Independent travel- a great way to save on travel agency services, and the choice of hotels in this case can be much wider. Learning to book a hotel on your own.

Before you start booking a hotel on the Booking service, you must register.

The list of hotels already contains some information:

  1. name of the hotel and the area of ​​the city (resort) in which it is located
  2. the number of bookings at this hotel over the past 24 hours and the number of visitors on booking.com who are looking at this hotel at the same time as you. If there is only one room left in the hotel, and 5 other people are looking at it with you, you should hurry up so that the advantageous offer is not stolen from under your nose
  3. average rating of the hotel based on reviews of tourists who visited it (the rating is given on a 10-point scale)
  4. the cost of a room in this hotel for the dates you have chosen (the price is indicated for the entire period of stay). If the hotel has several room options, the price will be indicated for the cheapest category; you can see other price options on the hotel’s personal page


To see more detailed information about the hotel, click on its name or on the “select room” button.

Hotel personal page on booking.com

What can you find out about a hotel on its personal Booking page?

First, look at the location of the hotel on the map (if it is important for you to live in a specific area). To do this, click the “View Map” link above the hotel photo.



You can look at all the photographs of the hotel - usually there are quite a lot of them, you will see not only the rooms, but also photos of the restaurant, lounge, lounges and gym, and other hotel premises.



Let's go down the page. Immediately below the photo you will find information about the hotel provided to Booking by the owner himself (usually the advantages of the hotel and its advantages over competitors are listed here).



Next is a field where you can enter your travel dates to find out the hotel price. If you already entered them at the very beginning, Booking will automatically fill in this field. And if you left the “dates” field empty, now is the time to fill them out, because otherwise you will not be able to see the description of the rooms. Be sure to click “check availability” so Booking can show you the rooms available at the hotel during this period.



Under the dates there is a field with additional filters to exclude rooms that obviously will not suit you (for example, you only need a double bed in the room; if you select this filter, Booking will remove rooms with single beds from the list).



Immediately below the filter you will see a list of available rooms

  1. number name. Hint: if you click on the name of the room, a small additional window will open with photographs of this room and its detailed description)
  2. information about room services and what is included in the price. For example, if it says that the price does not include city tax, then you will have to pay an additional amount for it on the spot
  3. the maximum number of tourists that the room can accommodate. If this column shows two people, and you are going to book a room for three, then this room will not suit you
  4. price for the entire room for all days of stay
  5. booking conditions. If this field contains the phrase “non-refundable”, it means immediately after making a reservation with your bank card will be charged for the stay, which the hotel will not refund, even if you cancel the reservation (as a rule, such strict conditions are set if the room is sold at a good discount). If it says “free cancellation of a reservation before such and such a date,” then cancellation is possible, but after the specified date you will not be able to cancel the reservation for free - part of the room price or the entire amount will be debited from your card (the amount will depend on how many days will remain until your arrival; the later you cancel, the greater the retention amount will be)
  6. the number of rooms of this type that you want to book (click the arrow to open the list)


Below the list of available rooms you will find Full description hotel services, as well as important information about the conditions of stay at the hotel (pets are allowed, check-in and check-out times, etc.).



There is another useful button on the hotel information page: “save to list.” It is located in the very top left corner of the page. If a hotel seems right to you, save it to your list and move on to view other hotels. You can view your personal list later by clicking on the “my lists” menu item at the very top of the page.



Booking a hotel on Booking

So, you have decided on a hotel, weighed the pros and cons, studied the room description and are ready to make a choice. It's time to click on the “I book” button, which is located opposite the hotel room description.



After going to the booking page, you need to fill in the details to make your reservation on Booking.com.

The first window is intended for entering information about the owner of the reservation: using this data, the Booking team and hotel staff will know how to contact you and where to send the reservation confirmation. The first and last name must be written in Latin letters, since hotel staff may not know Russian.



