EXCLUSIVE. How companies behind Bongo and co make big money from high commissions on gift vouchers: “We often give the worst room”

Behind the nice gift vouchers you receive, there is a hard, multi-million dollar business. The HLN research cell was able to view secret contracts with hotels and restaurants and discovered that the companies above Bongo, Cadeaubox, Wonderbox and Vivabox earn commissions of up to 38 percent on a gift voucher. Hotel and restaurant operators reveal here for the first time how hard things are going and how you as a customer feel the consequences: “Anyone who books with a voucher will be charged an extra 29.50 euros.”

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