What’s on your mind?

[KaliYoni]

The hotel company I booked for Minneapolis in February just canceled my reservation, due to "licensing issues with Marriott." UNBELIEVABLE. Absolutely unbelievable. What the hell. That's all I can say. Hope I can get a refund but I booked through Expedia so I'm rolling the dice on that. Flights are non-refundable because I booked in Economy so this trip may just be a complete loss and I will be out the total cost of the trip. I hope that doesn't happen but it's not out of the question. I have insurance on the trip but I kind of doubt this would be a covered thing.

If this is the reason why your reservation was cancelled, it looks like Sonder might have ceased its operations plus Marriott was only licensing access to its reservation system to Sonder, not providing rooms. So if Sonder has gone out of business, neither Marriott nor Expedia had a direct role in the cancellation. That doesn’t make what happened to you feel any better or excusable, I know, but it could play a role in any travel insurance claims or refund requests you make.
:-(

Marriott terminates licensing agreement with lodging rentals company Sonder

Hotel operator Marriott International on Sunday said its licensing agreement with lodging rentals company Sonder has been terminated due to a default from Sonder.

www.reuters.com

 

[rm5]

If this is the reason why your reservation was cancelled, it looks like Sonder might have ceased its operations plus Marriott was only licensing access to its reservation system to Sonder, not providing rooms. So if Sonder has gone out of business, neither Marriott nor Expedia had a direct role in the cancellation. That doesn’t make what happened to you feel any better or excusable, I know, but it could play a role in any travel insurance claims or refund requests you make.
:-(

Marriott terminates licensing agreement with lodging rentals company Sonder

Hotel operator Marriott International on Sunday said its licensing agreement with lodging rentals company Sonder has been terminated due to a default from Sonder.

www.reuters.com

Yes, this is exactly what happened. It looked like a nice property, too, so it's really a shame. I just called Expedia and I read the email I had received word-for-word. Then the representative tried to call Sonder and couldn't. He said he put in some sort of request to the higher-ups and that I would be notified in 3-5 days about a refund. If I cannot get a refund, I may as well try to file a claim with the insurance, even if it doesn't go anywhere. This is all quite ridiculous, hope I can get it resolved to some degree.

 

[max2]

Glad a holiday miracle is happening! Would of really been horrible any longer.

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

Lately I've been thinking about how my views on things have changed a lot in light of things that have happened this year. I am definitely not the same person in terms of what I think and believe compared to a year ago.

I reflect on this often.

 

[Macky-Mac]

.... If I cannot get a refund, I may as well try to file a claim with the insurance, even if it doesn't go anywhere. This is all quite ridiculous, hope I can get it resolved to some degree.

you paid for something that you're now being told they can't provide, so obviously you should be getting a refund.

I'm assuming you paid with a credit card, so you should talk to them too. They should give you a charge-back if you don't get what you paid for

 

[rm5]

Not filing a dispute with the credit card quite yet, I think that will be my last resort if I can't get a refund and I can't file a claim with insurance. Expedia has started a case about this, I just got an email. This is progress.

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

I am listening to some face melting rock and am getting really pumped for today. I dont know exactly what Ill do today but whatever it is Im going to eat it alive.

Pumped to get into what life has to offer today. I hope you all have a great day.

Too bad we don't have devil horn slayer icons.

 

[Apple fanboy]

I am listening to some face melting rock and am getting really pumped for today. I dont know exactly what Ill do today but whatever it is Im going to eat it alive.

Pumped to get into what life has to offer today. I hope you all have a great day.

Too bad we dont have devile horn slayer icons.

I think this sums it up!

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

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I think this sums it up!

But you look like that every day

I started cutting a tree down for my folks. Got a new 16" chainsaw for the job with no human limbs cut off and no new skylights so that's a win. Fire wood for the winter!

 

[Apple fanboy]

But you look like that every day

I started cutting a tree down for my folks. Got a new 16" chainsaw for the job with no human limbs cut off and no new skylights so that's a win. Fire wood for the winter!

In the UK you’d need to wait until next winter. Our wood is pretty wet! Stay safe. Chainsaws can be a nightmare if you don’t know what you are doing. Friend of mine had one run up his leg.