The second window is information about hotel guests. Important! In the “guest's first and last name” field, names must be entered in strict accordance with their spelling in the international passport. If in the future you plan to provide this reservation to consular services for visa processing, you should indicate all the people who will live in this room.



In the third window, you can enter your wishes for the room (number of floors, south or north side, and so on - the hotel does not guarantee compliance with these wishes, but will take them into account if possible. Here you can also enter your arrival time, if you already know it - the staff will know exactly what time your room should be ready.



Click the “continue” button

Add a little more information about yourself (emergency phone number and method of communication with you). If you check the box “I want to receive a reservation without printouts”, you will receive the phone will come SMS from Booking.com with a confirmation link. To check in, it will be enough to show it at the hotel on your phone screen. If you are about to receive a visa, it is better to receive confirmation by email.



Why do you need to enter your bank card number on Booking?

  • If you are booking a room that requires immediate payment, please bring a card with sufficient funds - the money will be debited from the card upon completion of the booking
  • If you book a room with a limited free cancellation period and do not cancel on time, your card will be charged a cancellation fee after this period.
  • In some cases, the hotel may reserve the cost of a 2-3 night stay in a room on your card, even if the free cancellation period has not yet expired. If you cancel your reservation on time, the hotel will refund your money within 3-5 days


How does payment work on Booking?

Technically, the procedure for withdrawing money from your card looks like this.

Once the booking is completed, the hotel sends a request to your bank via Booking.com to withdraw from the card Money. If there is not enough money on your card at the time of application, the bank will reject it. this application, the hotel informs Booking that payment has not been received and your reservation is cancelled. Booking.com will definitely send you a notification about the lack of payment and cancellation.

Some banks may refuse to withdraw funds, even if there is money on the card, but there is no special permission from the owner (that is, you) to write it off. It all depends on the bank’s internal regulations and the terms of service for your card account - check with the bank whether such an operation is possible with your card.



Booking on Booking without a credit card



If for some reason you do not have a bank card, or you do not want to enter its data under any pretext, you can try to book a hotel that does not require such a card. Click on the link "Don't have a card?" Booking will offer you similar hotels that do not require a bank card to book.



Your booking.com: booking confirmation

Once your booking is complete, you will receive an email from Booking.com confirming your booking and allowing you to print it.

The letter always contains information about the hotel (name, address, contact number), information about the guests of the room, information about the conditions of cancellation, payment and changes to the reservation, as well as a link to the booking.com page where you can view your reservation.



Booking currency. What are AUD, DKK, CAD, CNY and other encodings on Booking

Fines on Booking

Booking (like any other booking system) has a system of fines. Actually, the fines themselves are collected by the hotel, and Booking is only a tool for interaction between you and the hotel.

A fine is a penalty that you will have to pay to the hotel for canceling your trip. Typically, fines are imposed if there is too little time left before your check-in, and after your refusal the hotel runs the risk of not finding other buyers for your room.

But in general, the size and conditions of the fine are very individual, are calculated by each hotel in its own way and do not have any framework common to all. When booking a hotel, you need to carefully read the hotel's terms and conditions before clicking the “book” button (such information is always present next to the room description or price).



How to cancel a booking on Booking without penalty? What should I do if I forgot to cancel my reservation on Booking.com?

The only correct way to cancel a booking on Booking without a penalty is to cancel it before the free cancellation period expires. In this case, you will have legal grounds to demand a refund if for some reason the funds have already been debited from your card.

But it happens that a person remembers the existing armor too late. What can you do in this case? Let’s say right away that the methods listed below are undesirable and do not guarantee 100% results, but in most cases they will help.



  • Before canceling a reservation that will definitely result in a penalty, withdraw all money from your card or transfer it to another account so that penalties are not automatically charged.
  • If it is impossible to withdraw money from the card, try going to the bank office and setting a ban on writing off payment without acceptance (that is, without your consent). After this, cancel your reservation.
  • Typically, Booking.com or the hotel itself will request a charge no more than once or twice over the next week, so after a while you can continue to use your card as usual.
  • If money has already been debited from the card, it will most likely not be possible to return it, since when booking you were familiar with the rules on booking.com and the withheld payment will be legal.


