I would give this zero stars if that were an option. We booked our room through hotels.com and planned to stay the weekend (2 nights).
We checked in on 8/20/2021 around 6pm. The front desk agent was helpful and seemed to know customer service. She seemingly wanted to make our stay "as enjoyable as possible", or so she said. The check-in process went smoothly.
We got to our room and noticed it was not the "Deluxe Executive King" room we booked. It did have a King, and was an accessible room. We paid nearly $600 (with tax) for two nights and this room was not like the room pictured. I called the front desk and explained the situation. She said that when booking through a third party, it's common that the customer hits "ADA Accessible" button as they're checking out. Essentially, she blamed us. When I explained that was not the case and that the room confirmation that was emailed to us showed the exact room type that we were booked for (with a guaranteed and non-refundable reservation) she said she couldn't switch our room and that they were completely full. She said she would have to call her general manager and ask her how this happened and that she would get back to me. A short time later, I proceeded to the front desk, phone in hand, to show her the guaranteed room reservation. There was nobody at the front desk. She appeared moments later and as I went to explain that I was coming down to show her the reservation type, she interrupted me and said, "I know. I have a call into my general manager to find out what happened. She can look in screens that I'm unable to look in." I said, "I do not see that knowing HOW this happened is going to benefit us in any way if you can't do anything about it". I then said, "Please ask your GM if we find another place to stay tonight if we can get a refund". She said that was one of the things she was already planning to ask her when she returned the call. I go back to the room and we wait. She calls a short time later and tells me that this happened because the third party over-booked the hotel and it bumped our reservation to the room we were currently in. I asked her if the room we were in was the "Deluxe Executive King". She said they were completely full and could not switch our room. I asked her the same question again. She danced around the answer as if she didn't want us to know that we were not in the room we reserved. I finally said, "I'm asking you if this is the Deluxe Executive King room, but I can't seem to get a clear answer". She finally said it was not, but that the differences were only slight differences. While they may see it that way, we see it differently. We booked the room for a romantic weekend getaway and the handicap accessible bars all over the bathroom made it look more like a sterile hospital room than a romantic getaway. In every interaction with this front desk agent, she interrupted me and talked over me, not allowing me to speak. She said the general manager said we could leave and if we left tonight, she'd authorize a full refund, but if we stayed, we'd have to pay the same price - WITHOUT A DISCOUNT - for the room we were in because it was "close to the same room we reserved with only minor differences". That's like going to a restaurant, ordering a steak, but getting a burger and the staff telling you, "even though it isn't the same thing, it's the same price because it's close to what you ordered". Unbelievable! We booked reservations at another hotel and left. I made sure to tell the front desk agent that the real clincher was the fact that the GM refused to make it right or compensate us for the difference in the room we ended up with versus the room we reserved in advance. It was her unwillingness to rectify it that got us. I told her to please convey to her GM that we won't be staying at La Quinta again and that they lost our business. We are currently still waiting for a refund... read more