u/Hasampouli

We just came back to Tromsø from a monthly break. We realized that there plenty of bus service disruptions. Is this normal? What's the problem?

I use booking.com. both for business and personal travels. They say I am Genius level 3 (whatever that means). It says that level 3 has "Priority support on stays Get direct access to a live agent to discuss or modify any of your stays".

BUT the reality is that when their system messed up in my last two bookings they are nowhere to be found!

I booked two hotels one in Oslo and one in Bergen. It was a group booking with multiple rooms. At the time of the booking everything looked fine but on arrival we realised that booking.com messed up the numbers of guests per rooms and the hotels asked for more money.

I immediately reached out to booking.com via messaging app then and afterwards and still they are just saying "Customer Service chat
I just sent that to Customer Service, someone there will get back to you within 24 hours. I'll let you know as soon as they do, just make sure you have notifications switched on". That was on june 19th!! I sent multiple times a follow-up since then. Nothing happened!

I also tried to call the indicated number and an AI agent answered telling me that they will just take notes and pass it on to a human! Ridiculous!

I am not using booking.com again!!!

Any suggestions on alternatives?

I have moved to Norway and trying to learn Norwegian using (among others) Duolingo. Does anyone know which type does Duolingo use? Nynorsk ir Bokmål?

Takk!

How would you recommend someone to experience Bergen as a local?

Hi,

I am changing houses in Tromso.

Do you know if I can rent a pick up truck or a small van?

I checked the standard rental companies' webpages by they mostly offer passenger vehicles.

Any tips?

Tusen takk!