Robert M.
Yelp
I have been a long time member of the Hilton Honors Club and use Hilton brand hotels during my travels when they are available. I booked the Home2 in Alamogordo NM on June 23, 2021 for a 5-night stay from Oct 28-Nov 2, 2021. The room I booked was a one bedroom king suite and it was confirmed (Confirmation number 97711332). I book this type of room due to my spouse having medical issues and being a special needs traveler. Until this trip, I have never had an issue with a Hilton branded hotel honoring a reservation that has been guaranteed with a credit card as I have done. I arrived at the hotel around 9:00pm on 10/28 and upon check-in was informed that my guaranteed room was not available. The desk agent stated that all four of the one-bedroom king rooms had been reserved long term and were not available to me. I asked that one of them be moved for the 5 days I had reserved the room and was told that the hotel would not do that. I did find out that some of the one-bedroom king rooms were reserved after I had made my reservation, however the hotel management decided that they wanted the long term reservation over my 5-night reservation and I was told "you're out of luck". I was given a room and when I entered it I discovered I had been given a queen studio room which was totally unacceptable for my situation, however it was that or "I could leave for another hotel". I went back down to the desk to discuss this but the hotel staff was nowhere to be found for about 15 minutes before I went back to my room. I called the desk 2 more times that night with no response to the phone calls. On a side note, the desk staff person was not what I would call professionally dressed, no name tag, a hoodie, beanie and sweat pants worn in the "sagging" fashion exposing his underwear.....not a good look for Hilton at all. The next morning I went to the desk to discuss my room situation with the manager and was told she was out not feeling well. The desk attendant found one king studio room and offered that to me and a credit for the first night under the Hilton Satisfaction Guarantee which was acceptable to me. I asked to speak to the manager, the desk attendant called her but told me that she refused to speak to me. Housekeeping in the room is by request only and I did request that my room be serviced daily during my stay. Upon returning to my room on the second night, the room was not serviced and I went to the desk and was told there was nothing they could do and they would be sure to have it serviced going forward. Again I asked to speak to the manager and upon calling her, the desk attendant stated she refused to talk to me. On the third night upon returning to my room it had again not been serviced. The desk attendant looked up the paperwork from housekeeping and it showed a "Do Not Disturb" sign was posted. That is correct as we did not leave the room until late morning at which time I saw the housekeeping cart still in the hallway and assumed my room would be serviced. The desk attendant stated that the "housekeepers start on the fourth floor and work their way down, and if your room is not ready to be cleaned, they will skip it for the day". I would expect that if a room has been requested to be serviced, the housekeeping staff would return before the end of their day to service skipped rooms but obviously I expect too much. On Monday morning I went to the desk and expressed my dissatisfaction with the condition of my room by not being serviced and requested a room credit for the past 2 days under the Hilton Satisfaction Guarantee and was told that the front desk manager would discuss it with the general manager later in the day. The quality of the hotel and rooms were fitting for the Hilton and Home2 brands however this level of service quality is not acceptable and definitely reflecting poorly on the Hilton and Home2 brands. The management of this particular hotel is the root problem and needs to be evaluated by the parent company and hopefully will be corrected soon.