"I started receiving emails directly from the hotel, in Portuguese, demanding a 50% bank transfer or my room would not be guaranteed. This was not a condition of the booking, which the website reassured me of on several occasions. Despite that, I continued receiving emails threatening to cancel my reservation up to two days before our arrival. After all of the complaining (on the hotel's side) about the deposit, I was not even asked for the deposit upon check in.
When we got into the room,...