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Yelp
I stayed twice in this hotel on July 19 and September 4, 2019 for 4 and 3 nights, respectively. Below I present the facts and let the reader draw conclusions:
1) For my July trip I booked on Hilton's web site using the Long Weekender rate, which provides a 50% discount on one night contingent upon a Sunday night stay.
When I got back home, I checked my receipt and to my surprise, they charged me the same rate for every night (i.e., higher rate, not the long weekender rate that I actually booked). I called, explained the issue, and asked to speak with the hotel's manager. I left my phone number and requested a callback. I did not receive a call and had to call them again. Eventually, I spoke with the hotel's manager and they refunded my money.
2) For two subsequent visits to Tucson, I chose another hotel, then in September again I decided to stay at Homewood Suites thinking that the July incident might have been a one off. I made two bookings on Hilton's web site, the first one for one night on Sep 4 for $113 and the second one for two nights on Sep 5 and 6 for $99. Upon checking out, I requested a receipt this time and looked at it. To my surprise (AGAIN), they overcharged me. They charged $113 for each night during my 3-night stay. I spoke to the assistant manager (Mario Moreno) since the hotel's manager wasn't available on weekends. Given my July experience with overcharges at this hotel, I printed and brought with me copies of the Hilton web site reservations that clearly stated the rates for each night. I showed him the copies. His reply was that what he saw on his screen was ONLY one reservation for 3 nights at $113/night. I showed him the copies again, I got the same reply, again and again. At some point, he admitted that there was a second reservation for two nights at $99, but he argued that reservation was canceled. I asked who canceled that reservation (because it wasn't me) and I did not get an answer, he kept repeating the same thing that the second reservation was canceled and so on. He argued that this is what his screen showed him and he would stand by that. Later on when I spoke to a supervisor from Hilton's customer complaints, I was told that the second reservation had indeed be canceled BY THE HOTEL and that assistant manager sure could see that this was the case, but chose to disguise the information from me to avoid further inquiries. I asked him to put in writing what he just told me, he wouldn't do it. Long story short, I called Hilton's customer care and spoke to a supervisor. She also saw the two reservations at different rates. She put me on hold for quite some time, and called the hotel. She came back on the call and told me that the hotel will refund the overcharges and gave me a conf. number. I have to wait to see whether the excess amount will be credited to my account as I have ABSOLUTELY NO trust on this fraudulent business.
Two stays in less than 2 months and I get overcharged both times and they fight tooth and nail not to make good, that cannot be an accident, it is simply the result of a dishonest business practice.
3) During my September stay, they were painting the outside walls of the hotel having huge cranes lift workers up and down and making noise as early as 7am. There was no mention of any of this during the reservation process. They had a bunch of flyers at the front desk informing guests (who had already paid for their stay and couldn't back off) of the paint job that would start at 7am every day. Again, bait and switch, fraudulent practices.
4) During my September stay, the AC compressor failed during the third night and started making a banging noise. They eventually changed my room.
5) During both stays, I had a lot of trouble using my room key to open the outside doors. The keys will work on the room doors, but it takes several efforts to make them work on the outside doors. At some point, I was stuck between doors and could not get in up until a staff member passed by and opened the door for me. I mentioned this at the front desk a few times and received the same reply every time "we're sorry, try again".
I will NEVER use this hotel even if it were the only hotel left in the city of Tucson. It is my opinion that this hotel has dishonest and incompetent management and is a disgrace for the Hilton brand.