Boutique Residence Cosmopolis — Hotel in Općina Bibinje

STAY AWAY FROM THIS ACCOMODATION ! We booked a stay (2 nights) at this hotel in Croatia (near Zadar) well in advance on booking.com from Canada. Our friends live in the U.S. and also booked a stay in a separate room. Our friends arrived before us and were provided a room. When my family of 4 arrived in the evening (we drove for about 6 hours and have 2 small children), the owner Mary advised us she doesn't have a room for us due to overbooking. There was an empty room right beside our friends' room and she said "someone else reserved a room there". She then continued on saying its booking.com problem, call them and couldn't help us any further, even though we already paid and reserved the accommodation. I hope you can estimate how much shock we were in due to this situation and the fact that we paid for the room and its not there for us! When we demanded our room or alternative accommodation of equivalent value for 2 nights, she became very rude and kicked us out of the property. Our friends tried to help us by talking to her as well, which she didn't like, and so she kicked them out as well. She basically said "I don't care about you, leave my property now". We had to drive an extra 3 hours to find another accommodation near the lake, since its crazy busy in the area in July-August. We had 4 kids in total between us and our friends, ranging from 10 months to 6 years old. We got to another hotel at 3am. When we called booking.com next morning to deal with this overbooking situation, reservation, and submitted payment, we were advised that the case was started. When booking.com reached out to this rude owner Mary, who should never be in hospitality business, she basically lied to them by saying that we left on our own and she returned our money to us (not sure how, maybe she implied cash, which obviously never happened). She said to booking.com that we did receive the room that we booked but we wanted to have a room on a ground floor with our friends. This is an outright lie. She then said to booking that the property did not have a room on ground floor available and we decided to leave. Long story short, this was a long rant, but please do yourselves a favour and stay away from this hotel, as you may be her next victim. The owner Mary clearly doesn't care about her guests, which she showed by kicking 2 families out who had reservation from several weeks ago. She should not be in this business, as this is crook-like behavior. Needless to say, we incurred many expenses due to having to drive to another area, and booking another hotel last minute that was definitely more expensive. We, unfortunately, lost a significant amount of money. I rarely write reviews, but believe me when I say: STAY AWAY. Thank you and I hope you all have...

STAY AWAY FROM THIS ACCOMODATION ! We booked a stay (2 nights) at this hotel in Croatia (near Zadar) well in advance on booking.com from Canada. Our friends live in the U.S. and also booked a stay in a separate room. Our friends arrived before us and were provided a room. When my family of 4 arrived in the evening (we drove for about 6 hours and have 2 small children), the owner Mary advised us she doesn't have a room for us due to overbooking. There was an empty room right beside our friends' room and she said "someone else reserved a room there". She then continued on saying its booking.com problem, call them and couldn't help us any further, even though we already paid and reserved the accommodation. I hope you can estimate how much shock we were in due to this situation and the fact that we paid for the room and its not there for us! When we demanded our room or alternative accommodation of equivalent value for 2 nights, she became very rude and kicked us out of the property. Our friends tried to help us by talking to her as well, which she didn't like, and so she kicked them out as well. She basically said "I don't care about you, leave my property now". We had to drive an extra 3 hours to find another accommodation near the lake, since its crazy busy in the area in July-August. We had 4 kids in total between us and our friends, ranging from 10 months to 6 years old. We got to another hotel at 3am. When we called booking.com next morning to deal with this overbooking situation, reservation, and submitted payment, we were advised that the case was started. When booking.com reached out to this rude owner Mary, who should never be in hospitality business, she basically lied to them by saying that we left on our own and she returned our money to us (not sure how, maybe she implied cash, which obviously never happened). She said to booking.com that we did receive the room that we booked but we wanted to have a room on a ground floor with our friends. This is an outright lie. She then said to booking that the property did not have a room on ground floor available and we decided to leave. Long story short, this was a long rant, but please do yourselves a favour and stay away from this hotel, as you may be her next victim. The owner Mary clearly doesn't care about her guests, which she showed by kicking 2 families out who had reservation from several weeks ago. She should not be in this business, as this is crook-like behavior. Needless to say, we incurred many expenses due to having to drive to another area, and booking another hotel last minute that was definitely more expensive. We, unfortunately, lost a significant amount of money. I rarely write reviews, but believe me when I say: STAY AWAY. Thank you and I hope you all have...

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A Truly Terrible Experience – Completely Misleading and Unprofessional

This was by far the worst accommodation experience I’ve ever had. We booked a two-night stay through Booking.com for what was advertised as a two-room apartment with two beds, at €400 per night.

Upon arrival, a woman met us with the keys and claimed she had to cancel the Booking.com reservation and insisted we pay her in cash. It was late at night, we were exhausted, and had no choice but to comply.

Once inside, we were shocked to find a single room with one double bed and a sofa – completely different from what was advertised. The apartment was poorly maintained: no bottled water, no soap or shampoo, and not even the most basic amenities. The towels were dark brown and black, making it impossible to tell if they were clean. Worst of all, the bedding hadn’t been changed – there was blonde hair still on the pillows.

We messaged the host early the next morning requesting a refund for the second night so we could find a better option, but received no response whatsoever.

This experience felt like a scam designed to exploit tourists. I’m truly disappointed that platforms like Booking.com allow such listings, which clearly violate trust and quality standards. I hope this serves as a...