Will Booking.com’s Hungarian Hosts Finally Get Paid?
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Hungarian short-term rental hosts on Booking.com face significant payment delays, causing potential business closures. Despite Booking.com attributing delays to system updates, payments have not resumed as initially promised.
Hungary's short-term rental hosts who offer their properties on Amsterdam-based Booking.com haven’t been paid for several months, leaving some having to decide whether they’ll need to shutter their businesses, according to published reports.
Among the latest developments, regulatory authorities in Hungary initiated a complaint process against Booking, charging that a majority of hosts in the country haven’t been paid money due. Meanwhile, a member of the European Parliament, István Ujhelyi, who sits on its travel and tourism committee, said he discussed the matter with Booking.com, and that short-term rental providers would receive their payments next week, according to Daily News Hungary.
A Booking Holdings spokesperson said last week that the delayed payments had been tied to updates to the company’s payments system, and that providers had been notified that there would be a delay in
