Jenn G.
Yelp
I'm sure most will mention this often but I've never been the one to take a moment to review a place of business regardless how horrendous my experience may have been and personally believed in giving everyone a chance to turn around whatever wrongdoing and make it right.
I had been staying at this location for almost 4 weeks when I flew back to the west coast to visit my family and till up to that point had nothing but an excellent stay with assistance from Courtland and Nadiah. After briefly informing them of my leave and assurance my room will be left untouched especially since the housekeeping had cleaned the room for the day on Friday already, there was no need for any additional housekeeping. So when I flew back in on Monday, worked full day, then went back to my room to unpack, I grabbed my toiletries heading to the bathroom. In there, it dawned on me all of my items in the shower stall and below the sink are nowhere to be found. Then as I surveyed the room further, I've realized my room has been completely cleaned out including my personalized wedding ring box I've had for more than 7 years now from the day 1 of my engagement to my now-husband. Not to mention a medication bottle, makeup, and bath items left in the bathroom to name a few.
From that point forward, I've gone through
- Every single staff I've spoken to that night and the following day had assured me due to their policy of locking up left over items in a room for minimum of 30 days, my items will be found, they just don't know where housekeeping placed them.
- Next day, the acting GM Katy Lollis follows up with a call and a promise to escalate the issue up to her VP level to rectify this situation as it has never occurred before at this property and it is NOT an insurance matter so she'd take care of it in-house. Then later the same morning, I received another phone call to inform me all of my items have been thrown out and she is investigating it with housekeeping and offers to reimburse all items I can remember.
- The same evening of the call, when I arrive back at the hotel, I come across a small clear garage bag containing a store-bought shampoo and conditioner and a jar of my mud mask. The only items not brand name items you could pick in the bathroom. Inside of the bag, there is a note from housekeeper with the date of 5/21/2016, a message 'found in room 208' and the name of a housekeeper who wrote the memo.
- I am told by Katie they're still working through these details and investigating. Requests a list of missing items.
- Then appr. 10 days later, I receive an email from Katy to inform me opposite of the previous promise she'd made to replace my items in-house herself, that she had been told to hand this over to the insurance and also per her boss to wipe her hands off of this matter.
- A week later, still no phone call from insurance following up, still waiting on the hotels response. By now, the GM, John Melstrom is back attempting to assist. But to inform me that there is nothing else they could do to assist as it had been handed over to the insurance and then offers a good will of $500 gift card from Nordstrom to replace my items as promised then offered another reimbursement of $500 in 2 weeks.
- Calls me back to now let me know he is UNABLE to do the second part as promised and that it will be a $500 gift card once but the rest goes to insurance.
- By then, it is 6/13/16 so I made a request of partial reimbursement of my stay as we had a misunderstanding between Courtland and I of what the hotel was offering to do.
- 6/14/16, I'm told by the GM that his Regional Manager is wanting to assist. Explains the housekeeping only remembers a disposal razor that was tossed and those items given to me in a garage bag earlier but she didn't remember tossing anything else of value or worthiness. (So what of the electric razor/trimmer that was right next to the disposal one? How about 4 or 5 products left cramped in those tiny two shelves in the shower not to mention additional bath/personal products I left underneath the sink on the left hand side by those 2 toilet papers hangers?)
- The Regional Manager, Nicole Word emailed back insisting to meet face-to-face, never get the chance die to work conflict from both sides on Friday, 6/17/16 and offers to talk on the phone next day, Saturday, 6/18/16.
- I got a chance to talk to Nicole Word, the RM. The call ended after her standing firm on her statement of there is nothing they're able to do and it is all up to the insurance now. That all of these events leading up to this point isn't worth the gesture of offering a partial or even full cover of my additional stay then she promptly hung up the phone on me as it got more heated.
So here I am now, after giving more than a fair chance to rectify the situation, I'm left regretting not filing a police report the night of.
But hey, good luck to all future guests. Great place to stay, as long as nothing goes wrong during.