Ms Stroud, who described herself as a “massive” Oasis fan, said she and her mum booked the room in Manchester on Sunday after spotting a list of speculative dates for the reunion tour circulating online.
“We thought, if it’s free cancellation, why not, because we know what the demand would be like,” she said.
The hotel then emailed her and scores of other fans after the tour was announced to say the bookings had been unsuccessful.
The 26-year-old said she rang the Maldron Hotel directly, and was told initially her booking was still on the system, before later being told it could not be found.
“We were kind of expecting it,” she said, adding she was “frustrated” as “it’s stressful enough as it is thinking, ‘are you going to get tickets'”.
George Snape said he was “quite angry and really disappointed” after the bookings he made to attend a wedding in Manchester next year were cancelled.
“I think they were just putting up the prices for Oasis,” he said.
Manchester City councillor Pat Karney told BBC Radio Manchester said trading standards staff would investigate what had happened.
“If this is the case then they have let themselves down and they’ve let Manchester down.
“We’re not daft, we know prices are going to be high, so long as people in hotels are fair about it.
“There’s no justification for ripping off people.”
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