1/5 John B. 1 year ago on Google
"I
could
give
you
another
room,
but
I'd
have
to
charge
you
triple."
That
is
what
Timothy
at
the
front
desk
just
told
me!
I
am
in
shock
at
the
poor
service
I
just
received,
and
so
was
the
guest
that
was
standing
behind
me
who
as
she
saw
me
on
the
elevator,
said,
"That's
lousy
they
would
not
move
you
to
another
room
after
you
complained
of
an
odor.
Now
you
have
to
stay
in
a
(XXXXX)
room."
Here
is
what
happened.
Using
my
digital
key,
I
checked
in
a
little
before
6:00
PM.
Probably
like
5:45.
I
stayed
from
10/15/22
-
10/16/22.
As
soon
as
I
walked
into
room
326
using
my
digital
key,
I
smelled
a
strong
musty
odor.
I
am
a
lifetime
titanium
member
with
Marriott
(over
1100
stays)
and
a
Gold,
soon-to-be
Diamond
member
with
Hilton.
I
have
also
worked
at
the
front
desk
at
a
Hilton
Garden
Inn
and
been
a
Sales
Manager
at
a
Hampton
Inn
and
gone
through
Hilton
University
training.
If
a
guest
ever
complained
that
their
room
smelled,
we
were
trained
and
empowered
to
make
it
right.
Timothy
at
the
front
desk
was
either
untrained,
not
empowered,
or
worse,
he
simply
did
not
care.
He
did
not
say
they
had
no
rooms
to
move
me
to.
He
said
he
had
other
rooms,
but
would
have
to
“charge
me
triple”
to
move
me.
The
non-smelly
rooms
must
cost
more.
Clearly
his
focus
is
money
not
guest
satisfaction.
Here
is
how
the
conversation
with
Timothy
went:
1. “If
I
changed
your
room,
I’d
have
to
triple
your
price.”
-
Timothy
2. “That’s
ridiculous,
I
will
literally
take
ANY
other
room.
What
type
of
rooms
do
you
have
that
you
could
put
me
in
that
don’t
smell”
–
Me
3. "It’s
a
king
and
it
would
be
triple
the
price."
-
Timothy
4. Then
he
told
me
there
was
nothing
he
could
do,
so
I
walked
away
and
started
typing
this
review.
I
asked
for
his
name
and
told
him
I
was
going
to
complain.
He
never
tried
once
to
inspect
the
room
or
do
anything
to
resolve
my
issue.
This
is
peak
week
for
the
leaves
changing
at
Arcadia
National
Park
and
the
area
is
very
busy.
Why
would
they
have
a
front
desk
agent
working
by
themselves
that
was
not
empowered,
trained,
or
the
slightest
bit
empathetic
to
a
guest
having
a
problem
with
their
room?
When
I
went
to
the
desk,
he
was
not
there,
I
heard
him
talking
on
the
phone.
I
had
to
say
"excuse
me"
to
get
him
to
go
to
the
desk.
I
was
a
Hilton
employee
for
two
years.
We
occasionally
would
have
to
use
a
di-ionizer
to
get
a
really
bad
smell
out
of
a
room.
The
room
would
have
to
be
put
out
of
order
for
a
day,
and
you
would
lose
a
day’s
revenue
if
you
were
sold
out.
But
it
was
always
done
when
needed.
You
can
use
your
imagination
as
to
what
causes
a
hotel
room
to
get
to
that
point.
I
will
not
go
into
specifics,
but
it's
usually
pretty
gross.
Guests
do
weird
things
in
rooms.
I
have
no
options.
The
next
closest
Hilton
(a
Garden
Inn)
is
almost
an
hour
away
and
I
am
pretty
sure
it
is
sold
out.
In
retrospect,
I
would
rather
have
stayed
there
and
driven
the
40
minutes
each
way
to
and
from
Arcadia
National
Park
I
paid
a
lot
for
this
room
-
40,000
Hilton
points
AND
$90.
When
I
called
Timothy
TWICE
to
complain
about
the
MUSTY
ODOR
in
the
room,
he
could
not
hear
me
and
hung
up
both
times.
No
follow-up.
He
never
called
back
or
came
up
to
the
room
to
see
if
there
was
anything
wrong
or
if
he
could
assist
me
with
anything.
So
I
went
to
him.
I
hate
complaining
and
rarely
do.
Check
my
reviews.
I
left
Philadelphia
at
4:00
AM
to
be
able
to
photograph
today
and
will
be
up
at
5:00
AM
tomorrow
to
photograph
the
sunrise.
splurged
on
this
location
to
save
on
the
wear
and
tear
of
a
busy
travel
schedule.
Honestly,
I
am
shocked
at
the
poor
level
of
service.