Friends and I stayed in this hotel back in 2007 for the Berlin Marathon. I had come to Berlin first to research properties for 10 of us and found HSH Wilmersdorf to be perfect. In March of this year, using www.hotel.de, I booked HSH Wilmersdorf for our return to the Berlin Marathon in September 2009. In July, I was notified by HSH that the Wilmersdorf location had closed on June 30th and that they had no room at their HSH Mitte location -- I found it odd that they notified me after they had closed because surely they knew they were closing sometime in advance. They offered another nearby hotel, which was a 1-star, not a 3-star like HSH and was 1-room, not a 2-bedroom and living room as we (5 of us) had booked, for the same €200 a night rate -- I found the other hotel online for €90, so of course they wanted my €200 for a €90 room. HSH refused to honor their commitment and did nothing else for us. I contacted www.hotel.de, with whom I had booked the reservation, and they also did not stand by their commitment -- I think that another company such as Travelocity would have been more helpful. Unfortunately, Berlin Marathon weeked is a very full weekend in Berlin and by waiting until after they had closed the property, there were no comparably-sized apartment-hotel rooms in this price range left in Berlin. We were stranded and I would never use either of these companies again do to their lack of honor and commitment.
- Hsh Hotel Berlin