“We received outstanding service the entire time of our stay. The Hotel was extra clean smelled freshness the entire time. The complete Staff was very knowledgeable, helpful and very kind. The Breakfast brunch was very fresh. Location is key. Everything we need was close by.
Will return again and again
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— treases bryant
“I’ve spent thousands of nights in hundreds of hotels, and this is undoubtedly the worst business I’ve ever dealt with. From being ignored for 5 minutes when I approached the desk, as the associate was on the floor behind the desk rummaging through a box. No acknowledgement, I’ll be right with you, none of that. To being handed off to a trainee so he could help the Spanish speaking people who came in after me, but were checked in long before me.
The real issues though were these. First, I was told by the trainee that my room rate was $40-50 more than the reserved rate. After mentioning that shouldn’t happen, it came down to about $30 more. The first associate then explained that a reservation is not a guarantee, but merely a suggestion, a reference. The reservation guaranteed me a room (more on that in a moment), but not a rate.
I tried to explain to both of them that Marriott has a guaranteed reservation for rate and room type, and they couldn’t charge me more on a whim. They weren’t going to back down, so I told them to charge me whatever was necessary, as I would call Marriott directly and sort it out after the fact. I showed them the reservation on my phone again, they punched a lot of keys on the computer and miraculously "found" my AAA rate on the computer, handing me a key…
…to a room that was not at all what I reserved. It seems there are 3 types of rooms at this property – one with 2 queen beds, an open floor plan studio with a king, and a suite type, with a king bed in a separate room, with a door between the bedroom and living area. I know. I looked when I booked. I looked again when I went in to the assigned room. I’ve looked over and over again at the descriptions and pictures on the website while being berated by the general manager. I booked a suite, at a premium price, not the studio I was given at the lower price.
Here’s the biggest issue. When I went back to the front desk to rectify the situation, explaining that I had booked a suite but was given a studio, the front desk agent told me, "THE MANAGER TOLD US TO TELL YOU that every room is a suite." Hmmm. Curious. The room that costs less to reserve is the "same" as the one that costs more? Nope.
After going back and forth for many minutes, they finally admitted that some had "a different floor plan", but none of those were available. I sat down and called Marriott to explain the situation to them. They contacted the hotel directly and was told that there were king suites available, just as I had reserved. After explaining to the agent that I had no intention of doing business with a business that treats customers as I had been treated, they were able to cancel my reservation and help me find another place to stay.
The Marriott agent helped me file a complaint against the hotel. The general manager responded the next day with an apology that "upgrades" weren’t always available and couldn’t be guaranteed. She kept telling me how busy they were, sold out most of the time, and that premium rooms commanded a premium price. Suspicious. I’ve never dealt with a manager so condescending, insulting and clueless. The hotel did offer me a few points, but I have yet to receive a response from Marriott directly or the guaranteed recompense, so here I am to recommend you avoid this place altogether.
To me, there are but two explanations. One, gross incompetence. The front desk staff are so poorly trained as to be incapable of doing their job. They were anything but friendly, efficient, knowledgeable, or any of the hallmarks of good employees in the hospitality field. Two, fraud. The front desk staff both try to charge me substantially more than my guaranteed reservation. Then they assign me to the cheapest room type in the hotel, try to tell me all the rooms are the same, tell me nothing else is available, on a night when they are sold out and walk-ins are paying twice what I was. All very coincidental, if you ask me.”
— Brett Wells