Guest User
September 14, 2023
I checked into your hotel at 3:15PM, 9/12/23 and during the check-in process, employee (Joe) had trouble checking me in, due to a credit card reader / computer error. Joe told me the issue was resolved, gave me my room keys and I went to my room. Approximately 5 minutes later, Joe came to my room and (referring to me by my last name, which I found extremely unprofessional and disrespectful), said the transaction did not work (he said it checked me in as paying cash) and asked for my credit card. I told him I would come to the front desk shortly, (with my credit card) when I returned the luggage cart to the lobby. I checked my company credit card app on my phone and saw that my credit card was charged TWICE for the room. I returned to the front desk and Joe told me he cancelled the charge, but it did not drop off my credit card app. On 9/12/23, I emailed the General Manager (Niten Patel) and, as of this writing (2 days later), have received no response. Checking my credit card app on 9/14/23 at 4:45AM, I found that my credit card had been charged a third time. I sent a follow-up email to hotel General Manager Patel at that time. I went to the front desk to find out what time the GM normally comes to the hotel and the front desk clerk (Vernon) told me that the GM oversees 4-5 hotels and rarely comes to the hotel. I asked Vernon if there is generally an on-site manager and he told me the manager is only at the hotel on Mondays and Tuesdays, from 9AM-3PM; both of my interactions with Joe and Vernon were outside of the manager’s banker’s hours. The Room: My room (323) smelled like a mixture of dog urine, smoke and the bottom of a slaughterhouse dumpster. I turned on the A/C to try to clear the air but, as expected, that did little good. The bathtub area was moldy, showerhead was limed up and partially blocked and the bathroom exhaust fan looked like it had NEVER been cleaned. Check-in Process: A complete train wreck. My credit card was charged 3 times and, since it is a company credit card, I will have to go through the charge dispute process because I have ZERO faith that hotel management will apply a credit to my card. General Manager Response to the triple billing: NONE I emailed Comfort Inn corporate and, as expected, they said they couldn’t do anything since the hotel is independently owned, however they did insult me by asking me to join their loyalty club AND they would even grant me 8,000 points. Avoid this dump like the plague! As a business traveler who is on the road 270-280 days annually, I typically stay at either Holiday Inn Express or Hampton Inn. Unfortunately, the Sullivan / Cuba, MO area has no decent hotels so if you are unfortunate enough to stay in the area, I wish you luck.