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I made a preliminary booking this morning for Rhino Post Safari lodge for May 2022. I chose the option of PAY LATER!!!!! Then they went and tried to get the 50 % deposit from my credit card account. Was it not that I did not have sufficient funds they would have taken the deposit. Absa sent me message otherwise I would not have realized what happened so soon after making the booking. And they are making it VERY difficult to contact them I can not get hold of them via email or telephone to tell them I clearly took the option of PAYING later. And Rhino post te old me they cannot help me by contacting Booking .com. So bye bye Rhino Post safari lodge and booking .com Will never use them again to make bookings