Scary stuff. Definitely worth checking that a hotel exists, by looking on other platforms for recent reviews etc.

'Traveller reader Raja Nagaraja of Florey, ACT, got a rude surprise when he and his wife showed up late one night expecting to check in at the accommodation they’d booked at the Outlook Hotel in Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls. It didn’t exist.

'“Terrified in the darkness at this unknown place, we called the number provided, with a person informing us that the hotel was still under construction and that he would provide alternate accommodation,” he wrote.'

#travel #scam https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/beware-booking-that-overseas-hotel-it-might-not-exist-20251010-p5n1kp.html