To be fair, this is likely a nice enough hotel for a short stay. The staff is friendly and pleasant to deal with.
There have been too many short comings, however, to outweigh anything but a one star review.
I am a Diamond HHonors member. I stay at Hilton properties all over the Country.
I have never left a review for any hotel, good or bad.
Until now.
1. After checking in and getting settled (unpacked) I hop into bed only to discover that not only are the linens soaking wet but the mattress is, as well. For my own sanity I'm going with the sheets hadn't been dried from the laundry. How housekeeping thought it was ok to make the bed with wet sheets is beyond me.
I'm ignoring why the mattress was wet.
I was promptly moved to another room and given a small bag of assorted candy for my trouble.
2. The following morning while throwing back the shower curtain in preparation for an invigorating shower, a dirty facecloth falls on me. It was draped over the shower rod.
Now, when I say dirty, I don't mean simply used. I mean, dirty as in stained. This may have been worse than the wet mattress.
The good news is that I was already heading into the shower!
3. On a handful of occasions, there were no eggs for breakfast. I know they're powdered eggs, just like every other Hampton serves and I'm ok with that but I really wanted some for breakfast.
I know they had them because the little sign on the buffet platter said "eggs".
Figuring they had just run out and would be back with more shortly, I patiently waited.
And waited.
And waited some more.
No eggs. No staff checking on the eggs to see if they needed more eggs.
Guess who didn't get eggs because he had to go to work? This guy!
I'd honestly be ok with this had it happened once but in the two weeks I've been here it has happened four times. I stopped going to breakfast for fear of disappointment and lack of eggs.
4. There's no guest laundry room. Not an issue if you're only here for a day or two. I'm here for three weeks. It's hot in Abilene and I work outside for 11 hours a day. 7 days a week. For three weeks.
Laundry happens. Look up laundromats in Abilene. The reviews are not good. I found an acceptable location, that was open on a Sunday, only 12 miles away.
Convenient!
5. I generally don't have housekeeping come into my room very often. I'm not messy and it's not needed. It's a win win. Hotel saves money and I have a bit extra privacy. I've nearly run out of toilet paper, however. That's generally my cue to let housekeeping in.
I've been here two weeks and one day.
They didn't actually change the bed linens.
Fail.
6. My air conditioner stopped working last night, June 26, 2016. I informed the front desk this morning and asked that someone take a look and straighten it out.
Much later in the evening, I asked if it had been looked at and was informed that the maintenance person had been busy and didn't get to it.
I was offered, once again, a change to change rooms. I really don't like packing and unpacking multiple times (who does?) so I told them I'd stick it out for the night.
We'll circle back around to the AC shortly.
7. June 27, 2016 10:30pm, the fire alarm wakes me up. It's a good alarm, very loud. It does an excellent job. Everyone files out of the hotel and a few minutes later the Fire dept arrives.
Turns out to be a ground fault error and everyone can go back inside.
It is currently 11:30pm and the alarm is going off every 10 seconds. They can't get it to stop.
No sleep for anyone intent on sleeping.
The alarm, is quite good, remember?
8. Back to the AC. Since I can't sleep and it's getting very warm in my room I decide to take them up on their offer of switching rooms.
You see, the AC is starting to smell unpleasant as well as not putting out anything more than a light wisp of air.
Alas, it was not to be. All of the rooms had filled up and there was nowhere to move to.
So now I'm sitting here, listening to the very loud fire alarm, sweating, not getting any sleep.
9. I almost forgot number 9! Must be the lack of sleep.
The Internet.
The Internet is so slow here to be almost unusable. I ran a speed test on it out of curiosity. 1.5mb down.
I had to check my calendar to verify it was indeed 2016.
Now for those of you who may not be Diamond HHonors members, one of the perks of spending so much money is we get access to the premium, high speed internet (where available). After trying and failing to log on I had to ask for help. Essentially, told "oh well" by one person and then the following day was given the magic code by a different person. Thank you, different person. It should have simply worked without the hassle.
Pros: people are friendly and give you candy.
Cons: no laundry, poor service at breakfast, AC doesn't work, fire alarm won't be quiet, wet mattresses, poor housekeeping, ridiculously slow internet.
Maybe I'll go sleep in the car. That has a working AC. read more