Edit: I posted on [r/AusLegal](r/AusLegal) but it was automatically removed so I’m posting it here :)

I am going to try to keep things short and explain the facts, even though it's been quite an emotional experience.

Partner and I are going to Tasmania soon, so we booked a glamping experience with a local business for one night on 12th August. There was a Promo Code that saves us $50 in Winter as it is the Off Season, we put the Promo Code in and paid $400 on Saturday.

Provider emails us (curtly) on Sunday morning that the Promo Code only applies to bookings of two nights or more - our mistake. Says that we have to book another night before or after to 'comply.' We could either 'cancel today or pay the extra $50'.

Partner missed the email and we replied on Tuesday night that we did not realise and made a mistake. As $400 was already quite expensive we opted to cancel it.

Wednesday morning provider emails us saying this: *"The terms of our promotion are very clear (partner's name). It’s unfortunate you didn’t comprehend that at the time booking.

We are not asking for a multiple night stay as clearly defined in our recent email and have accessed your credit card for the $50 payment required of a single night stay with consideration of your tardy response.

Our cancellation policy is again very clear in our terms and conditions.

Although you are not entitled to a cancellation we can foresee issues and will process a cancellation less the $120 admin fee merely to see an end to the booking and allow us to release the dome for others..."*

Notwithstanding their frankly abhorrent reply, their cancellation policy specifies that cancellations are non-refundable 28 days in advance and a $120 day administrative fee is charged if it's more than 28 days in advance.

As expected we are shocked and disappointed as their website allowed us to apply the Promo Code and pay for the booking. We were wondering if Australia's Consumer Laws protect us in this situation. Our rationale is that as the contract was altered (since the initial agreed price of $400 was changed) and that we did not agree with the new price, the previously agreed to terms and conditions would no longer be valid. Furthermore, the fact that the website allowed us to apply the promo code was misleading.

Also could they legally charge us $50 without telling us because of our “tardy response”??

We also feel slighted as if we knew the choices were to either: Pay an extra $50 and stay the night, or to not stay and forfeit $120, we would obviously pay the extra money. But we were not informed of this condition and the provider cancelled on us anyways while taking the money.

We recognise that it is our fault for not reading the Terms & Conditions, but would like to know if we have any legal basis to retrieve this $120?

TL;DR, Provider charged consumers a $120 administrative fee for accomodation cancellation after promo code was mistakenly applied but accepted by their booking system.

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