How to get a discount on Booking?

Few people know that on Booking you can get an additional discount on the hotel of your choice. Booking.com has a very nice “Best Price Guarantee” feature, usually located on the left side of the screen just below the hotel search form.

You can use it within 24 hours from the moment you make your reservation on Booking.com.

What is the point of using it: if within 24 hours after booking you find a better offer for the same hotel on another site, Booking.com is ready to reduce your price to this level.

Important! The offer from another site must exactly match the parameters of your reservation on Booking (same hotel, same arrival dates, room category, etc.). Otherwise the price will not change. Booking will also refuse to change the price if you have a special discount card or other privilege program on another site, thanks to which you received a better price.



How to find the Best Price Guarantee on Booking.com

Once you've registered on Booking.com, you can subscribe to the best hotel deals (up to 50% off). To do this, find a special announcement about subscription under the hotel search form, click on it with the mouse so that an option appears to enter your email address. After subscribing, you will receive regular emails about special discounts and offers currently valid on Booking.



Apartments on Booking

On Booking you can book not only a hotel or hostel, but also a separate apartment. To do this, when selecting, you need to sort the options by type of accommodation (that is, check this box, it is located on the left side of the screen on the search results page.

You can also check the boxes in the “Room Amenities” section (look in the same column below) in the lines “kitchen/mini kitchen” and “washing machine”.

An apartment always means a room that has an equipped kitchen. In Europe, ordinary apartments are most often offered as apartments.



Booking.com is a service for booking hotels, apartments and other accommodation via the Internet.
Before the advent of the Internet and Booking.com, a similar service was provided by the newspaper “From Hand to Hand”:

In the newspaper, for money, you could advertise “Apartment for rent,” but the apartment itself did not belong to the newspaper.
I hope now the operating principle of Booking is clear.

Hotels on Booking – set the price for a room, confirm or cancel a reservation, interact with the client through feedback, set the conditions of the reservation.

Clients on Booking choose a hotel according to their wishes and budget, interact with the hotel through feedback, write reviews about hotels.

This is such a service that connects the buyer and the seller.
And of course, it is more convenient and safer than the service of a newspaper or grandmother near the station.

Why does Booking.com need your card details?

Vasya decided to rent out the apartment and advertised it on the website.
Petya approached him and wrote that he wanted to rent an apartment.
Vasya agreed and refused Olya, Kolya, and Sasha who applied later.

On the agreed day for the start of renting an apartment, Petya scratched his butt and decided not to rent it.
So Vasya received a donut hole instead of money for renting an apartment.

The next time, when publishing an advertisement for renting out an apartment, he set conditions for canceling the reservation (so that he wouldn’t be left with a hole again): cancellation 48 hours in advance - ok, 24 hours in advance - fine, no-show - fine.

And so that the slob Petya would not escape responsibility, he asked for his card details, so that if the agreement was violated, Petya would receive a fine.

3) Third method: when booking, at the final stage - use the “Pay now” option.
Then Booking itself will process your card and transfer not your card details, but money to the hotel:

4) Fourth method: I use it and can recommend this method.
You need to have several bank accounts and use mobile application jar.

Transfer the required amount of money from another account to the card’s current account (before the trip), for example 200 euros.

As necessary, add firewood to the firebox (money into the account), and at the end of the trip, reset the account to which the card is linked, transferring the balance from it to another account in the same bank.

I have a dozen accounts in one bank: there are some that contain money and for this I get Aeroflot Bonus miles, there are just piggy banks, there are deposit boxes.
And the operation of transferring money from one account to another takes me 5 seconds.

5) The fifth method is more permanent: have a special card for online purchases.
That's what it's called - virtual card or a card for online purchases.

Servicing this card is free and you can create it for 50 rubles in the Internet bank, linking it to your current account.
I have never used this method, but many people use it and praise it.

