Scam?

I arrived at the hotel I booked in Hanoi and started the process of checking in. I even got my welcome drink.

But I never got to my room.

Apparently the people who had been staying in my room, and were due to leave today, were at the hospital because one of them had food poisoning. Consequently I had the pleasure of a short taxi ride to a 'sister' hotel of the one I'd originally booked, as this would be where I'd be spending my first night in Vietnam.

For all I know this could be a totally genuine issue, but I'm on full alert in this part of the world as there are plenty of stories of people being scammed.

Tomorrow the plan is to check out of my substitute hotel early and go to the one I actually booked to check in properly and then have breakfast (I was told the breakfast in my proper hotel is better than the substitute). Hopefully it will work out fine, but my sceptical nature means I can't help thinking it won't be totally trouble free!

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