Our family of four had a terrible experience staying in this hotel for one night ($666.59 for two queen beds).
(1) Hotel reservation: We got the impression of being offered a “bait and switch”. We booked specifically for a room with an ocean view and paid a premium price but were put into a room with no view at all. Even worse, we were initially put into a room next to the main elevators, with a paper-thin wall between the elevators and beds in the room. Every time the elevator moves, you can hear noises loud enough to wake you up at night. I couldn’t understand why it was used as a hotel room – it should be a utility or janitor’s closet instead. After going back to the lobby and talking to the staff, we were moved into another room on the back side of the building (not overseeing the ocean, but overseeing the main dumpster area of the building). From the balcony, you could sense strong smells from the dumpster.
(2) Hotel staff: We got the impression that we were mistreated on purpose. While talking to them about the elevator’s noise, we realized that the staff knew about the noise problem all along – they did not ask any questions about the noise. To me, that’s not acting in good faith – if they already knew the room was inhabitable (couldn’t sleep without being woken up by loud elevator noises), why did they still put us into that room? Do they believe that customers with certain profiles are more tolerant?