If money was debited from your card without your knowledge

If this is a purchase of a gold iPhone in Bangladesh, then the first thing you need to do is block the card and challenge the transaction through the mobile bank client.

If this is an operation in which you suspect an unscrupulous hotel, we can help you.

How to use the Booking.com website

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Hello! What to do? I booked a hotel in Venice on booking, now I received a letter from the hotel (the email corresponds to the hotel email), where they ask me to reset the card number to them, because... they had a technical incident. failure. What should I do, send them to the booking site? So that they ask for my data there? I don’t want to lose this reservation, but the situation is strange

Write to Booking immediately and forward them the letter from the hotel. Booking will retransmit the card details.
Don’t send anything yourself, maybe it’s not the hotel writing at all

My experience is that booking can’t do anything if the hotel refuses. Because of this, my situation is currently stuck. I already wrote. According to the conditions, the hotel had to pre-authorize the card immediately upon booking. They didn't. Then I asked booking to contact the hotel and the hotel would withdraw the prepayment. OK. The hotel sent an authorization form where all card details are indicated with a signature. In response to a reasonable refusal and an offer to obtain card data through booking, they told me that they were doing this so that the client could not challenge the transaction later. Okay, screw you. I poisoned their uniform. Silence. 5 days have passed, the booking office receives a message that the hotel is requesting the form again, otherwise the reservation will be canceled on the day of arrival. I'm calling booking. It turns out that there was a letter from the hotel (which booking kept silent about) that the card could not be authorized. Another funny thing is that the hotel is a chain hotel. Both reservations and payments go through the central reservation office and, accordingly, it is impossible to contact them, for example, on weekends. Booking sends them the details of another card through their channels again, plus I send new uniform. Until silence again. Meanwhile, we have to check in today and if we don’t have time to arrive before 18.00 and they still don’t authorize the card, it’s unclear what will happen to the reservation. Assholes. We have 4 days in it and looking for another one would kill us. This is Sao Paulo and during the World Cup the prices here are sky-high and everything that has a decent price/quality ratio is thoroughly stocked. What I mean is that booking seems to be actively involved in the problem, but things are still there.

my situation:
I booked the hotel using a prepaid rate. Then I saw a room in this hotel that was a little more expensive, but better. I wrote to the hotel asking if it was possible to rebook (they had not yet charged the payment from the card at that time). the hotel confirmed this possibility, I called booking, they called the hotel in front of me, received confirmation, and changed the reservation. I didn’t attach the card to my profile, I only gave the details for paying for a specific reservation; when I changed the reservation, they obviously disappeared. The hotel and booking wrote to me about this. I again provided the information on the booking, the hotel confirmed that everything was in order, then confirmed the booking. the money is gone.

Summary: booking is in touch, controls the situation and is very helpful.

Hellen-k, this should normally be like this. Some hotels lose the initial letter with card details received via a secure channel (we don't know the details). And then booking again upon request opens up the opportunity to specify/change the card. But there are hotels (and this is not my first) that fundamentally request permission to write off through an authorization form (this is how the Atlanta Hotel in ShRM, for example, works) and then they don’t care about booking channels. Require a form or go to fig. Moreover, this Brazilian hotel also has non-cancellable reservations. I’m wondering how they can cancel a reservation if it is non-cancellable and not check into the hotel if the client arrives?

That's why I try to avoid such hotels. in some reviews, for example, they sometimes write that after prepayment by card they still require a second payment on the spot (they pretend to be fools and that’s it). With prepaid rates, just in case, I write a letter to the hotel, asking if everything is okay, did they receive my money? and I print out the answer. just in case. then they won’t get away.)))

Lika, does the booking conditions not say by what time you should check in? Although, I immediately answer myself, I’ve never met...
I hope you at least wrote to them that you will be strict. It’s really a shame to lose your reservation due to the crookedness of the employees.

