Tips to avoid new kind of scam from Booking.com

Hey everyone,

I was looking through Booking.com for rooms in the weekend at Lyon, France for the event Fête des Lumières. Then stumble upon this apartment with these signs:

1. Among the 200->400€ options are this apartment which cost just 80€.
2. It is marked by Booking.com as New Property Deal, and have really high external reviews.
3. It has only one options for multiple guests (4 to 10 guests). Normally what you would see is multiple rooms for multiple guests.

My instinct told me this is too good to be true. So I seek the truth...

1. I search the image of the apartment, found out it is also on Airbnb.
2. On Airbnb, the host has the same score on like on Booking.com
3. Interestingly, their rooms availability are not the same as on Booking.com and prices are 80€.

So I contacted the Airbnb host, within an hour, they confirm the apartment on Booking.com are not from them and ask me to report it.

Case solved.

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Weird price apartment on Booking.Com

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Real one

Submitted November 30, 2023 at 04:44PM by Martinsbleu https://ift.tt/zdJB0Z4