Best Western Gateway Inn And Suites, Aurora

I had the misfortune of having reservations on 4/29/05 and 4/30/05 for the Gateway Inn/Best Western in Aurora. I booked my trip through a 3rd party for what was supposedly a better rate. I had booked a non smoking rooming being a severe asthmatic. To make a long story short, I arrived at the hotel, checked in and went upstairs. To my disappointment, they stuck me in a smoking room. I called down to the front desk to be told they did not have any non-smoking rooms left and that I could try another smoking room to see if it was any better. Ugh! I give the gentleman at the front desk credit though - he was friendly and did appear to understand my health situation. I immediately started calling around elsewhere looking for another hotel with a non smoking room. I checked out as I did not feel like having a full blown asthma attack. To add insult to injury, the manager was not readily available when I was briefly at the hotel. Today I found out today were not willing to refund any of the money to the third party that I made the reservations through. Their attitude was 'oh well'. I guess I can consider it a lesson learned. My advice to non smokers looking at staying at the Gateway Inn is to keep on driving. Aurora has lots of other nice hotels.