Heart rate decreasing
From time to time I head off over to the Continuum site. Partly to see what news/updates there might be. But the main reason is to follow the accommodation link to the hotel and then to the pricing to see if the room rates have dropped yet. I have been working under the assumption that they will drop because travel and tourism are not in a great state at the moment.
Imagine my consternation then to see that the booking page on the web site appears to have been re-engineered (or switched to another provider) and that the room rates have gone up by about 25%. Cough splutter ack.
Then I noticed that the prices being quoted were in NZD. Changing the currency to AUD restored my equilibrium. The new booking site must look at my IP address or some such and from there determine what my native currency is. Smart yes? Except that when I look at prices in another country*, I expect by default I expect to see the native currency. Of course, the ability to change to my own currency is a very welcome feature, but not one I want by default.
Or perhaps it is a really sensible way to operate and my reaction is just me being contrary and resistant to change.
(*Despite the way it may appear at times, Australia is still counts as a foreign land for me)
Imagine my consternation then to see that the booking page on the web site appears to have been re-engineered (or switched to another provider) and that the room rates have gone up by about 25%. Cough splutter ack.
Then I noticed that the prices being quoted were in NZD. Changing the currency to AUD restored my equilibrium. The new booking site must look at my IP address or some such and from there determine what my native currency is. Smart yes? Except that when I look at prices in another country*, I expect by default I expect to see the native currency. Of course, the ability to change to my own currency is a very welcome feature, but not one I want by default.
Or perhaps it is a really sensible way to operate and my reaction is just me being contrary and resistant to change.
(*Despite the way it may appear at times, Australia is still counts as a foreign land for me)