 

[KaliYoni]

Not filing a dispute with the credit card quite yet, I think that will be my last resort if I can't get a refund and I can't file a claim with insurance. Expedia has started a case about this, I just got an email. This is progress.

This thread put Sonder on my radar...things don't look good for its customers:

https://investors.sonder.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sonder-holdings-inc-complete-immediate-wind-down-operations

Now, putting on my marketer's hat, I find "Sonder" to be an odd choice for a company name. The term, for anybody familiar with 1930s and 1940s European history, can have some very dark associations. I wasn't aware of the company before seeing it in this thread (I don't follow the travel and hospitality industries closely) but its website seems to indicate it is a young company that, until recently, was run by its young founder. So perhaps Sonder's name points to both the general decline of interest in the humanities and how—or sadly, if—history is taught to students currently.

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

In the UK you’d need to wait until next winter. Our wood is pretty wet! Stay safe. Chainsaws can be a nightmare if you don’t know what you are doing. Friend of mine had one run up his leg.

I own a couple older 14 gassers actually with 20 bars for when I’m up in the mountains but you are absolutely right - one can never be too careful with them. BAD injury before you can say stop if you’re not paying attention. I’ve used them many times over the past 30 years and they still give me the heebie jeebies and have a healthy respect. My fear has always been having one kick back on a knot & be in its path or losing grip/control. I’m solid at intentionally standing to the side of the saws path but gosh, you never know. I have the stuff too ie: 9 layer chaps, ST leather boots, leather gloves, tourniquet, goggles etc but again, you never know - SHs. I guess that’s why I have the T.

Anyways, today’s tree was a moderate sized short but fat/round Ornamental maple and fell predictably. I have another of similar size I’ll get at next week for them.

 

[BotchQue]

But you look like that every day

I started cutting a tree down for my folks. Got a new 16" chainsaw for the job with no human limbs cut off and no new skylights so that's a win. Fire wood for the winter!

Guy in my neighborhood, many years ago, was cutting an overhead branch from a ladder, and it kicked back just enough to go thru his hardhat and into his skull enough to kill him.
I’ve used them, but the recent climate changes have taken out the rest of my large trees, and I was glad to donate that saw to charity.

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

Guy in my neighborhood, many years ago, was cutting an overhead branch from a ladder, and it kicked back just enough to go thru his hardhat and into his skull enough to kill him.
I’ve used them, but the recent climate changes have taken out the rest of my large trees, and I was glad to donate that saw to charity.

Man that’s really sad. Two no-nos right there. Don’t cut over your shoulders and don’t get up on a ladder. Wish I knew him, I would’ve let him borrow my Pole saw instead

 

[Scepticalscribe]

In the UK you’d need to wait until next winter. Our wood is pretty wet!

Very much so.

Stay safe. Chainsaws can be a nightmare if you don’t know what you are doing. Friend of mine had one run up his leg.

A friend of mine - several years ago - had the bright idea to trim a large tree in his capacious back garden without either thinking the thing through, or, having any relevant experience in said matter.

Apparently, a large, stubborn, sturdy, branch resisted, and sort of boomeranged, flinging my friend out of the tree, and sailing through the air until the inevitable unpleasant landing.

He was in a wheelchair for a few months, recovering from compound fractures in his leg, an experience, he said, that gave him a whole new perspective on - and a passionate sympathy for - people with impaired mobility - along with a first hand acquaintance with crooked, uneven, footpaths, and the challenges of attempting to gain access to disabled loos (in pubs, and restaurants, for example).

 

[max2]

This thread put Sonder on my radar...things don't look good for its customers:

http://[URL]https://investors.sonde...s-inc-complete-immediate-wind-down-operations

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Now, putting on my marketer's hat, I find "Sonder" to be an odd choice for a company name. The term, for anybody familiar with 1930s and 1940s European history, can have some very dark associations. I wasn't aware of the company before seeing it in this thread (I don't follow the travel and hospitality industries closely) but its website seems to indicate it is a young company that, until recently, was run by its young founder. So perhaps Sonder's name points to both the general decline of interest in the humanities and how—or sadly, if—history is taught to students currently.

That is really interesting!

 

[Mousse]

Will be interesting to see how the week of Thanksgiving and Christmas turns out!

I hope my Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays turns out uneventful.

