ATTENTION. if you are african- American or a person of colour this hotel IS NOT where you want to stay.
I booked my stay through Bookings.com at $110.00, but when i arrived they had canceled my booking and charged me 139. Since it was so last minute and I'm not from the area i had to just pay it. While i was picking up my bags another couple had just arrived, no reservation, and wanted the same room Type as me. They were charged $99. That should've been my first red flag. The second was the room they gave me recently had a dog in there and there were dried up pieces of dog poo in the closet. When i asked for a new room they told me no because i was already in the room. I ended up checking out the next day. And the lady at the front said i would not be getting my deposit back because the cleaning people had found weed on a table. Which made no sense because i don't smoke weed. When i asked the cleaning crew who had checked the room they all said none of them had gotten a chance to go in, and that only the lady working at the front had gone in. And when i told her this she said she could smell it but in the same sentence said "i have sinus issues so i can't smells very well". I ended up getting my deposit back.
I ended up coming back to town for a funeral this week. Same thing happened again while checking in. Upcharged me. But this time it was a younger man working at the front. He told me if i feel the need to smoke a cigarette just go on the balcony, not in the room. When i got to my room, the whole second floor was cloudy and smelt like smoke. It was my foolish mistake to stay. I had smoked on the balcony when i first got settled in. While out there there were MULTIPLE gentlemen on different balconies smoking. About 2 hours goes by and they come to my door and they tell me my deposit is gone because someone's had called and said i was smoking in the room. And said i was an amazing guest and if I'd like to stay tomorrow I'd have to pay double the rate and another $200 deposit. I decided this was packed up all my stuff and decided to check out. This was all in the 3 and a half hours of being there. While at the first front asking for my deposit back, this is where things took a turn. One of the cleaning ladies decided to jump in to tell me I'm not getting anything back. She had called me "Ghetto Trash" "ratchet" and also said a few horrible things about my mother, who's funeral i was there to attend. I requested they call the police, because this woman was yelling and getting in my face acting really disgusting. Even went as far to say "you're going to jail today b*tch, something you're kind is used to." I was recording the whole situation. And then to make matters worse she told the police to check my bags, claiming i had some sort of weapon on me. I voluntarily showed them my stuff because i knew i had nothing.
Once outside, the police had even said to me that whenever they get called to this hotel, it's always for a person of colour, and it's always for the same thing. They also said if i have video proof of the whole thing to post it and to warn others of the discrimination that take some place here. They also witnessed another white gentleman come out on to his balcony to have a smoke. When they said no smoking allowed, the man replied "it's okay ghey said the balcony is fine".
They gave me a number to call to file a complaint. But when i called it just lead right back to the front desk of the hotel. They know exactly what they're doing. Never in my life have i been treated so poorly, and i very disgusted with this place read more