When Erika Mann booked a hotel for the 2026 Formula One Grand Prix in Montreal, she played it safe.

Her relatives were flying in from the Netherlands to watch the races with her, and Mann, who lives in Oakville, Ont., wanted to make sure their accommodations were locked in.

On May 25, she booked a four-room unit on Booking.com at Montreal's Holland Hotel, steps from the heart of race-weekend action. Price tag: $4,300. "I was super excited and yeah, jumped right on it," Mann told Go Public.

But weeks after her reservation was confirmed, her excitement ended. Mann says both the hotel and Booking.com told her the price was a mistake — and if she still wanted the unit for May 22-24, 2026 she'd need to cough up four times the amount — more than $17,000.

"That was just so outstandingly o

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