Alicia
2.0
/10
Reviewed 13 week(s) ago
Expedia Group verified review
I booked my room at 11.48am and recieved my receipt but no further communication regarding the booking. I arrived at 3.30 expecting reception to be open as check in was from 2pm only to find the opening hours on the door (8am-5pm) had been covered with stickers amending them to 9am-3pm and an after hours number to call. There was also a note saying the restaurant (which I had planned on using) was closed for the week. I phoned the after hours number and was told she didn’t know why I hadn’t been contacted by reception but I needed to pay a $100 bond for the room. As this is standard in most places I gave her my card details. She then proceeded to tell me she needed an additional $185 for incidentals incase I used anything in the room which would be refunded once I left. I got the key and then went to the room. I was mortified to find there was no way to lock the door from the inside and the adjoining room was also accessible by a door with no lock. As a single female traveler I found this extremely unsafe. The room itself wasn’t clean, there was something spilt on the floor that hadn’t been cleaned up and there was a dead bug stuck to the bedding.
To their credit the after hours personnel did agree to cancel the booking and to contact reception the following day to get a refund due to the circumstances.
The motel itself was nothing like the photos on the website indicated and was very run down.
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