Our stay at The Point Hotel Kangaroo Point was disappointing and poor value for money.
We booked through Travelocity, not realising the price was displayed in USD rather than AUD. This was not made clear during booking and resulted in an extra $86.66 charge. Travelocity customer service was unhelpful, although a manager eventually provided the amount as an Expedia credit rather than a refund.
We booked a one-bedroom apartment with a sofa bed for three guests. Reception confirmed there were three of us, yet no linen was supplied for the sofa bed. Luckily, we had our own bedding.
I also asked about parking and was told to use the hotel car park, but no one mentioned an additional fee until checkout.
The hotel was undergoing renovations, with building materials in the small car park, boarded-up areas and dust sheets throughout. The room was spacious and initially looked clean, but the curtains were torn and falling off the rails, doors were damaged, carpets were worn, and the bathroom was outdated.
Both TVs lost picture, the air conditioning barely worked, and the room was freezing until reception adjusted it remotely. Food options were very limited because one restaurant was closed and the other was not operating, so we had to drive 15 minutes to find food.
The beds were comfortable and checkout was at 12 pm, but the dust, poor maintenance, limited facilities, unexpected parking fee and lack of communication made the $286.66 cost unacceptable.