Upon arrival the reception was very rude. Reservations were made online for a double bed room. The simple misunderstanding that there would be 2pax not one pax staying was received as if it was the biggest problem of the year. An additional cost was added for the additonal person, fine. Later, we found out that they charged double the "city tax" compared other hotels.
The room, long story short- hairs on the headboard, pillows smelt of mildew, carpet at least 10 years old, and wouldn't dare shower in the bathroom.
We immediately left the room after checking in to explore Venice. After having dinner we arrived again, greeted by another rude receptionist as if we were inconveniencing him to buzz us in a 10 pm (curfew 12- or you will be locked out, we were warned).
Breakfast was not fresh, mostly packaged food and a push button coffee machine to make latte etc. as found in 7-11. Needless to say we checked out the next morning, found no need to unpack in this unfriendly and dirty hotel. My mother had stayed years ago with great reviews, looks like management stopped caring not long after.
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13 January 2012
We are sorry to read the issues you had on your recent stay in our Hotel.
Firstly , our staff would like to apologize for the rudeness, it's obvious that maybe there were some misunderstanding , because we never left people out at night or alone , and sometimes people may sign us as rude when we are simply pretty busy.
Secondly , we'd like to say something in our defense.
2 people instead of 1 is not the "biggest problem of the world" , but it's hard to solve when the
Hotel is totally complete , when there are no rooms to assign in addition and when the establishment is expecting 1 person. As a well known Hotel , we don't like to reject reservations, nor to send additional people away , as we always try to find a solution to satisfy everyone.
An additional bed has been assigned to you at a very low extra , the situation was a bit difficult , but we managed to find a way to accomodate you.
We read the problems you had in the room , we are trying to figure why you didn't report them to our staff or the maids. They all would have been pleased to clean or solve up all the discomforts you had accessing the room.
The city tax rate is not fixed , it may change depending on many points ( age , season periods etc.), and the most considerable is the Hotel category. .....as higher is the number of stars ,as higher is the price. It's possible that you noticed a lower category Hotel tax list, so you thought we overcharged you , believe us ...we didn't !!!( we would indeed have been pleased to explain the whole thing to you in front of your disappointment ).
Our Breakfast Buffet may be basic , but you should consider that on Budget Hotels , especially in Venice , you hardly find an open "all you can eat" buffet with all the choices of food and drinks we have, not to mention the coffee and drinks machines.
We are really sorry for not being able to get a positive feed this time , but we'd like to tell you that we undoubtly care a lot about our customers , and are pleased to help every guest assisting him on their needs and requests. Our reply to your statement is the evidence of it.
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