That's why I try to avoid such hotels

Well, all sorts of situations happen. Now, out of 6 hotels, 5 of them had no problems with food payment. And here's one like this. Who knew? The reviews were normal. Well, this is generally a rare option that you beg the hotel to take the money, but he is in no hurry, although according to the conditions he must do it right away. Usually the claims are exactly the opposite.

I hope you at least wrote to them that you will be strict. It’s really a shame to lose your reservation due to the crookedness of the employees.

Booking wrote to them. He made a copy of me. As I understand it, the problem is not in the hotel itself, but in their central office. I haven't seen anything like this either.

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Who at the hotel knows your card details?

Six months ago I was traveling around the USA and the last hotel I booked was with American map friend.

Irina Nikolaeva

travels a lot

The hotel found it suspicious that the room was booked by one person and paid for by another. To confirm that everything was in order, we had to indicate in a special form all the card details, right down to the CVV code.

I was sure that only scammers ask for CVV, so I called the hotel. The conversation with the hotel operator dragged on, she was tired of explaining and said angrily: “Well, in short, enter the numbers 578 in this field.” This was the CVV of the bank card, which we entered an hour ago at Booking.

This is how I found out that Booking transfers all bank card data to hotels. I’ll tell you what else I found out about booking hotels and how I now protect my money.

The best protection for money is an additional card

In any unclear situation, pay and indicate the details of the additional card. Apply it to your main account, set a limit and relax.

Set the limit to how much you are willing to spend on a hotel. When the card is not needed, set a limit of 10 RUR.

If scammers get your card details and try to cash out, they won't be able to withdraw anything, and you'll receive an SMS.

Additional card is free. To be completed via Internet Banking.

How Booking works

Most of the client’s booking actions take place on the Booking website. Therefore, clients sometimes believe that they “booked a hotel from Booking”, “paid to Booking”. This is wrong. At Booking, two independent entities meet - the hotel and the client.

The hotel sets the cost and other conditions of stay, is responsible for the correctness and relevance of this data and receives information about the reservation from Booking. It is the hotel, and not Booking, that confirms the reservation, corresponds with the client about the conditions, reschedules or cancels the stay and accepts payment. Booking only provides a platform and tools for interaction between the hotel and the client.

Why does the hotel need your card?

If you don't want to pay right away, the concept of a "booking guarantee" comes into play. The hotel promises to provide you with a room in exchange for your promise to pay for the room.

The hotel's guarantee is supported by its business reputation and the Booking reservation system. The client's honest word, unfortunately, is not enough to guarantee.

If the client changes his mind and forgets to inform about the cancellation of the reservation, the room will remain empty and the hotel will not receive a profit. Therefore, hoteliers want to receive a financial guarantee: if the client cancels the reservation after the specified date, he will have to pay a fine.

To be able to collect a fine, the hotel needs your bank card information. Booking provides this data to the hotelier immediately at the time of booking.

Who knows your details

When you enter your card details on the website, Booking transmits them via an encrypted protocol - if an attacker intercepts them, he will not be able to read them. The vulnerability occurs when your data is received by a hotel.

Booking provides two-factor authentication for access to Personal Area hotel: only an authorized hotel employee can see the client’s data. Theoretically, he should only withdraw or freeze the amount due under the terms of the booking and cannot use the card data for other purposes. As a result, the fate of the money on your card depends only on the decency and responsibility of this employee.

In the agreement between the hotel and Booking, the hotel undertakes to process card data in accordance with the payment card industry data security standard. However, the contract does not stipulate either verification methods or sanctions for violating the safety standard.

If a hotel carelessly stores printed reservations, for example leaving them at the front desk, then card data may become available not only to hotel employees, but also to other guests. If, a couple of months after your trip, someone in China buys a bike with your card, you won’t even immediately understand where the attacker got your data from.

At the moment when the hotelier saves your data to his computer or prints it out, Booking declines responsibility.


How to book a hotel safely

If you do not want to transfer your card details to the hotel, you can do without it. I'll tell you about several methods that I tried.

