Food Belly S.
Yelp
My un-hospitable stay at the Kimpton George lasted 3 unfulfilling days. The hotel is wonderful, great property, clean, neat, and slightly boutique. But for whatever reason people were hyper-fascinated with my presence there as a guest, though I spent 90% of the time comfortably inside of my room.
Nevertheless, that did not stop the targeted malice of others.
One morning, beginning shortly after 8AM, housekeeping tried to enter my room several times between 8:05 and 8:25 - they just kept coming back again and again. I was asleep! I would not engage them because 1. there was a Do Not Disturb sign on my door, and 2. I should not have to wake up, get out of bed, answer the door to strangers to have a conversation with ANYONE! Period! There's a DO NOT DISTURB SIGN! It's there for a reason! Please LEAVE ME ALONE! STOP!
And since they kept coming back, refusing to accept that I was not going to engage them under any circumstances, I began to record each time they returned, opened my door, and tried to rattle the door until someone responded to them. Which, in this case, was never, because I refused to. I'm a solo female traveler, I shouldn't be awaken and terrorized by a whole team (there were 3 voices outside of the door) of housekeeping staff at 8 in the morning and made to feel prodded and attacked while a guest at a $400/night hotel. That is just unacceptable on every level imaginable. I can't fathom how all of the people gathered in the hallway outside of my door, discussing why I won't get out of bed and come to the door talk to them while they have used their house key to open it WITHOUT ANYONE'S PERMISSION, felt comfortable terrorizing me, alone in my room, in this way.
What horrible people! What on earth man?
I called down to the front desk to notify the manager on duty, Ibrahim, that I was basically being harassed by his housekeeping crew, and as a courtesy, Ibrahim did discount my last day there to $380 for the inconvenience. Which I do appreciate. I truly do.
And then later that evening my cable went out and the engineer had to come to the room to troubleshoot the TV.
And then sometime after that, room service knocked on the door with a dinner that I didn't order.
Oh, and can't forget to mention that there were kids roughhousing in the hallway, whom also decided that they would knock on my door and then run down the hall. Except, I happened to get to the door in time to catch one of them - and I happily took a photo of him/her/they/whatever the child's gender is. So since it was on everyone's list of priorities to provide as stressful an experience as possible for me while a guest at Kimpton George, it was on my list of priorities to relay this entire experience to all future guests who are looking to plan a vacation in Washington, DC, and are looking for a peaceful experience at a hotel at the top of its game in hospitality. Best to think ahead before booking at the Kimpton George because that pricey room comes with a side of non-stop drama.