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Broken amenities: no water, no air conditioning, unusable Wi-Fi — and the one line that decides your refund
The argument that moves money isn't how bad the night felt — it's the gap between the amenity the listing promised and the room you actually got. A plain-language guide to broken amenities on Booking.com and Airbnb: what counts as misdescription, how to prove it, and what a fair partial refund looks like.
18 September 2026
Read full guideHow much should come back: putting a fair refund amount on a stay that was partly spoiled
A bad stay isn't full refund or nothing. Most fair outcomes are a partial refund — a slice of the price matching the share that failed. A plain-language guide to landing on a proportionate figure for a Booking.com stay.
30 June 2026
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