1/5 Jamila V. 5 months ago on Google
My
family
and
I
stayed
at
the
hotel
for
a
bit
more
than
2
weeks
in
late
July.
When
we
booked
the
hotel,
we
expected
a
5
star
hotel
(as
it
is
listed
as)
but
experienced
3-star
rooms
and
service.
Our
bags
took
about
an
hour
to
get
to
our
rooms,
whenever
we
ordered
room
service
it
took
3-4
calls
to
follow-up
on
the
food,
and
our
room
cards
would
time
out
every
2
days.
However,
more
than
the
subpar
rooms
and
service,
the
reason
why
we
will
never
stay
here
again
and
will
encourage
others
to
NOT
stay
here
is
because
of
the
treatment
we
received
when
we
visited
the
pool.
The
women
in
my
family
wear
loose
fitting
swimwear
in
accordance
to
our
religion,
and
we
take
care
to
ensure
that
the
material
that
we
use
is
similar
to
that
of
swimsuits—
since
many
hotels
have
specific
policies
about
what
can
be
worn
in
the
pool.
We
checked
the
guidelines
(posted
outside
the
pool)
and
found
that
our
clothes
which
were
spandex/
polyester
based
fit
that
requirement.
To
preface—
we’ve
swam
in
public
and
private
pools
all
over
the
world
in
this
clothing
(America,
Canada,
Dubai,
Kenya,
India,
Tanzania)
and
have
never
encountered
an
issue.
Upon
getting
to
the
pool,
we
were
told
by
the
lifeguard
that
we
couldn’t
swim
in
the
clothing
we
were
in
(the
men,
wearing
a
swim
shirt
and
shorts
were
given
no
issues)
and
offered
another
swimsuit
to
wear.
We
declined
because
it
was
short
as
well
as
skin
tight
and
instead
waited
(about
40
minutes)
to
talk
to
the
manager,
assuming
everything
would
work
out.
The
manager
was
incredibly
rude.
He
would
only
talk
to
my
husband
rather
than
me
even
if
I
was
the
one
leading
the
conversation,
and
made
completely
inappropriate
comments
saying
that
‘we
should
just
take
the
clothing
off’
and
‘others
take
it
off
why
can’t
you’.
When
we
reiterated
that
we
would
not
be
comfortable
doing
that,
he
offered
no
other
solution.
Rather
than
being
professional,
he
was
laughing
while
speaking
to
us,
and
did
not
take
our
comments
seriously.
When
we
went
down
to
the
front
desk
to
explain
what
happened,
it
was
clear
that
the
management
was
not
going
to
do
anything.
At
this
point
it
was
not
even
about
whether
we
could
go
swimming
or
not,
it
was
more
about
how
the
pool
manager
spoke
to
us
and
how
that
was
unacceptable.
When
we
spoke
to
the
head
of
guest
relations,
he
had
no
answer
when
we
asked
how
it
was
possible
in
an
Islamic
country
for
a
woman
to
not
be
able
to
wear
clothing
that
protected
her
modesty.
He
offered
his
empathy,
but
absolutely
nothing
else.
I
would
not
recommend
staying
here
to
anyone—
especially
Muslim
women
that
have
the
false
assurance
that
staying
at
a
hotel
in
an
Islamic
country
would
give
them
more
support
in
their
modesty,
when
it
is
fact
the
opposite.