Worst Customer Service I've Ever Seen
In the interest of full disclosure, it should be known that I have not yet visited Eastwind. I am a member of the wedding party for a wedding taking place at Eastwind next month. I called to reserve a room for the night, and the rep said it would be $199. She then corrected herself and said it would be $299, because it was Columbus Day. I said OK just because I wanted to be able to stay the night and have fun with a dear old friend who was getting married, and sometimes you don't think about costs when you have the chance to have that type of night. I went to their online reservation site, and saw that they had a rate of $199, so I called back to get my reservation modified to the rate they were offering online. I was told that it was a mistake on the website, and they would not honor the lower rate. I was stunned. For $100 less, they threw away the chance that my wife and I would spend hundreds more on spa treatments, drinks after the afternoon wedding, dinner and wine later that night, and breakfast the next morning. Talk about odd. I spoke to their reservations supervisor Jacob, who obviously isn't a very smart businessman. He should have just admitted his online reservations partner had an error on their rates, but he would honor the rate in this case and get it corrected online. Instead, he decided to hold firm on $299.. though he did agree to waive the $25 cancellation fee (odd that they'd even charge $25 to make a reservation and cancel it the next day - 6 weeks before the planned stay). He also completely angered a very big customer in the bride and groom, who are spending tens of thousands of dollars on the wedding, rehearsal dinner, and a block of rooms. Most married couples will return to a place like Eastwind on their anniversary for spa treatments, dinner, and overnight stays to commemorate the big day year after year. I don't want to speak for my friend, but I bet he won't set foot in Eastwind ever again after the wedding is over. If not for lost money on deposits and the like, I'm pretty sure he would've canceled and re-booked elsewhere. Shame on you Eastwind. I'm actually not even mad about it. I just think they're foolish. There are 150 or so guests - all potential repeat customers. And all of them will be warned about ever staying at Eastwind, or visiting the spa.