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The new booking process
NightHawk:
I don't want to rant at anyone from the Eurofurence Team, but this years "improved" Hotel booking is a total disaster.
In Germany, many people simply don't want and therefore not own a credit card.
And what was the problem with the old system ?
After spamming the F5 on registering for the event (unchanged, lol) you could relax and write an email to book a room. Yes, it took them 1 or 2 days to confirm a free room for you, but If you wrote them an email after registering for the event and not days after, you could pretty much be sure to get a room and didn't have to worry.
Those people complaining who were too late simply were too late, where is the excuse ? There is a German saying:
--- Quote ---"If the hound didn't take a dump, he would have caught the rabbit"
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simple as that.
Now, around 2000 People will bomb another website on the 16th. Now some people can't book, because they don't own a credit card and other are at I dunno.. places like AT WORK???
So now EVERYONE has to pray to have a good internet connection that day and finish the booking as fast as possible to get a room.
I now ordered a credit card, but I doubt that I will receive it till Monday. So this year no Eurofurence for me 90%. ::) And I don't have any friends who own one and my parents neither. Staying at another hotel and constantly traveling back and forward is a no-go for me.
I seriously think something could have been worked out by your team and the Hotel rather than just saying "well, sucks to be you guys!". I know you don't mean it that way, but this is how it ends up on our end.
Just my dissapointed 2 cents,
NightHawk
Quincy the Raccoon:
--- Quote from: NightHawk on 09.01.2017, 13:11:34 ---I don't want to rant at anyone from the Eurofurence Team, but this years "improved" Hotel booking is a total disaster.
In Germany, many people simply don't want and therefore not own a credit card.
And what was the problem with the old system ?
After spamming the F5 on registering for the event (unchanged, lol) you could relax and write an email to book a room. Yes, it took them 1 or 2 days to confirm a free room for you, but If you wrote them an email after registering for the event and not days after, you could pretty much be sure to get a room and didn't have to worry.
Those people complaining who were too late simply were too late, where is the excuse ? There is a German saying:
--- Quote ---"If the hound didn't take a dump, he would have caught the rabbit"
--- End quote ---
simple as that.
Now, around 2000 People will bomb another website on the 16th. Now some people can't book, because they don't own a credit card and other are at I dunno.. places like AT WORK???
So now EVERYONE has to pray to have a good internet connection that day and finish the booking as fast as possible to get a room.
I now ordered a credit card, but I doubt that I will receive it till Monday. So this year no Eurofurence for me 90%. ::) And I don't have any friends who own one and my parents neither. Staying at another hotel and constantly traveling back and forward is a no-go for me.
I seriously think something could have been worked out by your team and the Hotel rather than just saying "well, sucks to be you guys!". I know you don't mean it that way, but this is how it ends up on our end.
Just my dissapointed 2 cents,
NightHawk
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SO VERY AGREE TO THIS and a sigar to NH. Because... well... I too don't own a CC and don't have exactly the resources of even buying such a PP CC (prepay credit card). I can still remember how smooooothly it went in Magdeburg. Yeah, I just keep on whining about that. You hadn't had to leave there, even the Mayor misses you. But what do you do? You LEAVE. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Sithy:
Quincy, I've found a website that may be helpful. I don't have a creditcard either and looked into these before, may be an option for you even with limited online banking ability. Most of these will allow you to use iDeal to activate the card and put money on it -- similar to how you used to pay the confee, basically, except easier because you will not be transferring to a foreign account:
http://www.creditcard-vergelijk.nl/creditcards/prepaid-creditcard/
Dutch attendees owning an ANWB membership may wish to check this, too, a free 5 EUR is included: http://www.anwb.nl/creditcard/prepaid?gclid=CIn1ma-OtdECFVAQ0wodooIIPQ
NightHawk:
--- Quote from: Sithy on 09.01.2017, 14:01:51 ---Quincy, I've found a website that may be helpful. I don't have a creditcard either and looked into these before, may be an option for you even with limited online banking ability. Most of these will allow you to use iDeal to activate the card and put money on it -- similar to how you used to pay the confee, basically, except easier because you will not be transferring to a foreign account:
http://www.creditcard-vergelijk.nl/creditcards/prepaid-creditcard/
Dutch attendees owning an ANWB membership may wish to check this, too, a free 5 EUR is included: http://www.anwb.nl/creditcard/prepaid?gclid=CIn1ma-OtdECFVAQ0wodooIIPQ
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Anything like that for Germany ?
Quincy the Raccoon:
--- Quote from: Sithy on 09.01.2017, 14:01:51 ---Quincy, I've found a website that may be helpful. I don't have a creditcard either and looked into these before, may be an option for you even with limited online banking ability. Most of these will allow you to use iDeal to activate the card and put money on it -- similar to how you used to pay the confee, basically, except easier because you will not be transferring to a foreign account:
http://www.creditcard-vergelijk.nl/creditcards/prepaid-creditcard/
Dutch attendees owning an ANWB membership may wish to check this, too, a free 5 EUR is included: http://www.anwb.nl/creditcard/prepaid?gclid=CIn1ma-OtdECFVAQ0wodooIIPQ
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GAH! I hate to say it to you but: Thank you, this will work out fine! :)