I would stay there again, but . . .
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 03/30/06
The hotel is nice and the rooms slept comfortably. The hotel is located walking distance from a movie theatre, a major grocery store, restaurants, and other services. I would stay there again, but the service was non-existent. My reservation was for two nights, but because the weather was bad [rain, icy roads] I did not get there until 4 a.m. I paid for two complete days. This is not my complaint. I received ZERO maid service for the 31 hours I occupied the room. At 7 p.m. of evening two of my reservation I called the front desk to request more towels and was told I would need to come down and get them myself. The next morning in the bathroom at 5 a.m. as I was about to run out of toilet tissue I noticed the Hospitality Promise. It states that if any part of your stay is dissatisfactory you should report it to the manager or front desk staff for the reason of resolving the issue. I did and the front desk clerk totallly dismissed me by saying bluntly there was nothing she could do about it and pushed the manager's business card to me on the countrer and told me I would need to contact him, but that he was unavailable because he was attending a wedding. I pushed the card back and asked her to call him right then for me. She did, no answer, so I returned to my room to call the 1-800 number for Holiday Inn directly. I was then transferred to Intercontinental Hotels service number, the company that owns the Holiday Inn Chain. After 30 minutes on the phone, mostly on hold because she also called to talk to the front desk clerk, I find out that I had requested NO MAID SERVICE. Total LIE ! The operator of Intercontinental Hotels promised me the issue would be resolved that this was not a "dead issue" and that I would recieve a telephone call from the hotel manager and an email from her restating how the issue would be resolved within 10 business days. I receieved neither. On the 12th business day I called the service number again to explain what I had been promised and was then put on hold another 15 minutes. She returned to tell me that I would be mailed a check for $ 30. I explained my concern was to find out why I had not receieved what I was promised, a resolution from the manager by phone. I was told she would make a note of that and ended the conversation. Overall I believe the hotel was understaffed and that is why I did not receive the service I deserved, but the way I was handled was the part that really bothered me. I was promised something they could not deliver and when I asked for a resolution was totally dismissed. I was in town for business and were it not for the hotel's prime location I probably would not stay at that hotel again.