I booked a room using oyo app in udupi/manipal to stay between sept 9- sept 13, 2019 and 4-5 days prior to my check-in, i received a message from oyo saying "sorry, but the property that you have booked is not available and we will help you with choosing another property". So, i chose another property from the list they had (Which was of higher value (Inr 4985) than what i paid because none of the rooms were available for the price i paid (Inr 2590), balance of which was paid by oyo. However, on the day of check-in, i was denied check-in at the property citing the reason that the property doesn't accept payments done online (Max that can be paid online is just 25% of the total amount). This should have been mentioned in the oyo app clearly that not more than 25% can be paid online and the rest should be paid only at the property. I was made to wait for more than 2 hours and calls attempted to oyo weren't answered as their lines were busy. I then messaged a guest experience manager using the oyo app and they told me someone would call me soon. I got a call from a guest experience manager and she, after an hour asked me to pay the whole amount of inr 5000 at the property, promising me a total refund of inr 4985 in 2 separate refunds, one refund of inr 2590 and the other refund of inr 2410, provided that i share the bill of the amount paid at the property at the time of checkout. I even told her that just because you have promised me the whole refund, i am going to stay otherwise, i can't afford so much and because of that promise, i paid the whole amount of inr 5000 using my card. I checked out and sent them the bill on the 14th of sept, 2019. Till now, i have got a refund of inr 2590 back to my account. Everytime i call them, someone from the team responds by saying that the issue is resolved and we have initiated a refund of inr 2410. It's been going on since sept 13th and i still haven't received my refund. I have spoken to more than 10 guest experience managers and they all gave false promises of the issue being resolved and that i will get the refund soon. All these so called guest experience managers called me only to get a '5 star' rating of my conversation with them. And today, i received a call from another guest experience manager saying the refund of inr 2410 has not been initiated and we can't initiate the refund. It's been going on since 9th sept and please do the needful. I don't want them to keep fooling people around. I have attached some pictures of my conversation with them and also the picture of the bill.
OYO Rooms customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
Verified Support
Oct 29, 2019
OYO Rooms Customer Care's response Hi Guest,
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused. OYO Hotels & Homes aims to provide the best hotel booking experience to all its users. Kindly let us know your booking details to help us serve you better.
Regards,
Team OYO
Oct 30, 2019
Updated by Mrinaleni Booking ID is CBRA7184