I booked 2 rooms on July 25th, 2022 for the weekend of 8/12 - 8/13 for my brother's bday.
On check-in day, I put my card in the machine for what I thought was for having one on file for the stay just incase we order breakfast or something, but the desk clerk, Josh, charged my account for the first room for $445. I told him that I prepaid for my rooms. He was so rude. He said that that they didn't have a record of it so it isn't paid for. I then showed him my printed confirmation email and showed him the charge on my bank app. He told me that because it said Memphis, it wasn't for this hotel. I showed him on the reservation their address and the dates for the reservation. He said he didn't see it, but he would take my word for it, then gave me my other set of room keys. I asked for a refund or cancellation confirmation and he told me when he gets the line down, he would process my refund. I said ok and proceeded to my rooms.
In one room, One of the beds was unmade with the bedding on the chair and the counter area wasn't fixed up. In the other room, it had water damage on the ceiling, no end table, broken phone cord, mold in the bathroom, etc. And then I got an email notification that ANOTHER $445 hold had been put on my account. That means I now did not have access to about $890 on my trip.
I immediately went down to the lobby, waited in line AGAIN and told them about the charge and asked for a refund confirmation. The male desk clerk told me I would have to talk to the female clerk to get it resolved. When she was finally ready, I explained to her the issue with the double charges and showed her my reservation and my bank statement. She acted as if I didn't know what I was talking about because of the bank statement saying Memphis instead of Atlanta. I once again showed her the confirmation with their address for my reservation. She tried to tell me that the prices didn't even match so it can't be correct and asked if I booked through a third-party. I told her that the price I paid was for the discounted rate I chose on the Hilton website and showed her the HILTON WEBSITE CONFIRMATION PAGE. I then asked for her to get a manager. She was unavailable. So I asked her to call Hilton. She advised me that their phones were down so I had to call from my phone. I made the call and the customer service representative advised me that he saw my payment noted on the 26th of July and they sent it to this hotel on the 28th of July. After hanging up with Hilton, I was told that I wouldn't be charged and that they now have my prepayment noted. I asked for a confirmation for my record and he told me he couldn't print it and to get it in the morning.
The next morning, the morning shift, which were very respectful and helpful, advised that she would pass my all the information along to the manager. When we got back that afternoon, the manager guaranteed I wouldn't be charged and apologized for the hold.
The next day after I checked out, I was in fact charged for a total of $711.18.
I was embarrassed enough dealing with the rude night shift, but the rooms were nothing like the pictures and were completely unacceptable to Hilton standards, the night staff were unprofessional. I went my whole trip without access to $890 of my own money, and then was still double charged. It is September 1st And I still don't have my full refund yet. My whole weekend and Atlanta experience was ruined. The only good thing about this experience was the cookies.
It is 9/1/22 and I am STILL waiting on my FULL REFUND. Customer service keeps giving me the runaround it seems between reaching out to the property and "investigating" the complaint. I love DoubleTree hotels, but I will NEVER stay there in ATL again. read more