I am changing my original review of 1 star to 4. One day after my review I received a phone call from Andy at Elements Massage Tempe, letting me know he received my message and was sorry for the inconvenience, that he would be looking into the matter, and for my trouble he had noted a complimentary massage on my account. I was able to book my appointment with Kathryn today and received an amazing massage (as she usually does;) and I am satisfied with the outcome and resolution to my post below. I hope that the matter is truly looked into so that future guests do not experience the same treatment. I would also hope that a protocol is put into place at each Elements Massage for when a guest does not receive a massage that they clearly booked, they are contacted by management, and efforts are made to ensure the guest has been taken care of properly.
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Unfortunately, I am upset and angry after booking an appointment, arriving at my scheduled time, only to find out that my online "confirmed" appointment was not in their computer system. I booked the appointment Thursday, May 5th, for an appointment with Kathryn on Saturday, May 7th at 3:30pm. I received a first email (Thurs, May 5th @ 5:47am) stating I was confirmed and booked. I received a second email (Thurs, May 5th @ 9:34am) again confirming my appointment, now with a link to click to reconfirm on my end, which I did. Because I booked this appointment and made a commitment, I missed going to an event in Sedona with friends and family that night, not to mention I planned my day around this massage, which was supposed to start my Mother's Day weekend. I am very rarely treated to a massage and I only go to Kathryn at Elements Massage Tempe because I have found a masseuse I really like and is very good.
After not finding my reservation, the front desk did offer me the only other appointment available that night at 6pm with Michael, but again, I go only to Elements Massage when I am treated to a massage because of Kathryn and the time did not work for me. I was also told that I should try to call and book my appointments rather than use the new online system. I was not offered any other compensation and after being ready to drop at least $150 - I expect more. If it was my company, I would be making the situation right by offering at least a complimentary massage for the time and trouble lost, and also, it's a massage-people are coming here to help heal their bodies and relax-I received the exact opposite.
The online scheduling system has been horrendous trying to schedule appointments already because my husband originally booked me a surprise massage several years ago and when he signed me up he used his work phone number (now an old number) so that I would not know about the surprise. No one has been able to correct the information linked to the account, whether online, in person, or over the phone, and it took me until this year to figure out what phone number I needed to try to use to actually be able to book an appointment online. Now I book an appointment online, get confirmation emails, and show up to find out they cannot accommodate my appointment.
I don't want Kathryn to lose my business because of this but it's been nearly two weeks since I contacted the location and I have heard nothing back. I am very disappointed. read more