Dear SAME Hotel Management,
We stayed at your hotel on 10–11 November 2025 (6 rooms, 11 guests, breakfast included). We found your property on Traveloka and decided to try it for our casual nonprofit retreat.
Our team held quiet meetings at the poolside and lobby, bringing only laptops and papers. We already confirmed whether it was okay before checking in.
We met outside during daylight to save energy instead of staying in separate rooms. There were no other guests around, and we made sure not to disturb anyone.
However, a hotel employee from operations suddenly approached us rudely, asking where we were from and whether we were students, and told our cofounder, “Sini ikut saya” (“Come with me”) in a disrespectful tone. We were treated as if we were not paying guests, which insulted our cofounder.
While we may not have been dressed in formal suits or professional attire that morning, as it was early and our retreat was informal, this should not have been a reason to underestimate or mistreat us as paying guests.
After a heated discussion, we decided to have our meeting elsewhere and checked out early around 8:45 a.m.
This incident ruined our planned retreat program and caused both tangible and intangible losses, affecting the atmosphere and flow of our event. We planned to stay until noon to have some recreational time, but this was not possible.
Our foundation is a local nonprofit working on education, child marriage prevention, and environmental issues. Our members are professionals and students who behaved respectfully throughout. We have stayed in many hotels across Indonesia and abroad but have never experienced such treatment.
We kindly request the management to investigate the incident, improve staff hospitality training, and issue an apology.
Thank you for your attention.