UPD2 29.11.2016
Thank you again for the answer. And thank you for the good words about our customer service managers.
It is true, that guest cannot rate the apartment if he or she didn't lived in it. But we would like to notify, that each canceled booking is a reason for us to work with the owner. In your case the order was canceled without any penalties (according to the cancellation policy of this particular apartment), but our personal managers have discussed this situation and its consequences with the owner. Worth noting, that cancellations influence the position of the owner on Dobovo.com, for example, the owner cannot become the member of the program “Expert” (it is available only for the best owners, who work with the guests perfectly and don't cancel bookings at any reason).
Mr Sullivan, we hope, that the impressions about the good apartments you stayed in, will overcome the bad memories. As an apology and a sign of respect, please take a gift voucher for the booking in the amount of 1, 000 UAH. If it is convenient for you, we can send voucher to your e-mail. If the e-mail you indicated in your order is the correct one, we can send it there.
Thank you for the attention to Dobovo.com, we can make it better with your help.
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UPD 29.11.2016
Dear Mr Sullivan,
thank you for your reply.
When we speak about automatically calculated rating, we mean that only guests can influence it. We cannot influence the rating, there is no such technical possibility – it is totally based on the feedback of the guests. After check out from a particular apartment a guest receives a letter with a request to write a review about the common impression. Even though there are some complaints, but left no feedback, the rating will not change. That is the reason why it is important to leave the reviews and evaluate the service.
According to our information (if you booked the apartment on your name, John Sullivan) you have made 2 bookings and left no bad reviews, only the good one. We kindly ask you to leave the feedback to the owner you are not satisfied with.
Dobovo.com is responsible for the whole process of booking, for its safety for the owner and the guest both. But we cannot be responsible for the process of living. We are trying to select the best apartments and the best owners. We look through the photos of apartments, read the previous reviews and, if there are some complaints, we work with the owner jointly in order to improve the quality of service. But to make it better we need to know, where exactly the weaknesses are.
Thank you again for the feedback.
Have a nice day.
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Dear Mr Sullivan,
First of all, we would like to thank you for your time and review of our company. Such reviews motivate us strongly to get better for our clients. We permanently work on our service quality and we do our best to make all clients satisfied.
We would like to drop your attention to the fact that Dobovo.com does not carry responsibility for the owners' actions. We are sorry for any inconvenience you might have faced while communicating with the owner.
We would like to define that on our site the rating is calculated automatically and cannot be changed manually. The owner's rating is based on different factors, such as: amount of the successful accommodations, allocation in selected apartment, amount of bookings, amount of reviews etc. That is the reason why we are strongly asking our guests to leave the reviews and describe all the features of each particular owner. If it is convenient for you, we ask you to leave a feedback about the apartment you stayed in. This will help the other clients to decide whether to stay in this apartment or not.
Also we would like you to inform us about the number of order you have questions about. Using this information we can connect with the owner, discuss this situation and do everything necessary to prevent such cases in the future.
We would like to know if there is something we can do to know for sure, that we have done everything possible to satisfy you as our client and prove you our respect and loyalty.
Please, let us know if there is something else we can do for you.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Have a nice day.