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The new booking process
Quincy the Raccoon:
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--- 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 ?
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https://www.toytowngermany.com/forum/topic/193951-prepaid-visamastercard/ :)
Zefiro:
As a small info for those who missed the previous announcements: it was broken, and needed to be changed.
Madgeburg vs Berlin: Despite being a wonderful place for a fursuit parade and the major noticing us for our fiscal spending power, we outgrew the venue and needed to find a bigger place.
Estrel booking: there were two ways the last years. Booking via CC online, or booking via directly contacting the hotel. Those two were separate, so room contingents had to be split. This didn't really work out, so it was decided to only use one booking variant now, which is the online one. And this happens to be the CC-only one. And while I agree that the timing is inconvenient for our usual convention goers, this was on explicit request from the hotel.
We can argue whether more optimal solutions would be possible, but there usually are circumstances beyond our control which needs to be taken into account. So if you have any better ideas, we're eager to listen - IF they are feasible and realistic, for all sides. Most spontanous ideas unfortunately aren't.
*purrrrr*
Ralesk:
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--- Quote from: Zestence on 14.11.2016, 16:11:13 ---The announcement only mentions credit cards but I assume debit cards will work as usual?
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Same question. No bank is crazy enough to give me a credit card right now. But I do have a normal debit card (bank card as we say), which can very simply be used to confirm I exist (or whatever the reason is they need card info, which makes it strange that you'd be able to use a friend's card, since that's not on your name)
This is going to cause much chaos once registration opens...
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It needs to be a credit card, or a debit card that works like a credit card. Normal bank cards (girocard etc...) will not work for the reservation.
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I'd say what is a "normal bank card" for a German, might not even exist for someone else. Any other handles on this issue? Such as, if it bears a MasterCard or Visa logo and you can usually buy online with it, that should work, right?
Hai λ:
For everyone who hasn't seen it yet: Here's what the Estrel room reservation process through the IHotelier portal will most likely look like for you.
Bear in mind that that's just a snapshot, subject to changes and corrections at their leisure.
MartinRJ:
--- Quote from: NightHawk on 09.01.2017, 15:27:32 ---Anything like that for Germany ?
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Try https://n26.com/ - you can register online (you only need a webcam - smartphone works too - and ID), it only takes a couple of minutes.
And they are shipping the cards within 3-5 business days.
https://support.n26.com/read/000001273?locale=de
This card should work for the hotel-reservation.