Tourists look for "non-existent hotels" in foreign countries until dawn. Why is online booking so unreliable?

With the development of the Internet, many physical industries have conducted online platform transactions in the past, and the network economy has greatly accelerated the efficiency of society. For many traditional model economies, the Internet can open the market, let the expansion that originally focused on the local market develop into the national market, and at the same time, it can also increase the traffic and spread of shops.

However, the development time of Internet economy is relatively short. In the case of imperfect rules, it has its own drawbacks and loopholes, which also makes many lawless elements take advantage of the rules to destroy the normal market.

In the news, it is irresponsible for the platform to look for hotels that do not exist abroad until dawn. It is convenient for me to book a hotel online in China. On the one hand, I don't need to call for advice, and I don't need to come to my house in person. On the other hand, you can see some comments when you forget to book, which has certain reference value for yourself. Fortunately, all the hotels I booked are ok, which makes me more dependent on online booking, which also shows that online booking.

However, I once booked a group purchase hotel and encountered an accident. Then, this hotel actually existed a week ago, and it still exists on the group buying network a week later, and it can still be booked. At that time, the customer service replied that the information was not updated in time, but it gave me a bad impression.

For tourists who book impure hotels in other places, this hotel may not exist, or it may have moved out of its original location. In either case, it is the unshirkable responsibility of the online ordering platform. After all, since the online ordering platform has booked for consumers, it is necessary to ensure the authenticity of the information.

Of course, for many consumers, especially those who go abroad, it is difficult for them to report or defend their rights because of different languages and cultures. Some people regard it as a matter of eating a dumb loss and stuffing it into their stomachs, which also leads many platforms not to care about the timeliness of information updates or the inspection standards for hotels, but only to send some information that attracts customers to book. Online booking is unreliable, on the one hand, it depends on the formulation of network economic rules, on the other hand, it also depends on the responsibility and willfulness of merchants and platforms, and it also requires timely reporting and supervision by consumers.