Am I, or is he?

[sooperdooper]

This weekend me & DP are due to go away, we both have Monday off and we thought about going to his parents holiday place but it was booked up so last night I searched for places we could go, and take the dog too, and after many phone calls I found somewhere, within budget and less than an hour away

I confirmed it, and gave them my card details to secure the booking, and was told that as they have a 48hr cancellation policy it was a confirmed booking

So just now, he rings me and says his folks place is now available, so we could go for 2 nights, for free - and can we cancel? I explained what they'd said, and also just called them to be sure, but no, as I was told it's a confirmed booking and if I cancel they'll charge my card

He's now saying I should cancel my card so they can't do that and we should go to his folks place - but I think cancelling my card is really out of order, since I was told upfront about their policy and it feels really underhand - plus I'm a bit annoyed that I spent so long finding this place and he doesn't seem to appreciate that

So, am I being uptight about this or is he being a scally???

You're NBU.

Providing the 48 hour period elapsed then you shouldn't do that, its just one of those thing.

He's being silly. The payment is bound to have gone through already.

He's not being fair.

Thank you :) It's a small independant B&B we've booked too, so it feels even worse, especially when they did tell me upfront what the policy was

Even if you cancel the card now, you would have to lie and claim the purchase was fraud, otherwise the card company will still pursue you for the debt anyway. So you can't get out of paying now anyway. Tell him he's a twit and you need to honour the purchase!

If you cancel the card, they can get a CCJ (or similar) out against you as you have entered into a contract with them.

So don't do that! They will pursue you anyway for the money.

Yes, I hadn't thought of that, I just thought it was really underhand to cancel the card, which I won't do - but they also have all my address details etc so they will still chase for it, especially since I've now called and asked about cancelling!!

I want to go anyway, it's only coincidence the other place has come free, had we known yesterday I wouldn't have booked, oh well, just one of those things - just wanted to check I hadn't gone mad for saying his 'plan' was nonsense!!

His plan requires you to be dishonest, and not just a little white lie. Glad you've decided to go with the B&B you've booked.