Okay, I actually had a couple of posts yesterday but when I came to login and make an update a few minutes ago, there was an error – the URL had somehow changed to one of my other domains where WordPress is currently not installed, so I kept getting fatal errors… so I kept playing around and updating to my last backup [the current blog showing] and deleted the blog from the other domain… and kept getting errors! *sighs*
Obviously I finally got this much back, only missing two posts. Oh well.
So why is this in the Issues category? Because I have an issue with the Ramada Inn in Fargo, ND. Last night I booked a double room for my niece’s wedding in September. Had HUGE sticker shock when the rooms ended up costing me well over $700! Today, Jennie contacted me to offer me a room at the Hilton where she is staying, has two queen beds, for only $39 a night!!!! So I tried to cancel the Ramada Inn room and they say there is a no cancellation policy and they will be keeping my $725.52 – even though I cancelled roughly six hours after making the reservation and well over a month before I’m expecting to go!! The rooms were for September 25-28, that’s almost 6-weeks away. So I called Discover – the room charges were pending, again, almost 6-weeks before the reservation date, and [Discover is so freaking awesome!!!] Discover has my back. Jonathan told me to email the booking place and tell them I do not authorize the charge, he noted it on his end, and said to blitz them with emails that I am cancelling and have made Discover aware of this… so I did. He said it is not normal [so did Jennie, btw] to charge the fee this far in advance and legally they cannot ‘hold’ the charge in reserve for more than 10-days, so he said if they do not cancel I should use the ‘freeze account’ option through Discover and they will handle the problem on my behalf. See what I mean? Discover is totally awesome! Shame on you, Ramada Inn!
I am so outtie….