diff --git a/app/components/place-details.gjs b/app/components/place-details.gjs
index a118445..7dfe87c 100644
--- a/app/components/place-details.gjs
+++ b/app/components/place-details.gjs
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ export default class PlaceDetails extends Component {
       return htmlSafe(
         parts
           .map((p) => {
-            const safeTel = p.replace(/[\s-]+/g, '');
+            const safeTel = p.replace(/[\s()+.-]/g, '');
             return `<a href="https://wa.me/${safeTel}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">${p}</a>`;
           })
           .join('<br>')
diff --git a/tests/integration/components/place-details-test.gjs b/tests/integration/components/place-details-test.gjs
index 6a70d2b..59f1c12 100644
--- a/tests/integration/components/place-details-test.gjs
+++ b/tests/integration/components/place-details-test.gjs
@@ -320,14 +320,14 @@ module('Integration | Component | place-details', function (hooks) {
     const links = whatsappBlock.querySelectorAll('a[href^="https://wa.me/"]');
     assert.strictEqual(links.length, 2, 'Rendered exactly 2 WhatsApp links');
 
-    // Verify it stripped the dashes and spaces for the wa.me URL
+    // Verify it stripped the dashes, spaces and leading plus for the wa.me URL
     assert.strictEqual(
       links[0].getAttribute('href'),
-      'https://wa.me/+44987654321'
+      'https://wa.me/44987654321'
     );
     assert.strictEqual(
       links[1].getAttribute('href'),
-      'https://wa.me/+12345678900'
+      'https://wa.me/12345678900'
     );
 
     // Verify it kept the dashes and spaces for the visible text
@@ -335,6 +335,33 @@ module('Integration | Component | place-details', function (hooks) {
     assert.dom(links[1]).hasText('+1 234-567 8900');
   });
 
+  test('it strips parentheses, dots and the leading plus from whatsapp hrefs', async function (assert) {
+    const place = {
+      title: 'Chat Shop',
+      osmTags: {
+        whatsapp: '+504-9850-3802;(504) 9850.3802;+1.234.567.8900',
+      },
+    };
+
+    await render(<template><PlaceDetails @place={{place}} /></template>);
+
+    const links = this.element.querySelectorAll('a[href^="https://wa.me/"]');
+    assert.strictEqual(links.length, 3, 'Rendered exactly 3 WhatsApp links');
+
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      links[0].getAttribute('href'),
+      'https://wa.me/50498503802'
+    );
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      links[1].getAttribute('href'),
+      'https://wa.me/50498503802'
+    );
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      links[2].getAttribute('href'),
+      'https://wa.me/12345678900'
+    );
+  });
+
   test('it renders correct OpenStreetMap link for an OSM place', async function (assert) {
     const place = {
       title: 'OSM Place',