Russia 2018: Hotel Thread

Discussion in 'World Cup 2018 - Russia' started by KRCSoccer, Jun 15, 2017.

  1. tudobem62014

    tudobem62014 Member+

    Feb 26, 2014
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    I thought only the Japanese were capable of this.
     
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  2. Simon Overall

    Simon Overall Member

    Sydney FC
    Australia
    May 7, 2014
    Sydney
    Club:
    Sydney FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    That's a positive.

    After some backing and forthing with Booking.com, I had a hotel in Rostov changed over to one down the road, same standard, and good ratings and the same price.

     
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  3. hmason

    hmason New Member

    Mar 6, 2017
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Just noticed my booking at Smile Hostel in Nizhny canceled sometime in the last few weeks without any notice. I emailed them to ask what happened and they told me I could rebook for $100 a night, in a 16 bed dorm.
     
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  4. Licho

    Licho Member

    River Plate
    Argentina
    Jan 10, 2018
    Houston, TX
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    Now you see why they are called "Smile Hostel"
     
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  5. Urarata

    Urarata New Member

    Real Sociedad
    Brazil
    Mar 9, 2018
    I must have visa registration in Russia if I stay less than 7 days at one city ?

    Regards
     
  6. Donal

    Donal Member

    Arsenal
    Republic of Ireland
    Jan 13, 2018
    "Response rate: 0%"
     
  7. Nick Kharchenko

    FC Baltika, Kaliningrad, Russia
    Russia
    Oct 20, 2017
    Nat'l Team:
    Russia
    Yes
    24h for the host city
    7 days for any other
     
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  8. Licho

    Licho Member

    River Plate
    Argentina
    Jan 10, 2018
    Houston, TX
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
  9. Licho

    Licho Member

    River Plate
    Argentina
    Jan 10, 2018
    Houston, TX
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    Of Course! there's no wi-fi in her prison!
     
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  10. Licho

    Licho Member

    River Plate
    Argentina
    Jan 10, 2018
    Houston, TX
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    @Nick Kharchenko (or any of the other russian friends), could you help us by writing a template so that we can write emails directly to the hotels and see if we have better luck than thru sites like Booking? .

    I tried using the google translator but I dont know if what is written in russian really makes sense.

    Something like
    "Hello.
    I would like to ask you if you have any available room for 2 guest for the night of June 21. Thanks"

    would translate into:
    "Здравствуйте. Я хотел бы спросить вас, есть ли у вас в наличии номер для 2 гостей на ночь 21 июня. благодаря

    Does it makes sense?
     
  11. Nick Kharchenko

    FC Baltika, Kaliningrad, Russia
    Russia
    Oct 20, 2017
    Nat'l Team:
    Russia
    Edited. But I you sure that you want to stay in a hotel that is not capable to reply your email in basic English?

    Здравствуйте.

    Я хотел бы уточнить, есть ли у вас свободный номер для 2 гостей на 21 июня?

    Заранее благодарю за ответ.
     
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  12. Licho

    Licho Member

    River Plate
    Argentina
    Jan 10, 2018
    Houston, TX
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    Thanks Nick! In other circumstances I would agree with you but right now the options to book a hotel in some cities is narrowing so we can use every resource available!
     
  13. Urarata

    Urarata New Member

    Real Sociedad
    Brazil
    Mar 9, 2018
    I booked this hostel at ROSTOV on 16-18 JUN 2018 I asked the visa registration , He said " This is an application form that according to the law every foreigner should fill in every time he changes the address of residence, however as I have consulted with the office in reality all you need is just your Fan ID. So if you don't bother filling in all those papers you will not have any problems, Do you get it? Anyway I will keep asking and gathering information about it from various sources and I will keep you and our other guests informed about the immigration rules. Please keep in touch."
    I already paied the money to this hostel and I like this hostel because not expensive for me. From this message this hostel has risk for not register visa to me ? and what should I do ?

    Regards
     
  14. Donal

    Donal Member

    Arsenal
    Republic of Ireland
    Jan 13, 2018
    From those with experience of previous tournaments is there usually an influx of hotel rooms available the last few weeks before the tournament starts as those who have double triple, quadruple etc booked start to cancel the reservatione they don't intend on using?
     
