1/5 Hyeon Woo S. 1 year ago on Google
Where
Status
Means
Very
Little
Summary:
-
Worst
front
desk
experience
I've
had.
-
Getting
even
a
same
category
upgrade
is
like
pulling
teeth,
leading
to
quite
an
uncomfortable
start
to
a
stay.
-
"Absolutely
not"
to
suite
upgrades.
(I
understand
and
accept
the
hotel's
policy,
but
this
is
often
a
deciding
factor
for
me)
-
Self-parking
costs
$35,
same
as
the
Ritz
in
downtown
Atlanta!
-
Slow
response
to
Marriott
app
chat
feature.
Better
to
call
directly.
-
Enjoyable
interior
and
decorations.
-
Clean
room.
Detailed
sequence
starting
around
3:40pm
With
a
woman
at
the
front
desk.
(Forgot
her
name)
1.
No
greeting.
Flatly
says
"ID
and
card
for
payment."
2.
I
ask
if
the
hotel
does
complimentary
upgrades.
Her
face
darkens,
and
she
quietly
says
"I'll
check
on
that."
3.
She
thanks
me
for
being
a
platinum
member,
which
I
appreciated.
She
also
says
I
have
the
option
to
get
points
or
$10
at
the
bar.
She
tells
me
she
doesn't
know
how
many
points
that
is...
Either
she
knows
but
wants
me
to
choose
the
$10
option,
or
she
is
just
not
trained
and/or
could
not
be
bothered
to
find
out.
4.
Eventually
hands
me
the
room
key
and
says
she'll
show
me
around
the
property.
I
ask
what
room
I
got,
and
she
says
the
King
(my
original
room)
and
says
she
didn't
want
me
to
have
to
wait
since
the
better
rooms
are
being
cleaned.
5.
I
say
I
do
not
mind
waiting.
She
says
"but
I
already
check
you
in!"
in
a
clenched
teeth
kind
of
way.
I'm
shocked
by
this
behavior
but
again
say
I
don't
mind
waiting.
6.
She
returns
to
the
front
desk
mumbling
under
her
breath
and
eventually
hands
me
a
new
key.
(In
between,
I
ask
if
they
ever
upgrade
to
suites,
and
she
says
"absolutely
not."
That
policy
I
can
understand.
Her
tone,
not
so
much.)
7.
I
look
at
her,
expecting
her
to
tell
me
when
the
room
would
be
ready
since
she
said
none
were
available
just
a
couple
minutes
ago.
She
says
it's
ready.
Does
not
proceed
to
show
me
around
the
property.
8.
I
go
to
the
room
and
see
that
it's
a
Deluxe
King.
I
enjoyed
the
room's
interior
and
cleanliness
at
least
and
slept
well.
My
gut
interpretation:
She
didn't
want
to
provide
even
a
same-category
upgrade,
so
she
ignored
my
request
and
hoped
I
wouldn't
ask
questions
until
we
got
to
the
room
where
I
would
be
less
comfortable
to
ask
for
an
upgrade.
Charitable
interpretation:
At
the
moment
I
asked
about
an
upgrade,
indeed
all
deluxe
rooms
were
unavailable
due
to
cleaning,
but
for
some
unknown
reason
she
believed
it's
better
to
give
the
original
room
without
saying
anything
instead
of
asking
me
if
I
wanted
to
wait.
Moments
later
when
I
said
I
don't
mind
waiting
(which
is
also
when
she
reminded
me
she
already
checked
me
in),
a
room
had
just
opened
up.
I'm
inclined
to
believe
the
first
explanation,
hence
this
review's
title,
but
readers
should
draw
their
own
conclusion.
If
this
is
not
behavior
encouraged/endorsed
by
the
management,
they
should
certainly
take
the
time
correct
and
train
this
person.