We booked two rooms: one for two adults, and a family room for three adults and two kids under 10. Upon arrival, the male manager refused to let all five of us stay in the family room, claiming we didn’t include the kids in the booking—even though the listing said children stayed free.
We offered to pay for an extra room, but he said none were available and insisted he couldn’t help because he was working overtime. His tone was cold and accusatory, offering no real solution. We asked to pay for two extra pax in the family room, and he told us to wait while he looked into it. We waited over an hour without updates.
Out of options, we contacted Traveloka, who also asked us to wait another hour. With two young kids and three elderly adults waiting in the lobby, tired and hungry, we finally gave up. Only my mother and the kids used the family room. My husband and I had to book another hotel nearby.
Even then, the manager scolded us for briefly entering the family room to help settle our family. He refused to give us the room key until we insisted. Later, when I helped my kids get water, he again scolded me, saying he was “monitoring us.”
The experience was humiliating and stressful, despite us having valid bookings and trying to cooperate. In all my years of traveling, I have never felt so humiliated or unwelcome—this was the most distressing service experience I've ever endured.