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19.10.2022 - 13:12 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A Eurovision fan has slammed hotels in Liverpool for offering 'ridiculous' prices - after he was offered to keep a booking on a room for 'five times' the price.
Mircea Suciu, from London, said he was 'super excited' to visit the city from London for the weekend of the competition. He managed to book at room at the The Air Host and Stay New Build home near Anfield on Booking.com, the Liverpool Echo reports.
He found the room at the 'standard rate' of around £500 for two nights, but the next day said he received a message from the owners to say there had been an 'error'. The hotel said that although it did 'not want to be greedy', the initial price offered must go up.
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Initially, Mircea thought that he had been lucky to find somewhere that 'refused to put the prices up'. He said: "They basically said it was an error that they had listed the property for their normal rate for that weekend, and offered to honour the booking if I paid £1,000 per night instead, suggesting this would be a huge discount."
He added: "It wasn't even central, I booked it straight away and I wanted to say thank you because they weren't profiteering. The next day I woke to a message to say there had been a mistake.
"They said they would give me a huge discount which would be a good price considering the weekend. But when I contacted Booking.com I was basically told it was a good price.
"They were now trying to charge five times more. They are trying to profiteer. They told me they've suffered because of the pandemic and Eurovision offered them hope."
Having declined the offer, Mircea, originally from Romania, said he is still 'hoping' and looking for a
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