I hate family get-togethers, as Uncle Bob always wants to talk politics. Shaddap, Bob. No one cares. I just want to eat🍗, drink🍻 and be merry🥳 for tomorrow we go our separate way. Actually, I just hate Uncle Bob.😑

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

I hope my Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays turns out uneventful.

I hate family get-togethers, as Uncle Bob always wants to talk politics. Shaddap, Bob. No one cares. I just want to eat🍗, drink🍻 and be merry🥳 for tomorrow we go our separate way. Actually, I just hate Uncle Bob.😑

You should tell him that. It’s amazing what honesty does for quality of life. I had two of my nieces who effectively blamed my brother tell me they didn’t want to talk to his/my side of the family. Guess what?

They got their wish. I am sure they live a happier life for it.

 

[max2]

I hope my Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays turns out uneventful.

I hate family get-togethers, as Uncle Bob always wants to talk politics. Shaddap, Bob. No one cares. I just want to eat🍗, drink🍻 and be merry🥳 for tomorrow we go our separate way. Actually, I just hate Uncle Bob.😑

Vaguely remember the last one but it been quite a while. A lot do not anymore. Mainly because of far distances between everyone.

Guess anyone could have one still but the simpler way.

 

[Apple fanboy]

So glad I don’t have to deal with those family dramas at Christmas or any other time of the year

 

[rm5]

I got a refund in the form of a statement credit. It's about 75% of the total, but I'll take it (probably fees that they can't refund). The refund won't cover the entire cost of booking a new property because most of the other decent properties are significantly more expensive. But the refund should help with that at least a little bit.

 

[DaveFromCampbelltown]

Flying up to Cairns tomorrow, and this got me to thinking about the planes that I have flown in.
I have been a passenger, now, for 70 years.

The earliest one I can remember is when I was about 4, sitting in the window seat of a WWII Catalina that had been repurposed by Qantas as a passenger plane.

Next was a couple of Super Constellations, which were, are, and always will be the most beautiful planes ever.

In the mix are a Twin Otter Amphibious, several DC3s, any number of Cessna micro-planes.
I never did get to fly in a De Havilland Dragon. Bugger!

More recently have been Lockheed Electras, Douglas DC6-B, Boeing 727 with the flip-down back door, 707s, 747s.

Then there were the Saab 340s.

Currently, it has been Boeing 737s and Airbus 320s. These are the most boring of the lot.
However, when flying, boring is good.

 

[Richard8655]

Flying up to Cairns tomorrow, and this got me to thinking about the planes that I have flown in.
I have been a passenger, now, for 70 years.

The earliest one I can remember is when I was about 4, sitting in the window seat of a WWII Catalina that had been repurposed by Qantas as a passenger plane.

Next was a couple of Super Constellations, which were, are, and always will be the most beautiful planes ever.

In the mix are a Twin Otter Amphibious, several DC3s, any number of Cessna micro-planes.
I never did get to fly in a De Havilland Dragon. Bugger!

More recently have been Lockheed Electras, Douglas DC6-B, Boeing 727 with the flip-down back door, 707s, 747s.

Then there were the Saab 340s.

Currently, it has been Boeing 737s and Airbus 320s. These are the most boring of the lot.
However, when flying, boring is good.

Those were interesting aircraft for sure. Here in the U.S. Midwest, I also remember Fokker F-27 (Ozark Airlines) and Convair 580 (North Central Airlines). Both medium range turboprops.

Relating to the Boeing 727 with flip-down back door, DB Cooper used that exit method via parachute over Washington state in 1971. I think there were no more such egress configurations after that.

 

[The Clark]

Car got impounded while visiting Vancouver, and I'm not one with an eye for photography, but there was something majestic about picking it up the following morning around 7:30am.

I made it my wallpaper:

 

[DaveFromCampbelltown]

Those were interesting aircraft for sure. Here in the U.S. Midwest, I also remember Fokker F-27 (Ozark Airlines) and Convair 580 (North Central Airlines). Both medium range turboprops.

Relating to the Boeing 727 with flip-down back door, DB Cooper used that exit method via parachute over Washington state in 1971. I think there were no more such egress configurations after that.

Yes, as far as I know, the 727 is the only modern(ish) plane that you could open a door inflight. All modern doors are plug-shaped, so that once they are airborne, internal air pressure makes it impossible to open.