Guest User
March 8, 2023
Outright thievery. Booked in February for one night in April, only to subsequently realise another family member had arranged alternate, already paid for accommodation. Cancelled as rapidly as possible the booking which was made via ***********, however $170.00 was still debited from my account. Apparently, despite desperately attempting to cancel as soon as possible, we’d exceeded the 48hour time frame allotted for cancellations, and had to forfeit the entire amount. How on Earth is this even remotely acceptable? We cancelled within days, not weeks, and there was no hardship or loss of business from Pinjarra Resort – there was plenty of time to have the room re-booked, and we’d booked months in advance in the first place. A cancellation ‘fee’ I could understand, but to charge the entire amount – less than 48 hours after the initial booking – and then refuse to refund even a portion of the original amount is underhanded, gratuitously excessive and an utterly unfathomable, ridiculous business practice. To charge for a service not received or provided, for no other reason than an arbitrary 48 hour rule (when the cancellation request was made within days of the initial booking – we’re talking about 3-4 days at the very most) for a booking that was made for a date months away with plenty of time to re-allocate the room is disgusting. There was literally NO inconvenience to this establishment. They took the full amount from my account almost immediately when the vast majority of (much more salubrious accommodation and resorts) allow you to either pay a deposit, the full amount on the day or else take the full amount in question much closer to the actual date of the booking. I am more than eight months pregnant and it was decided that accommodation closer to the wedding venue (the even in question is my Brother in Law’s wedding after which we elected not to drive back the long distance to our home) would be more appropriate. $170.00 may not seem a lot, but when you’re literally weeks away from having a new baby, every cent counts, and at no point did we truly believe that a booking made in good faith and then cancelled with apologies and with alacrity would mean that we would still be charged the full amount. I am gobsmacked at the audacity. I do, however, find some small comfort in reading some of the other reviews, which do tend to follow a trend – apparently basic hygiene and customer service are foreign concepts to this establishment, so I’m not missing out on the apparently wondrous locations (next to overfilling, malodorous dumpsters) or being made to feel inadequate for requesting extra towels. Frankly, I’m grateful to be bunking with my Parents in Law. I can understand a cancellation fee. But the whole amount? Atrocious handling of the matter, from beginning to end, never mind how long it took them to get back to my husband in the first place just to advise on their disgusting policy. Avoid this ‘Resort’ at all costs if you want to receive