I have booked one hotel at digha through make my trip , details of booking is Hotel Aditya Interntional , inclusive of break fast, hotel amenities , a/c deluxe, mini bar at room on 9th august 2011 , vied booking id NH[protected] by paying 2310 upfront through my debit card for staying on 14th aug 2011 to 5th aug 2011. through make my trip online booking services.
After that I received many welcome mails and my hotel confirmation voucher where it was mentioned that " my hotel booking is confirmed and i don't need to check the same with hotel or make mytrip."
However I received a call on 10th aug from make my trip customer service from number [protected] that hotel aditya internetional is fully booked and i cant get accommodation there an they have booked my room to Hotel Rubina in digha , which is supposed to be a four bedroom package with same amenties, a/c , mini bar in room which is costing 3200 as per make my trip website and since it was a fault of make my trip that my actual booking of aditya international was not confirmed , so i don't have to pay extra charge. And the gentleman of your company confirmed that they will send me mail of my booking confirmation.
However today on 11th august I didn't got any mail , and when i called your toll free number and spoke to mr Shammi, a cs executive I came to know that even Hotel Rubina is not confirmed and make my trip is trying to book some arrangement for me. We are talking daily with cs executive nikhil khalasof make my trip but nothing has been solved
I would like to intimate make my trip that this was a planned trip and based on the confirmation of your company mail on 9th august 2011 that my hotel booking on aditya internation is confirmed I have paid rs 6000 for my car rental to go to kolkata to digha for 35 hours and the same is not refundable as per the car rental rules. So if it happens that my hotel is not confirmed i have to cancel the vacation , which will incurr me a loss of not only my emotion but also economical loss of 6000( car) + 2310(hotel, booked by make my trip).
The company should arrange to refund my total loss of 8310rs which happened because of theirmismanagement and overcommitment to customers. Ho can you charge money and sent mails that hotel booking is confirmed when there is no place in hotel ??
In spite of regular follow ups with the company , they are just not bothered.
Aug 13, 2020
Complaint marked as Resolved
Makemytrip.com — Incompetent, Fraudulent
We tried booking 2 tickets from Pune to Bangalore and the site 'froze' part-way through the process, but AFTER accepting our credit card details. There was no e-ticket or itinerarary confirmation sent by the company, so we believed that since their system had 'frozen' through the booking, the transaction was not completed and the booking was not made.We then proceeded to make another booking for the same flight, same passengers which was successfully completed.
Imagine to my horror, when, 1 month later, I see 2 separate charges on my credit card, including for the first incomplete transaction! Even though none of the formalities were completed at my end, nor did we receive any confirmation from them, they went ahead and charged my card for the amount!
This is a technical problem called 'two phase committ' which sites had almost 10 years ago, but has long since been fixed by ALL professional companies. To see this company with this problem in this day and age is horrendous and scary - they cannot be trusted with ANY online transactions and customers should not trust this site anymore.
When we spoke to the company about this, they said it is 'our problem and responsibility to call the company if we believe a transaction has not been properly completed, NOT their problem or responsibility to ensure that all online transactions are completed properly!!". So the extra Rs. 23,000 has to be borne by us now!
Needless to say, we will NEVER use this site again, and we are also proceeding against them in consumer court. THis is just to warn other passengers against using this site, so they don't suffer the same fate.