Minutes after booking I was told my creditcard doesnt work and told to book it through a different website. ( scam) And they told me to send my credit card details on a email. ( big scam, which I obviously didnt do)
Then they still booked the deposit through my creditcard and I lost that because they said thats just how it works. ( T& C's)
So basically how I see it is the hostel cancel the booking then tells people to rebook it through their website so they skip the commission to hostelworld. So win for them.
Then hostelworld still books off the deposit. So win for them.
HOSTELWORLD IS A SCAM!