Douglas M.
Yelp
The hotel is gorgeous. Their customer service is deplorable. Particularly with management.
I stayed at this hotel last weekend to attend a wedding. I, alongside one of the other groomsmen, decided to share a room. I had never met him before; however, he was a friend of the grooms, so I trusted the situation.
The first night he was asked to leave the hotel by the staff and the police because he was incredibly intoxicated and would not stay in his room. The gentleman at the front desk handled it very well. I was trying to figure out where to stay that night because the gentleman had all of his belongings in the room and I was worried that he might come back. I was assured that it would be okay for me to stay in the room; however, in order to do so, they needed my credit card to be associated with the room. I was told that a $20 incidental held would be put on the card. We were all under the impression that the two nights would be charged to the guest that was asked to leave.
After everyone went to bed, I went to the front desk and asked if someone could escort me to my room as a safety concern. I was handed four separate keys that night as we tried to figure out the arrangements and I was not sure if his key was appropriately deactivated. I was surprised to see a young woman at the desk instead. By herself. When I asked if someone in security could escort me up, she said that she was the only one working. When an hour before I was assured that I would be safe in my room....
The biggest surprise happened when I went to check out and expecting a bill for two waters that I bought for the grooms. I was charged for the entire stay. I was speaking with someone new and trying to explain the situation; however, she continuously cut me off as "she was aware of the entire situation". At one point I told her that this was not a cross examination as she was constantly arguing and cutting me off. I got her information and the information of her boss.
I've been trying to get this resolved since last Monday. I've called several times, left my information with the front desk for a "Joel" to give me a call back. I also left Joel a voicemail. No correspondence back.
I called again today and finally got to speak to him. It was a waste of energy. I was told that he trusted his two FOH managers and what they said and that I had agreed to pay for the one night (then why was I charged for both nights...???). I asked him when I authorized that as I did not go to the front desk or sign anything. He said that it was when I entered my chip. I never went to the front desk. The employee manually keyed in my number while I tried to enjoy the rest of my hectic night. No authorization was given. I didn't go to the front desk with him because he said it was for a $20 incidental fee and I did not care because the dollar amount was so low.
Joel was not cooperative in helping at all. I asked him to pull the camera footage showing that I never inserted a card, rather that it was manually entered by the employee. My Wells Fargo transaction specifically says that it was manually entered. But Joel insisted that I had to pay for the second night (when I was planning on staying with friends...).
I have disputed the charge with my credit card company; however, I wanted to share my experience here in case customer service is an important factor when finding a hotel room of a large venue for a wedding.
Once the hotel was paid, communications stopped when trying to resolve this issue. They did not care where they got the money from (which infuriates me as the arrangement was to charge the room to the other person's card). He was kicked out 24 hours before what his next check in would have been. Had I not been in the room, he would have been charged for the total amount anyways. So I'm in disbelief that the hotel is not offering an ounce of empathy nor logic in this transaction. I did not authorize the transaction. They have his credit card information on file. No apologies were offered for the lack of security detail that night, rather a young woman running the front desk. No follow up calls back after repeated attempts to talk to someone. I was met with a response that said "you should have emailed me". In my world a phone call gets a higher sense of urgency than an email.
The hotel had no intention of rectifying this situation the second they made the mistake of accidentally charging my card. So I'm fixing it myself.
Stay away. The hotel may look nice, but it's not professionally run. You can see from the picture that I never used my chip. It was manually entered. I did not authorize this charge and they don't care since they got their money.