  15. Ric_Braz

    Ric_Braz Member+

    May 13, 2009
    Wiltshire, UK.
    Club:
    AFC Wimbledon
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I don't think for this reason but more the reason that clearly many hotels have been block booked either by organizations or Travel firms. I have been surprised still so many say fully booked and it could well be late in the day when they become available which will no doubt be too late for fans and hopefully the hotels as well.
     
  16. PabloSanDiego

    PabloSanDiego Member+

    West Ham United
    United States
    Jan 18, 2014
    San Diego, CA
    Club:
    West Ham United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I don't think previous World Cups is going to be much of indicator for the current Russia situation as there are too many differences and variables that we don't know. From the outset it seemed rooms were scarcer and more expensive in Russia, particularly Moscow and some of the smaller cities. This great flood of rooms that we were all hoping for hasn't happened. I have 3 nights left unbooked that I still have to book and I've been looking daily and haven't seen that much change. I still have options though so I'll continue to wait.
     
  17. Fussball_eh

    Fussball_eh Member

    May 26, 2013
    Club:
    Borussia Dortmund
    I am confused about this mandatory registration thingie. I am taking a train from Beijing to Moscow and then going to Sochi, St. Petersburg and back to Moscow. What do I need to do when I get to Siberia?
     
  18. Licho

    Licho Member

    River Plate
    Argentina
    Jan 10, 2018
    Houston, TX
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    First of all, put a jacket, for sure
     
  19. Into account. From 1 April airbnb is revising the title of superhost. Look for an apartment with good owners.
     
  20. Ric_Braz

    Ric_Braz Member+

    May 13, 2009
    Wiltshire, UK.
    Club:
    AFC Wimbledon
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    It is interesting that Booking.com have changed their tune and list all hotels in Moscow saying not available right now rather all sold out which to my naive mind suggests that they are expecting rooms to become available as they damn well should be...(3-5 stars that is.)
     
  21. leonidas

    leonidas Moderator
    Staff Member

    Palmeiras
    Brazil
    May 25, 2005
    NYC
    Club:
    Palmeiras Sao Paulo
    An AirBnB Superhost in Moscow is giving my buddy a hard time. The host wants to charge him $80 to register, which is complete crap. Looks like he is trying to force my friend to cancel so he can then up the price on the listing. My friend will contact AirBnB to see what they can do.
     
  22. lufcinsfo

    lufcinsfo Member

    leeds united
    Republic of Ireland
    Dec 12, 2017
    USA
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    Back in November, I had made a reservation on booking.com for a hotel in Samara from 5-8 July. The following day it was canceled by the hotel claiming that they were going to be closed at that time. I thought nothing more about it until today when I received another email from the same hotel claiming that my reservation for 2-3 July had been canceled for the same reason. This was a surprise because I had never had a reservation with them for that night.

    You will not be surprised to learn that they are still accepting reservations for dates when Samara is not hosting World Cup matches. So I called booking.com and the woman I spoke with was as offended by the hotel's behavior as any of us would be. She promised to report it to her boss and to report back to me later.

    I guess the lesson is that if a hotel does cancel on you, make sure you complain to the site where you booked it.
     
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  23. Imtiaz

    Imtiaz Member

    United States
    Feb 23, 2018
    if you made a booking at booking.com and no credit card was ever provided (it wasn't possible or done so fast when availability popped up it was missed) but booking.com confirmed the booking subsequently. should I be worried about it if no further email is sent on any cancellation?
     
  24. Nick Kharchenko

    FC Baltika, Kaliningrad, Russia
    Russia
    Oct 20, 2017
    Nat'l Team:
    Russia
    1 - forget about Visa register... it's not related to your visa or FanID at all. You inform local authorities about your location, that's the idea.

    Russians should do the same but with less strict time frames.

    2 - A normal hostel has to register all their incoming tourists upon their arrival.

    3 - All that registration story is awkward there will be thousands of fans that will ignore that. So we can't be sure if anyone will be checking that at all.
     
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  25. Simon Overall

    Simon Overall Member

    Sydney FC
    Australia
    May 7, 2014
    Sydney
    Club:
    Sydney FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    For $80 I'd pay it as bad as it sounds.

    Then leave a bad review at the end of the stay.

     
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