It is a terrible feeling when you get cheated on money...especially when you're on vacation!
I still can't get over what happened at our recent stay at Le Roquebrune. Everything was just about perfect until the time of our check-out - then, I was shocked to see that our original room bill (140eur) was doubled (to 280eur).
The hotel overcharged us on everything. We wanted to have lunch on our arrival and I went to the reception to order two items from the menu, around 10-12eur each. The friendly owner suggested her ratatoulle instead, and she also had some grilled fish ready...mmm, it really was a nice simple lunch - we shared the pot of ratatoulle between the 2 of us, and both of us had a small fish. Now, guess what they charged us on check-out? 80 euros! Not even the fanciest five-star hotel would charge anything close to that...
And that is not all. We stayed only one night and had a breakfast on the next morning. I have stayed in many, many places in France and the breakfast has always been included - especially in small "bed & breakfast"-type of places like this one. Well, we had a juice, coffee and croissants and were charged 20 euros for that. But the worst cheating happened with the fruits - which we thought would be included in the breakfast. They charged us 15 euros extra for those!
I think this is all very sad. I am still astonished by all this...how on earth can this happen? Maybe at a sketchy place in India, but no way in Western Europe!!! The owner was such a charming old lady. Maybe they just wanted to take the chance in my case. The owner saw my fancy sports car, with plates from the Emirates - maybe that made her think she can charge anything.
Anyways, if you still want to go to this place, make sure in every instance how much everything costs!
