A MUST READ: I'm here--now.. this is a live review.
1st NOTE: I want NO money, NO refund or NO adjustment or NO reply from management..
2nd NOTE: I prepaid 500 a night in advance of getting here--I can afford it and the price is of no object to me what so ever.
3rd NOTE: I know Jackson like the back of my hand and understand the lay of the town and how Jackson is and how it operates. I'm not a novice to Jackson or Wyoming and certainly not to the company that owns the Hotel, as I have stayed in their properties in many places--but this is the first time to the "Autograph" collection.
The place looks very nice--sort of upscale in the center of Jackson--there's a nice Bistro and upscale bar and a lobby that's pretty appealing. Everyone is nice..
After that it goes straight into the ditch.. you are told right up front by Valet that if you park "anywhere on the entire street" that runs parallel to the Hotel, that you will ticketed and towed and you are reminded again inside at check in--but you CAN pay a valet charge to park your car, OR you can go 2 blocks away to public parking, OR you can go to another lot they own 2 streets away.. OK.. that's the 1st rub--so I go to the OTHER side of the street and park and the Valet says you're good there--so, in other words it's a "hustle" to get more money through parking--alright, i'm still in a good mood even though it's a total hustle--and at 500/night they should valet it for free and kiss your ahz while doing it.
NEXT: If you want water or amenities you have to go OUTSIDE of your room to the elevator area to get water (there's not even "1" bottle in your room) that pure bullsh_t and a cost cutting measure some bean counting accountant came up with during design--PERIOD. Who wants to either load up on the way TO your room after a long drive, OR go back after settling into your room to a public area to get water or refreshments--are you kidding me?? PUT WATER in the room.
NEXT: I go to the heating and air conditioning system after a walk around downtown Jackson with my WIfe (it was sunny and hot today) and I turned on the AC, as the room temp was 76 degrees inside my room--the air didn't come on.. I thought, it may take a minute--I go back later and it's not on--so I cycled it through "off, heat and ac"--no change--NOTHING.. So, I call the front desk and tell them the AC doesn't work--the Lady on the desk gives me a scripted answer, that ALL the rooms are on the SAME system and cannot be changed individually and that they would have to send up a tech to "change the AC system" to turn it on.. In other words it is NOT broken but DESIGNED to not be adjustable.. I thought WTF??!! I said "do whatever you have to do, I want AC".. About 30 minutes later, "knock knock knock".. A tech with a ladder is standing at the door--a NICE guy--and we talk for a moment and he explains again that the entire system is symbiotic and NOT individualized to each room--I said "what?" You mean to tell me that I have to call you guys to turn on the AC??" He said Yes sir.. (again he is VERY NICE) I tell him straight up--"your not the problem, your nice--but the notion that I would have to call to gain permission to turn on my AC is ridiculous".. He tries to explain it away but I tell him I want AC.. He says ok and has to bring the ladder into the bathroom and through a trap door he changes the flow and "allows" AC to come on in my room.. I thought, ARE YOU KIDDING??
As he finishes, I asked him "So, if later on tonight I want heat, do I have call you back here up to turn on the heat? and he said YES... I thought to myself, WTF??!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? A 500/night hotel has to GIVE ME PERMISSION AND COME MANUALLY CHANGE the desired room settings??
This is an OUTRAGE and yet another bean counter stupid F'ing accountant decision, made long ago during DESIGN of the Hotel. I can stay in a 2 star Holiday Inn where I can change my room temp AT WILL, anytime I want to and I do NOT have to gain permission, OR worse yet, get an interruption INSIDE MY ROOM by having a tech come up INTO MY ROOM, to turn on the AC/Heat flow-who the hell is making decisions during design? What committee approved such a STUPID, idiotic cost cutting design?? There is NO good reason for it--period.
Who am I to challenge or question their reason..? I'll tell you who I am--I am a Fortune 100 C Suite Exec who spends money and travels.. I am an Exec who WOULD FIRE unceremoniously, ALL parties involved with such a LUDICROUS design and "cost cutting" agenda--fire ALL of them--I don't care if it goes to the TOP of the Company--BLOW OUT all people would agree to treating Customers like this--quickly. I have managed huge retail platforms ALL over America and I've seen these types of cost cutting measures discussed in Board meetings and anyone who does this, should be FIRED TOP DOWN post haste. read more