Independent prepayment to the hotel. There are advertisements on Booking with the note “You can make a reservation without credit card" To find them, select the “Reservation without a credit card” filter from the menu on the left.

To guarantee your reservation, the hotel will offer to make a bank transfer, PayPal transfer or to a bank card. The reservation will only be confirmed upon receipt of such advance payment.

The advantage of this method is that the hotel will not recognize your card details.


Personal agreement. In some cases, in correspondence with the hotel it is possible to keep the reservation without financial guarantees. After my letter, two guest houses in the Seychelles agreed to keep a room for me without prior transfers or freezing money.

Such a concession is a right, not an obligation of the hotel. If the hotelier has already encountered dishonest or unnecessary guests, he may refuse to book a room for another tourist without prepayment.


Separate card for booking. I chose this method because this way I don’t have to perform unnecessary actions every time and enter into correspondence with hotels. At the same time, I am completely confident in the safety of the money on the main card.

Before booking a room, I transfer the required amount to a separate bank card and make sure that there is no money left on it after the trip. Even if my data is obtained by an attacker, my savings will remain safe. I only use this card for hotel bookings.

The main thing in 30 seconds

Immediately after booking, Booking transfers to the hotel all the bank card details you entered. Even CVV, if you specified it.

This occurs regardless of the terms of payment and cancellation of the reservation. Even if the hotel does not withdraw or block your money, all your card data immediately appears at its disposal.

Access to card data is available to authorized hotel employees. If they neglect security rules, an attacker may find out the card details.

It is possible to book a hotel without a card, but this does not work with every hotel and will require more transactions than paying with a card.

A smart way to protect your money is to use a separate card for booking.

Many people around the world go on new journeys every day. Some people are going to a neighboring city for a simple walk, a meeting of classmates or a concert of their favorite band, while others are traveling abroad for an independent holiday or for work. It doesn't matter why a person gets into new town, but if he has no friends or relatives there, then there is a need to find suitable housing.

It is the search for a place to live that becomes the most difficult task for people who are faced with a new culture. After all, many hotels do not provide websites in Russian, and those who do not know the language can immediately forget about a telephone conversation. When renting accommodation, you need to understand where exactly the hotel is located. To avoid spending the night on the street, you can use a wonderful housing selection system - Booking.com.

What is Booking

This service is very popular all over the world. Its main feature is that here you can find a cheap roof over your head in a matter of minutes. Many filters allow you to navigate by:

  • price per night;
  • availability of rooms;
  • additional services;
  • location, etc.

Important! As statistics provided by the site’s staff show, 300,000 rooms from Anapa to Paris are booked per day.

Booking scam

Tourist looking for accommodation

New users often wonder whether hotels can cheat on Booking.com. Interesting feature are constant notifications about which country has just booked a room in the selected hotel. This way you can understand how popular this place is among domestic and foreign tourists.

A huge selection of placements makes you use this particular resource. Regardless of where you plan your vacation, you can always find a lot of options, the only exceptions being North Korea and several more countries. In total, site users have at their disposal more than 200,000 hotels, inns and hostels from 164 countries.

Note! The company always guarantees the possibility of booking a hotel without additional extra charges. Various promotions are also constantly held that lure visitors to certain hotels at reduced prices.

Therefore, when answering the question of what is the best way to book a hotel through Booking or directly, you can confidently choose the first option.

The service itself does not receive a cent from the client. Due to this, the possibility of fraud on Booking is completely eliminated; rewards for found visitors come from the hotels themselves.

How secure is Booking?

Many people visiting the site for the first time talk about doubts about whether it is safe to book on Booking.com. This is a completely reasonable reaction, because when booking a room, Booking requires you to enter a CVC/CVV code, bank card number and indicate the card’s expiration date.

Any person will begin to worry when he is forced to provide such data. At the same time, fears go away if you figure out why Booking is asking for card data.

