I had a similar issue in Marrakech. The hotel hadn’t received the reservation from the intermediary at all. They solved it quickly, but it delayed check-in by almost an hour. Now I double-check all my bookings, especially when traveling during busy holiday periods.
It happened to me once in Thailand. The hotel overbooked and moved me to a sister property a few blocks away. It wasn’t terrible, but the room wasn’t what I expected. I learned to always email hotels directly a few days before arrival just to confirm.
I had something similar on my Windows laptop. After installing an ad-blocker, some apps started taking ages to launch. Turned out it was scanning every new connection. I switched a few settings off and the system became normal again. Maybe check the filter lists or disable it temporarily to compare.
We picked a CRM once based purely on UI screenshots, and discovered six months in that major integrations were missing. Now, I always demand a live demo with my own data and ask for explicit export capabilities. Knowing you can leave easily matters as much as what you can do now.