My girlfriend and I stayed at this hotel and were very disappointed! We went there for a romantic birthday getaway and to visit her son, who is attending Binghampton. We opted for the "Hot tub suite". What a joke!!!! the room was naturally large enough, and the bed very comfortable. The first night we were tired from the drive and just had dinner and went to bed. we showered in the morning and continued on with our day. However, after dinner the following evening, and with the snow, we thought it would be nice to take advantage of the "hot Tub". Even with no cold water running, the tub was barely luke warm, and took forever to fill to a level where the jets could be turned on. We decided to just go in anyway, despite the coolness of the water, and when the jets were turned on, black chunks were filling the tub. We got out and went to the desk to voice our disappointment, however the polite young man at the counter could not do anything as far as maintenance is concerned . He did however check the other room that offered a hot tub only to find that there was no hot water in that room either. He said that a note would be left and the Manager would look after this.. Upon checkout the Sunday morning, I was surprised to be charged the full amount for the room despite the tub not working, the young lady at the counter asked me to call the Manager on Monday and that there was a note on our folio that indicated a problem with our stay. I called the manager on Monday, and told her of our disappointing experience, she said that she was unaware that there was a problem with our stay, but offered a less than sincere apology and said that she would look into the matter, she seemed like she could not get off the phone fast enough. Later I received an e-mail from the manager with nothing more than an adjusted amount on our bill, she took 30 dollars off a nearly 400 dollar bill. I responded to her adjustment to say that it was not acceptable, and that an apology or an explanation would have been very welcomed. She responded that she did in fact apologize when she called....wrong!!!!!! and that she did send an apology along with the adjusted folio.
She went on to say that customer service is very important, however, the apology was the same one you would get from a fast food joint ( you know the one) "sorry about the wait, see you soon".
Perhaps their regular rooms are fine, but when you are paying for an upgrade and it does not function properly, I think that a sincere apology is the least they could do.
I would much rather stayed at the Hampton Inn just down the road, it was a lot larger, cleaner, quiter and cheaper.
Seriuosly disgruntled former customer
Room Tip: go to the Hampton Inn
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