Lesley Yuen
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Booked through agoda after someone recommended it as it was a nice hotel for a decent price. So I decided to stay there for the third night.
I got there at 1pm, an hour before check in time, and seeing as I really needed to shower after my elephant trek, I requested for an early check in. But they said the room is not ready (which is a lie because a lot of the rooms are empty and already made) and they pointed me to the swimming pool.
The facilities and lobby are very beautiful, Thai themed. But the atmosphere was very dead.
So I waited and then when I went to my room in an old elevator, I started to have a bad feeling. The elevator would not close the doors on its own unless you pushed a button and it smelled really musty and old.
When I got to my room, I was disappointed. I checked in as one person and also booked as one person in a deluxe, but was given two double beds. The room smelled and was dated, the furniture I could tell had been used for many many years.
I showered and all of the essentials were there but the faucet was moving around and loose.
I left my luggage on the carpet and then left to go do my night time tour and when I got back, I wanted to climb into bed.
To my surprise, as soon as I pulled on the pillow and sheets, I found a cluster of small black specks ... bugs moving around. There were more on the mattress and I called to ask to change to room. I didn't want to risk it as they could be bed bugs.
So, they showed me two other rooms adjacent to my original room and I choose the one that didn't look like there were signs of bugs. Yes, it turns out both had bugs.
Then they swapped floors, and I looked at two other rooms, also had small tiny skin coloured bugs.
I was disgusted and asked for a refund and also that they help me look for a new hotel.
The manager said he could not help me as it was booked online and I could not borrow their phone to call agoda. Nor did they offer to help me look for alternative options... they did suggest staying in their small chain or change rooms again. But I didn't want to take that risk. I had an early flight to catch and it was already 2am.
So, I ended up booking a room at S*trip hostel (4 minutes away) on my own which was very accommodating at 2am. I was looking for a nice relaxing stay, but ended being disappointed and anxious... and unsure if I'm a carrier of bed bugs now. I couldn't sleep till 4 am that day.