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That is unfortunate TWR. The best laid plans of mice and men are oft to go awry. Sometimes in spectacular fashion!
On one trip to Ireland, we'd pre-booked all the B&B's we we needed,
(We always spent a couple of days in Dublin, then toured a different part of the country and always ended in Waterford, where I come from.) A B&B we'd booking in Galway denied we'd booked, despite us having the proof, so we had to find somewhere else. We were very lucky at the first place we tried, the landlady had just an hour before had a cancellation. She said she knew of the B&B we'd booked and told us we were lucky as they were being investigated by the authorities because of other complaints.