Ryan S.
Yelp
With the COVID-19 virus causing the entire country to basically shut down and forcing everyone to quarantine as much as possible, therefore we as a family felt as though we needed to get away after things were reopened to the public. However, being a family with a 3-year old daughter we wanted to make sure wherever we went had strict policies in place when it came to cleanliness. When we came across the Reunion Resort website (www.reunionresort.com) there is a link to the COVID-19 Operational Update which directs you to the "Hi-Touch Deep Clean Areas of Guest Rooms" document where it explains in great detail what the resort cleans to make things "Immaculately Clean & Safe." It gave us comfort knowing the resort was on top of things and giving extra attention to any cleaning in an attempt to mitigate the spread of this worldwide pandemic. But even with the in-depth explanation on the Reunion Resort website my wife still wanted to call and speak to an actual property rep regarding the virus. Approximately 3 or 4 days before leaving on our trip my wife made a phone call to the resort and spoke with Desiree, according to my wife she was very pleasant and professional, Desiree explained in detail the actions the resort is taking to fight the virus, this made my wife feel comfortable and we decided to continue with our travel plans.
There were random stains on the area rug and one corner of the rug was ripped and frayed with nasty/dirty double-sided tape exposed. It looks as though someone attempted a quick fix and based on the condition of the tape that attempt was made quite a while ago. Moving along, we then checked the Spare Bedroom (SB) where our 3-year old daughter would be sleeping, the carpet in that room was acceptable and a quick glance of everything else in that room appeared acceptable as well. However, we did notice a 5-6 inch streak of what looked like blood on the main SB door. The next room we checked was the Master Bedroom (MB), after entering that room we both were appalled with how a $225+ a night property could look like this? Again, we have pictures of all of this, so there is no exaggeration or embellishment of the facts here, whatsoever. The MB carpet in our opinion was disgusting, without exaggeration, it had a dirty greasy feel to it when walking barefoot (we took our sandals off at the door as we do at home) which made my wife and I both cringe, this lead to a scramble to put our sandals back on. The MB carpet had a couple dark stains the size of a soccer ball and there were also several smaller random stains throughout. There was also an area of carpet in the MB that's coming up causing a 2-3 inch elevated crease, the entire crease appeared to be about 5-6 feet long, it's needless to- Maintenance/tech person came to fix broken speakers on the home theater system our very first night, after looking at it he said he'd be right back only to never be seen or heard from again (not included in our main list of complaints due to the fact cleanliness is our issue here, this was just an add-on to the frustration and all-around unprofessional nature surrounding our visit).
With the COVID-19 pandemic hospitalizing and killing so many across the world my family had put our trust in the Reunion Resort to keep us safe. Our trust was built from statements made on the resort's main website page, the "Hi-Touch Deep Clean Areas" document which goes in to great detail the extra cleaning the resort is currently doing to combat COVID-19 throughout its expansive its property and speaking with a live resort representative who confirmed the extra COVID-19 cleaning. However, after arriving at the resort property it was clearly obvious the level of cleanliness did not meet the standards of a $225+ a night hotel, let alone any hotel that claims to have cleaning procedures in place to combat a worldwide virus. During our stay I constantly second guessed our decision to stay worried about one or all of us contracting the COVID-19 virus even though we had thoroughly sterilized most of the areas we utilized. So nonetheless it goes without saying that our "vacation" of sorts was not relaxing and enjoyable in any sense of the imagination. Today's date is now July 15th and everyone in the family is currently feeling well in terms of health, but we do continue to be vigilant and observant of each other for any signs indicating otherwise. We are currently looking in to finding a location to have the entire family tested for COVID-19 in our area....
No one person should ever have to go on vacation only to worry about cleanliness and no one person should ever have to come home from vacation and constantly worry about their family and COVID-19 due to the lack of cleanliness at their hotel. Shame on you Reunion Resort for marketing COVID-10 cleaning procedures and appearing that you aren't taking the virus seriously when it comes to actions, although your words market differently!