Corey K.
Yelp
We purchased a package through Orbitz for a vacation trip to Quebec City, Quebec to attend the Festival d'Ete Quebec, an annual music festival. This was a particularly important trip for my wife and me, as it was a long-overdue celebration of our 25th wedding anniversary and also a celebration of my successful passage through a dangerous and potentially life-threatening surgical procedure. The airplane flight went without incident, and we arrived at the hotel in the early afternoon to find that we had no reservation. As you might expect, we were concerned about that, and spent most of the rest of the afternoon of our first day of vacation on the telephone with Orbitz trying to get the situation resolved. The hotel staff, particularly Bernard and Valerie, were extremely helpful and supportive, and found us a room in a sold-out hotel so we didn't have to sleep on the street on our first night in Quebec. The also spent almost as many hours as I did working with customer service reps from Orbitz to find out what had happened to our reservation. They didn't have any more success that I did, so they gave me an upgraded hotel room for the remainder of my trip at no additional cost to me, and spent even more time talking with Orbitz to try to get the situation resolved on my behalf. Bernard, Valerie, and the whole Manoir Victoria staff have a deep commitment to customer service, and seemed to take "going above and beyond" as a standard method of doing business. They saved my vacation, and turned what could have been a seriously unpleasant situation into a happy occasion for me and my wife, as we celebrated 25 years together and the promise of many more. The hotel itself was just great - it was in the old part of Quebec City, and was comfortable and in great repair, even though it was on the older side. The spa and exercise facilities were great, and the attached restaurant and bar was also very good. The customer service attitude was what made everything better, though - I'll not hesitate to go back to the Hotel Manoir Victoria.
However, I will hesitate to use Orbitz again to book a trip. Everybody makes mistakes - the real measure of quality is how you respond to them. Orbitz customer service pointed fingers at the hotel, was unresponsive and resistant, and would not consider giving me the courtesy of simple and helpful considerations for my time, trouble and extra expense - they offered me a $50 credit on my next Orbitz booking (fat chance) and refunded the fee on my airline tickets ($13). I spent over $100 dollars in international telephone charges getting the situation resolved, and also spent significant portions of my 7-day trip working to resolve a problem they created.
I will return to Quebec and Manoir Victoria again - I will NEVER use Orbitz again.