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Thomas enjoys staying at bed and breakfasts without paying afterwards.<\/p><\/div>\n

Meet Thomas. A 28-year-old German who enjoys staying at bed and breakfasts \u2013 without paying afterwards. Unfortunately, he\u2019s not the only one. Regularly B&B owners tell us they\u2019ve been duped by guests. How can you avoid this happening to you?<\/p>\n

Thomas usually stays a few nights in a B&B, and then leaves in the morning without paying. In the Netherlands alone, at least five B&B-owners have been duped by him. An ordinary\u00a0young man with a backpack and a blue mountain bike, who was never caught.<\/p>\n

If you do not trust it…<\/strong>
\nHow can you as a B&B owner prevent getting swindled? Of course you can never foresee what people are up to. But listen to your intuition. Our advice: if you don\u2019t trust it, ask for a payment in advance upon booking, or a\u00a0cash payment upon arrival. And if you\u2019re really suspicious, don\u2019t take the risk and cancel the reservation.<\/p>\n

Find more tips for B&B innkeepers on Bedandbreakfast.eu\/en\/start<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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