Booking.com: discount for those who canceled their stay due to the pandemic

After a silence that lasted months, he returns Booking.com to be talked about. This time it does so with an initiative aimed at encouraging customers in Italy who have canceled bookings due to the coronavirus emergency, who can obtain a discount if booking in the same facility.

“To encourage customers to book the same property again” reads in the note “Booking.com will offer a 15% reward (with a maximum value of EUR 100) after your stay, valid for bookings made up to 31 December 2020 and with a check-out date up to 30 April 2021. To further support the its partner properties, Booking.com will waive commissions on all bookings included in the campaign. This announcement follows a series of initiatives designed to support partners during this difficult time as people around the world resume travel, including making more visible the precautionary measures that facilities have put in place against COVID-19. XNUMX.

Another provides for the cancellation of commissions on canceled reservations and those for which the dates have been changed, or for which a voucher has been issued following government travel restrictions imposed in some countries. These conditions will apply retroactively, where relevant.

“While these exceptional circumstances have temporarily put travel on hold, with these initiatives Booking.com hopes to help consumers  in Italy to actively support the national accommodations they love most and, at the same time, hopes to help partners receive new bookings for when it is safer to start exploring the world again.

Booking.com has also introduced a tool to help partners make booking conditions more flexible, so that properties can benefit from travelers' search for flexibility in these uncertain times. Everyone who works in travel has the same interest: that the sector survives the crisis,” he says Arjan Dijk, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Booking.com. “We are working tirelessly to bring business to our partners, to inspire travelers and to reward them if they choose to support their country's businesses, so that when the time comes, we can continue our mission of helping everyone discover the world”, concludes the press note.