Guest User
January 31, 2023
Hands down, the poorest customer service experience I have ever had at a hotel. My first complaint at 7am after the first night of a 4 night stay, asking for a different room due to noise above me between 1-5am the night prior was never noted or documented. I was told the hotel was oversold but that a message would be left with the 2nd shift to address my concerns and to put me into a new room. When I returned to the hotel at nearly 7pm, the front desk associate told me she was aware of my issue but had been made aware by a call into the hotel on my behalf - not by the first shift who committed to communicating my issue. It was explained to me again that the hotel was oversold but the hotel would do everything they could to stop the noise if it happened again. I was offered a list of other Hilton properties to call on my own that likely had availability. At that point I did decide to check out and made another reservation at a nearby hotel. When I stopped at the front desk to let the associate know that I was leaving, she told me that I was now considered a late check-out and would be charged for an additional night. When I expressed frustration that my issues were not resolved on the first night yet the hotel felt it "OK" to charge me for a 2nd night because my only choice to avoid the issues was to check out and leave, the associate explained to me that she was only hourly and had to follow protocol and that was her only option. She documented my name, again, and said that the manager would be in touch with me this morning to discuss a possible refund. It's now been 3 days and there has been no follow up from the hotel and I still have 2 nights of charges. I have traveled frequently for business over the past 20 years. I can honestly say that I have never experienced anything like this - that the staff at the hotel was truly not empowered to fix a wrong for a guest and attempt to make it right. I understand that hotels are oversold but I also know there are always "extra" rooms. Even if the hotel WAS oversold, the hotel had 12 hours to try to resolve my situation and move my room in that time. Further - if this Hilton could not make the room change, then that hotel should have made the effort to contact other nearby hilton hotels vs giving me a list of options to call on my own. I have been a loyal Marriott elite tier for the past 15 years. There's a reason I stay with Marriott properties. This stay is the reason that I will avoid staying with all hilton properties in the future.