Entering card details

Subtleties of working with Booking

It is necessary to understand that direct payment for housing occurs immediately during check-in; the site does not write off money. On Booking they ask you to enter your card number and cvc code to guarantee your reservation. The only measure for the hotel is to conduct direct pre-authorization. This feature allows hotel staff to freeze the required amount to pay for the stay after receiving proof that the guest will check in.

Once you have checked into your hotel, you should check to see if frozen funds are available. If they have not been unlocked, immediately after entering you should ask the administrator to do this.

Important! Sometimes banks can delay unlocking finances for up to 30 days, so you need to be prepared for this and take enough funds.

Sometimes attentive site visitors can find several different price offers for one room and wonder whether it is safe to book a hotel on Booking.com. Such situations really do happen, and there is nothing surprising about it.

A reduced price room may have some restrictions, the most popular of which are:

  • inability to cancel a reservation;
  • no food provided;
  • The discount is valid only on certain dates.

Therefore, it is worth carefully checking every offer on the site. Seeing good price, many tourists reach for the “Book Now” button and then get upset when they don’t receive breakfast or a wi-fi password.

You should not book until your visa has been received. Having booked a room through booking.com and provided confirmation from the site to the consul at the interview, he will not take it into account. In this regard, it is better to first obtain a visa, and then go to the website to find a suitable place of residence.

Also attractive is the opportunity to cancel your reservation completely free of charge 1 day before arrival. This is very convenient if the trip is suddenly canceled or postponed. Thanks to this opportunity, the client risks absolutely nothing and will not lose funds, as is the case with prepayment.

Important! Some hotels are tightening their rules and allowing cancellations 3-7 days before check-in. You should re-read the booking rules if an emergency occurs and you need to cancel your trip.

How does data protection work?

To make sure whether the Booking.com website can be trusted, you should understand exactly how data is protected. This service would not have become so popular if it did not have a good security system. A special feature of Booking is that the data is sent to the hotel by fax. It seems that this method is outdated, but in fact it is the most reliable, because it cannot be hacked. Archival records with all personal data of clients are destroyed by hotel employees within a week from the moment of eviction of guests.

Note! There have been cases when unscrupulous hotel employees illegally debited funds from customer cards. But this happens extremely rarely and only in little-known hotels.

Booking cares about its reputation; in case of such a violation of the law, the hotel is disconnected from the system, as a result of which it incurs significant losses. In addition, the client can always ask what to do in such a situation by contacting law enforcement agencies.

Stealing money

If funds are leaked from a guest's bank card, the hotel will bear the penalty. Upon receipt of personal data of guests, the hotel undertakes to ensure their safety. If she does not do this, then she violates the law and the terms of the contract, which causes significant reputational losses, because now no one will want to check into a hotel where funds from the card can be stolen.

Important! Despite this, it is still worth being safe from fraud. You can set a limit on withdrawals through online banking.

The advantage of the site is that it does not charge any money from users. His competence ends only with the transfer of data, and then the hotel makes a request for transactions. Due to this, when withdrawing excess funds, you can always challenge the operation.

Therefore, each client knows who to ask, to whose address to write a statement to the police or file a lawsuit. This also allows us to say that there are no scammers on Booking.com. Therefore, the question of whether guests are being deceived at Booking can be considered closed.

Comparison with other services

On the Internet you can often find similar services that provide services on more favorable terms. In such situations, it is necessary to understand how trustworthy the Booking analogue can be. Sometimes they may ask for an advance payment, or allow data leaks. In this case, it is better to refuse to use this resource. This site uses the most modern security system, which allows you to answer the question, whether you can enter a card number on Booking, in the affirmative without hesitation.

Data protection

Booking.com provides services under excellent conditions, and it also ensures the safety of its users' finances. The huge number of visitors is the most important confirmation of the security of the service and the fact that there are no scams on Booking.com. Thousands of travelers around the world have been using it for years, and cases of data leakage are rare. This is why Booking was able to take a leading position among similar companies, and its settlement system with hotels is called trust.