• The hotel demanded the full rental price for the entire stay immediately upon check-in, which I found to be a really unusual procedure. This may be common practice in Chile, I don't know, but it still surprised me - especially since, as I later discovered, the service I had already paid for would never be provided and no refund was possible. • The first impression of my room on the 9th floor (I had asked for a room as high up as possible) was pretty decent. Only the massive air conditioning unit that took up half of my balcony confused me a little. It was obviously also used to cool the neighboring apar**ent, because even when I hadn't turned on my air conditioning in the room, the outdoor unit on the balcony was running and kept my room noisy. • On the second day of my stay at the hotel, the refrigerator in the kitchen collapsed in the morning. That is, it suddenly wobbled extremely and swayed back and forth by about 10 cm at the top. I reported the damage directly to reception and again late in the afternoon by phone because no one came to remedy the situation. • That evening, when I closed the curtain in front of my balcony door, it came loose at the first, front ring and hung down about 20 cm. • The following morning, when I pulled back my duvet to air it, I noticed that the duvet cover on the mattress did not cover the entire mattress, but left about 20 cm of space at the bottom and the mattress was visible. So I spent the whole night laying my feet on an uncovered mattress, like hundreds of hotel guests before me have done on the same, unwashed spot. It really disgusted me. • I have therefore taken photos of the three complaints and reported them to central reception via email – especially since no one at my own hotel reception seemed to care about the damage reported yesterday. That seems to be normal here. I received an immediate response to my email and 2 hours later staff came and resolved the 3 complaints to my satisfaction. Another hour later, two more mechanics came and wanted to fix the same thing - but it was already too late (doesn't anyone talk to each other?) • Well then. A day later, I bought enough groceries and wanted to cook in the evening. For my long stay in Santiago (2 months), I had specifically looked for a hotel that offered me a fully equipped kitchen in my apar**ent. Unfortunately, my wallet doesn't allow me to eat out in a restaurant every day, especially since prices in Chile are more expensive than in Germany. But unfortunately the stove in my apar**ent didn't work. It wouldn't give me any gas. I immediately reported the problem to the hotel reception by phone (around 8 p.m.) and asked for a solution - which they promised to do immediately. However, it was only after I called again at 8:30 p.m. that they took pity on me.
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