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No Wi-fi in holiday villa

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wichitalinemanswoman · 02/08/2019 10:24

I booked a villa for my family (2 adults and 3 children) on a Greek island. Booked it because it had Wi-fi and a pool. I have three older children who use Wi-fi a lot and like to keep in touch with friends etc while away so not an out of the ordinary thing to want for a week.

The WiFi has not worked all week. I emailed the rep and asked what the problem was and was surprised to find that we have no router in our villa and the log on Wi-fi and password is for a villa next door. Rep explained that as we are on an island Wi-fi can be intermittent and patchy.

After numerous text messages to and from the rep I am finally told that there is a problem with our transmitter on our roof and they are speaking to the phone company to resolve this. Today is the last day of our holiday and Wi-fi has been fixed so we have had Wi-fi for one day.

AIBU in thinking that if you sell a villa with Wi-fi that it should at least have its own router and Wi-fi should be available? I completely understand about signals being patchy etc but think if they are so bad that Wi-fi should not be a selling point. I have been ok without it (although had some sad news about a family member later than I should as only received it when out at a restaurant) but my three children have struggled. I know this is a ridiculous problem on the scheme of things but would you be happy if you'd booked a villa based on Wi-fi for then not to have it?

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Sparklingbrook · 02/08/2019 10:30

YANBU. if you book a place with WiFi you want the WiFi and we do the same because we like to have it.
Sounds as if it shouldn't have been stated in the details.

katewhinesalot · 02/08/2019 10:39

Yanbu but this is a frequent thing. I've been to numerous hotels and villas where the advertised WiFi is patchy to non existent. I take books or download stuff so that I'm not reliant on it.

wichitalinemanswoman · 02/08/2019 10:46

@katewhinesalot yes I have too and I understand that but we didn't have patchy WiFi due to location or signal. We had no Wi-fi due to a technical error which hasn't been rectified in time for our arrival

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Doyoumind · 02/08/2019 10:53

Do you have enough signal on your phone for it to be used as a mobile hotspot? I think on most contracts now your UK data allowance can be used in Europe and you can buy add-on data. It's not ideal, I know.

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