Due to the recent civil unrest, riots, marches and government enforced military curfews my partner and I were forced to abandon our last week in Santiago for our own safety and head home. We tried to cancel and recoup some financial losses, including Norus Apartments who denied us any refund. While I fully understand nonrefundable accommodations, I think that the contract gets nullified when the neighborhood your rental in is under siege. Beyond the fact that it was physically dangerous for us to even try to spend our last week there, food and resourves were limited, most restaurants and bars either closed or only open a few hours. Even the front desk at this hotel was reduced to only be open from 11am until 2pm...which also should forfeit the contract becUse 24 hour staff and security was offered as part of the stay.
Expedia did the bare minimum to extract some sort of refund or hell...even an apology from Norus Apartments. I will be back in Santiago at some point in the future, and will make sure to book through another agency and not secure any Norus Apartment or any other holding this company may have in the area.
Stay far away from this company.