This is literally the worst customer service experience I've ever had. After trying to contact Great Escapes twice through Booking.com and receiving no answer, I used the number provided by Booking.com to contact them directly, and the extremely rude manager, Diane answered. Before I could even explain my question, she began talking over me in a rude tone, stating that she already knew what my question was. Interesting. Business must be pretty terrible if you have only one request coming in. Anyway, I again tried to explain why I was calling, but could not get a word in. At one point, I even said "can I please say something?" and she continued to talk over me in her extremely rude tone. Needless to say, Diane did not accommodate my request, and when I called back and asked to speak with a manager, she said she was the manager and there was no one above her. I asked then for the owner, and she refused, and actually hung up on me after sarcastically saying "you have a lovely day." My Booking.com rep also tried giving her a call, and said she received the same terrible treatment, and would forward a complaint to Booking.com's hotel department. I have never been treated so poorly, and will never use Great Escapes again. There are far too many places to stay in Mammoth to put up with this type of treatment.
Update as of 9/8/15:
To be clear, I have no problem with the cancellation policy at Great Escapes, the only problem I have is with the treatment I received when asking about it.
Since we could not get our money back if we cancelled, my sister called to see if upgrading to a larger place would be possible, so she and her husband could use the place if we weren't able to. Diane twice confirmed with my sister that this would be no problem. After driving 6 hours from LA, my sister goes to check in and Diane tells her she has cancelled her reservation, that she is now on the "do not rent" list (whatever that is), proceeds to call me, her sister, a "horrible person," and asks some poor bystander at the office if she is Kristen, because if she is, she needs to get out. I'm sorry, what?! Your business receives negative feedback, so you pull a stunt like this? If you choose to stay with Great Escapes, be sure you don't give any negative feedback, or you might arrive to find that Diane has cancelled your reservation without telling you! Unreal.
My sister was able to quickly find another larger, less expensive place, with a lovely and polite management staff. Again, too many great places in Mammoth to deal with this kind of treatment. Buyer beware! read more