This is a strange post from a visitor planning to visit Dublin and the hotel's treatment of him. Source TripAdvisor/Dublin Forum.
"So I have a hotel booking through booking.com for 2 nights from 20-22 March, next week. I booked early january so just before the whole virus situation SHTF. The hotel has contacted me today to explain that they would like me to cancel my booking since I'm travelling from a high risk country (I was not aware NL was high risk yet). The booking was prepaid nonrefundable so I told them that I'd be more than ok with THEIR cancellation and refund if they don't want me there. I'm not 100% sure if I will still come to Dublin in the current situation but if I get a refund I will probably book another hotel with flex cancellation option. Yet if I cancel myself through booking.com, I just lost my money and accommodation. So far so good, hotel just called me back again and said no its not my nationality but what it comes down to is that they will probably have to cease operations since they share an entrance with, and are situated above, a large club/bar that today was told to close because of a new 100 people limit. I understand that's a difficult situation but they want ME to cancel a prepaid booking, first by false pretenses, and then they are not willing to give a refund. I contacted booking.com and they basically said that if I don't cancel myself I can just show up there next week and if they are closed or refuse me I can make a claim or sue them. Now that's not very reassuring. If I book another hotel just to be sure I have accommodation, I won't be able to cancel that on the arrival day itself even if it's not prepaid, so apart from most of Dublin apparently being closed down (I understand that every government is trying to do the right thing so no comment on that) I will also sit on the costs of another hotel room. Not looking forward to this trip anymore... what should I do?"
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"So I have a hotel booking through booking.com for 2 nights from 20-22 March, next week. I booked early january so just before the whole virus situation SHTF. The hotel has contacted me today to explain that they would like me to cancel my booking since I'm travelling from a high risk country (I was not aware NL was high risk yet). The booking was prepaid nonrefundable so I told them that I'd be more than ok with THEIR cancellation and refund if they don't want me there. I'm not 100% sure if I will still come to Dublin in the current situation but if I get a refund I will probably book another hotel with flex cancellation option. Yet if I cancel myself through booking.com, I just lost my money and accommodation. So far so good, hotel just called me back again and said no its not my nationality but what it comes down to is that they will probably have to cease operations since they share an entrance with, and are situated above, a large club/bar that today was told to close because of a new 100 people limit. I understand that's a difficult situation but they want ME to cancel a prepaid booking, first by false pretenses, and then they are not willing to give a refund. I contacted booking.com and they basically said that if I don't cancel myself I can just show up there next week and if they are closed or refuse me I can make a claim or sue them. Now that's not very reassuring. If I book another hotel just to be sure I have accommodation, I won't be able to cancel that on the arrival day itself even if it's not prepaid, so apart from most of Dublin apparently being closed down (I understand that every government is trying to do the right thing so no comment on that) I will also sit on the costs of another hotel room. Not looking forward to this trip anymore... what should I do?"
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