Cheryl N.
Yelp
I had been dreaming about staying in Pueblo Bonito Rose overlooking the Arch since 2019 when I happened to be in front of this hotel, I finally booked for a 6 d stay 8-6 to 8-12-2024, I had compared rates w Booking .com but always come back to book w hotels .com since I have been a loyal customer for 20 years. Hotels .com no longer let you download pictures that were why I always check with booking and trip advisor 1st.
Both Booking and hotels had a 50% off sale for the same week of all inclusive stay everything included dining, Wi-Fi, all drinks, hotels had a lower price plus I had a $49 coupon from past bookings. Since it was my 1st time booking an all-inclusive hotel, I did not realize it should specify 2 persons as food was involved. Booking mentioned PROMINENTLY RATE FOR 2 PERSONS, I did not notice such mention on hotels . com since the price difference was only about $40 I assumed it was for 2.
As soon as I received my receipt that was when a mention of 1 PP was clear to see, they wanted $1,000 to add a 2nd person, I was so shocked, I called hotels .com and requested cancellation and rebooking since the sale was still on and I only booked just a short time before. I must have called 5 x costing me a lot of money and time, Hotels claimed they could not do anything about it, I did not buy it, a big company w a parent company EXPEDIA had a lot of muscles to negotiate what was an honest mistake and hotels. had some responsibility, on their website, I was trying to book for my daughter and for whatever reason, I just could not scroll to 2 persons, it was stuck at 1p so I KNOW FOR A FACT IT WAS NOT FEASIBLE w that in mind hotels should be able to help me or at least as a COURTESY give me a small discount for good will, it is good customer service to lose a few hundred rather than lose a customer, I was surprised Hotels did not care, I have 15Kfollowers on all social media platforms so I am an influencer and will make sure this won't happen to anyone else. Every business should aspire to the NORDSTROM POLICY, the customer is ALWAYS RIGHT within reason of course. Booking .com subsequently added free transportation to and from airport that was equivalent to $240!! Hotels did not.
It's still not too late to compensate me for the stress if not for the overcharge, at least for this outrageous omission. I have the screen shot that my junior suite had partial ocean view. Pueblo Bonito Rose said that hotels did not book such a room!! That was such an outrageous omission, the clerk did not want to hear it in fact he tried to scare me into accepting the room on the 1st floor with no balcony, when I reiterated I booked a Jr suite w a balcony w a partial view of the ocean, he offered a Jr Suite w a view of the pool on the 2nd floor and I better take it or it will be gone. I took it but I was very upset as you would be in my shoes.
The room was beautiful, nice kitchenette but I did not need to cook anything except I wanted to use the coffee maker, the coffee in their buffet was like water, zero taste but I was told they did not have coffee, what kind of hotel provide a coffee maker but no coffee? I had no coffee for 6 d and walked around like a zombie. The 1st day there was a storm and the bartender was very accommodating, they made the drinks from scratch, I had a delicious margarita, it was downhill from there, the drinks were right out of the gallons premade, my husband drank beer so he was happy, I was not happy Mexico outrageously changed their Coke formula,reg coke had artificial sugar so a can only has 10gm sugar vs 39gm in USA but I hate fake drinks so I literally had nothing to drink, I forced myself to drink Fanta but it had horrible coloring. The food was just a little better than hometown buffet and most were bland, the cakes were not edible, all coloring and fake ingredients, I sure did not get fat w all the advertised AYCE buffet. The last 2 days were good though, the pool party and the Sunday brunch, the other 4 days we ate out 3x in town, lunch or dinner.To say I was disappointed would be an understatement, sure the hotel was beautiful, the weather was amazing, the entertainment on 1 night was great but does anybody want to be cheated out of $810? I managed after 4x to finally get the charge down from $1,000 to $810, it's so upsetting as the last day we both had Montezuma revenge, the restaurant was clean so that was not the reason, they had serious problems w flies, they were all so fat I have never seen such fat flies, of course from dining on the food in open air or all over the dining room, I was scared of the noisy buzzing of the flies around me, there must be something they could do, it has been 1 wk and I still have stomach problems, what do other restaurants do that had no flies, we ate at the TRES SIRENAS, THEY HAD NO FLIES!.if I don't get compensated at least for not having a partial view, I will leave hotels .com for their competitor booking. NUNCA MAS!