Sewage smell throughout the property for our entire stay, we were told we would be transferred to another villa- this was a lie and the smell was never fixed despite the receptionist reassuring us it would be after experiencing the smell himself.
A/C in 2 out of the 3 bedrooms was non-functional for the whole stay. Forcing us to sleep with windows open attracting mosquito bites, only on the penultimate day did were portable AC units into the rooms, which sounded like an engine running in the room. We would obviously not have picked this hotel had we known there was no A/C.
Dirty towels were part of their "amenities".
We made the property manager aware of these issues multiple times and requested compensation, who kept telling us to "take it up with Expedia".
The minimum compensation I was expecting was what I paid for the booking, as we did not have A/C (as advertised), clean towels (as advertised)- but was instead met with false promises of maintenance/cleaning/relocation and a smell so bad it left us with nausea.
On returning back home, I filed the complaint to Expedia who said they can't do anything as the booking was non refundable and the property manager wouldn't waive the cancellation fee. Of course, I asked Expedia to push as this was not acceptable. They replied saying Hotel Aucanada would only refund less than half of the cost of the stay and implied I should be grateful "they did not charge a penalty", and that's their final stance.
Disappointed.
