Admittedly, this isn't PH-specific, but it happened at the PH Busan a few weeks ago... tl;dr I think the bellhop's actions broke my camera lens. Is there anything I should do? If there's a better place to put this please let know.
We checked in for a 1 night stay (on a Prive rate -- great deal for short stays!), and overall had a great time! Room was nice, we did afternoon tea. Great breakfast spread.
However, when getting out of the taxi we saw one of the bellhops drop a couple of our bags twice. One was my camera bag -- which is quite well padded. But nevertheless, a couple 3-4ft drops onto concrete ain't great! (Normally, I'd try hard to handle it myself, but I figured I wouldn't run into trouble at a fancy place and I was dealing with the cab driver who only started the meter halfway through the ride..sigh.)
For the rest our Korea trip, I think my camera is fine. But last week when I got home the back of the lens was literally falling off, and one of the internal mounts had cracked. $280 bucks for canon to repair it. Now, since the noticeable damage happened ~2-3 weeks after checking out, it's not obviously the hotel's fault...
Anyway, I'm curious -- am I totally out of my lane to send the hotel/GM an email asking to cover part of the repair or hotel stay? (Incidentally, they're roughly equivalent in cost...). Granted, the cost and time without the gear isn't the end of the world, it's just frustrating.