OpreaS1
ngày 15 tháng 8 năm 2024
Worst hotel experience ever. It started with the fact that the hotel's payment terminal did not recognize the Visa Gold bank card. But, miraculously, the second payment terminal, kindly provided by the receptionist, had no problem with the bank card. But in a European country, the Eurozone, this terminal is configured to offer payment for accommodation services in US dollars !! The display text is in Spanish, and the buttons are configured as follows: Green Accept (payment in US dollars), Red Refuse (payment in euros). The friendly receptionist will advise you to activate the green accept payment button. When you later analyze the check, you realize that the euro/dollar exchange rate specified on the check does not correspond to the actual one applied. In my case I was overcharged by an extra US$80. It is a real financial theft of the hotel. The discussion on this subject with the representatives of the hotel did not solve the problem, the respective persons showing incompetence. Another problem I encountered is the non-compliance of the hotel management with Spanish national legislation. From 2022, hotels and restaurants in Spain are obliged to offer customers flat drinking water (tap water) upon request. The Melia Hotel, through the restaurant manager, refuses to offer tap water to customers, citing that they cannot control the quality of the water. The paradox is that water is offered at breakfast and in the hotel lobby, but it is categorically refused at dinner. Customers are forced to procure water. My attempt to drink store-bought drinking water during dinner was brutally denied by the restaurant manager, who said he could only allow me to do so against payment according to the restaurant's pay list. It is a violation of both legal norms and ethics and human rights. It was just a bottle of drinking water (not mineral). The above has determined me not to have relations with Melia hotels in the future. For objectivity, however, I must note that the hotel is renovated and in good condition, the territory is well-kept and the hotel is located in a quiet area, it has parking on two levels (€21/day), the room services are good, the hotel's kitchens offer super tasty and varied dishes.
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