Disappointing Hotel Experience in Mexico City

lheene · 08-18-2006, 01:52 AM

I was so disappointed with a hotel in Mexico City when I vacationed there together with my college friends. Before we left the country, we made sure that we had a reservation to that hotel. We even verified our reservation so that we can be assured of a comfortable room to stay in while vacationing. However, everything went wrong when we arrived in the hotel reception area because the room that we expected to occupy was given to a popular politician who came late.

Out of frustration, I really talked to the manager who kept on asking for an apology, saying that the hotel receptionist committed mistakes. Well, I accepted his apology, but I demanded him to look for a comfortable room where the rest of us could stay. I told him that we did not expect this kind of treatment from their hotel since we had our reservation one month before we arrived. See, I was very pissed that time because we did not expect it to happen. Because I was really angry, I told the hotel manager directly that we would never make a reservation in his hotel because it’s very disappointing. Every time I remember that disappointing experience, my blood pressure really goes up.

http://www.exploring-mexico.com/2006...n-mexico-city/

Tonchi · 08-18-2006, 02:50 AM

Honey, IT'S MEXICO. * If you do not arrive with a bodyguard, you have to take what you get. Do not mistake the tourist guidebooks for reality. Consider yourself lucky that you were not robbed 2 times before you got from the curb to the front desk and just go with it. Americans who refuse to accept that they have gone outside the comfort zone definitely do not belong in my México lindo y querido

Remember "It's Chinatown"?

barefoot serpent · 08-18-2006, 09:29 AM

I thought this was gonna be the ol' How many sheets do you want on your bed? joke.

Elspode · 08-18-2006, 11:13 AM

Lady, you sheets on my bed, I kill you.

footfootfoot · 08-18-2006, 11:26 AM

Thanks Serpent and Els, you made up for what was shaping up to be a pointless post.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-18-2006, 08:33 PM

Rants are never pointless, just sometimes there is no way to logically respond....only empathize.

footfootfoot · 08-18-2006, 09:16 PM

yeah, pointless was a poor word choice. Not pointless. Um what's the word?

xoxoxoBruce · 08-19-2006, 12:17 AM

Dead end.

lheene · 08-21-2006, 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Rants are never pointless, just sometimes there is no way to logically respond....only empathize.

Thanks, man.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-21-2006, 09:41 PM

Hey, if it feels good....type it.

richlevy · 08-21-2006, 10:51 PM

I just joined a timeshare BBS and I am hearing a lot of complaints about downgrading of rooms at a certain Mexican timeshare group. People make reservations at the deluxe resort but when they arrive are given rooms in the cheaper one.

It's sort of like booking into a 4 star Hilton and being bumped to a 3 star Hampton Inn.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-22-2006, 05:06 AM

Are they trying to collect the 4 star price after redirecting them to the 3 star facility, Rich?

08-18-2006, 01:52 AM	#1
lheene Resident Denizen Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 60	Disappointing Hotel Experience in Mexico City I was so disappointed with a hotel in Mexico City when I vacationed there together with my college friends. Before we left the country, we made sure that we had a reservation to that hotel. We even verified our reservation so that we can be assured of a comfortable room to stay in while vacationing. However, everything went wrong when we arrived in the hotel reception area because the room that we expected to occupy was given to a popular politician who came late. Out of frustration, I really talked to the manager who kept on asking for an apology, saying that the hotel receptionist committed mistakes. Well, I accepted his apology, but I demanded him to look for a comfortable room where the rest of us could stay. I told him that we did not expect this kind of treatment from their hotel since we had our reservation one month before we arrived. See, I was very pissed that time because we did not expect it to happen. Because I was really angry, I told the hotel manager directly that we would never make a reservation in his hotel because it’s very disappointing. Every time I remember that disappointing experience, my blood pressure really goes up. http://www.exploring-mexico.com/2006...n-mexico-city/

08-18-2006, 02:50 AM	#2
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	Honey, IT'S MEXICO. * If you do not arrive with a bodyguard, you have to take what you get. Do not mistake the tourist guidebooks for reality. Consider yourself lucky that you were not robbed 2 times before you got from the curb to the front desk and just go with it. Americans who refuse to accept that they have gone outside the comfort zone definitely do not belong in my México lindo y querido Remember "It's Chinatown"? __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

08-18-2006, 09:29 AM	#3
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	I thought this was gonna be the ol' How many sheets do you want on your bed? joke. __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

08-18-2006, 11:13 AM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Lady, you sheets on my bed, I kill you. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

08-18-2006, 11:26 AM	#5
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Thanks Serpent and Els, you made up for what was shaping up to be a pointless post. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-18-2006, 08:33 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Rants are never pointless, just sometimes there is no way to logically respond....only empathize. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-18-2006, 09:16 PM	#7
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	yeah, pointless was a poor word choice. Not pointless. Um what's the word? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-19-2006, 12:17 AM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Dead end. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-21-2006, 09:41 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Hey, if it feels good....type it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-21-2006, 10:51 PM	#11
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I just joined a timeshare BBS and I am hearing a lot of complaints about downgrading of rooms at a certain Mexican timeshare group. People make reservations at the deluxe resort but when they arrive are given rooms in the cheaper one. It's sort of like booking into a 4 star Hilton and being bumped to a 3 star Hampton Inn. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

08-22-2006, 05:06 AM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Are they trying to collect the 4 star price after redirecting them to the 3 star facility, Rich? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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