My main grievance was the inability to cancel due to sickness. I understand that the cancellation policy for the hotel expired at 5pm prior to the booking date, but my wife didn't become very sick until the morning, and she attended the doctor at 1045am. I rang the hotel direct at that time, not after a refund, just a credit to stay on another occasion. The person I spoke to was adamant that he could not assist, as their cancellation policy expired 5pm the day before. I told him I knew that, but requested leniency in view of my wife's sickness, even offering to email them a copy of her doctor's certificate. He told me to contact Hotels.com, which I did, and the agent tried to negotiate a credit with the hotel, also to no avail. Again, I was not seeking a refund, just a credit to use another time, but this was flatly refused. After being refused the refund, my wife decided to come with me, remaining in the room, so the $285 wasn't wasted, as we were supposed to go to dinner for a friend's birthday. When I checked in the process was very slow, I was left waiting while the person went away twice to check, I can only presume there were notes to say I had made enquiries about cancelling. When we entered the room, there was an unpleasant surprise in the toilet bowl, which I immediately reported to the front desk. They did come and clean the toilet and offered a bottle of wine as compensation and a later checkout, which was really the only positive experience I had at The Grace.