been cancelled. anyone got any better options from saw to yenikapi tomorrow night

HAVABUS Sabiha Gokcen Airport Shuttles/Buses (Routes, Price + Advice)

Insider guide on HAVABUS Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport Shuttles/Buses, including routes, lines, stops, timetables, ticket price, payment

istanbeautiful.com

Jump on this bus,it's about £3, then the metro to Yenikapi

Think there is also free UEFA shuttles to Taksim tomorrow as well.

 

[Ctidpaul]

HAVABUS Sabiha Gokcen Airport Shuttles/Buses (Routes, Price + Advice)

Insider guide on HAVABUS Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport Shuttles/Buses, including routes, lines, stops, timetables, ticket price, payment

istanbeautiful.com

Jump on this bus,it's about £3, then the metro to Yenikapi

That’s the route we came in,it’s dead easy,but buy an istanbulkart at the metro station at Sabina gokcen airport put some credit on it,get the metro to ayrilic cesmesi then bi train to Yenikapi

 

[W12]

Booked a hotel on booking.com, got a taxi from the airport last night to the road to find it doesn't even exist. Fortunately found a dive that has a room which was not easy at midnight.