jamesteroh

I had a stay at the DT west end in London and had several issues with the room (was moved a couple times because of problems with the rooms). I stayed on a point stay and even though the receipt I had showed $0 there was a charge of $3.77 that hit my credit card I was so ticked off over the bad stay I called the diamond desk over this charge and they called the hotel and said it was for a bottled water. There were two bottled waters in the room and I drank one each day and they replenished them with a tag on the bottles saying there were free for diamonds and golds and was a price for other guests. Apparently they only give you two the entire stay. Not that big of an issue seeing it's in the T&C but ticks me off they replenished the water with the tags on them and no mention of being limited to two the entire stay. If it would have been printed on the tag I would have just stocked up at the grocery across the street. I've had plenty of stays at Hilton where I have received extra bottled water just by asking at the front desk.

This hotel is getting a one star review on TA for sure.

thbe

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jamesteroh

No refund. The email receipt showed a zero balance and I found out about the charge after I downloaded my Am Ex info. I complained to the diamond desk not knowing what the charge was since I couldn't view a new folio online and she couldn't access it either and called the hotel. She said the hotel wouldn't reverse the charge and she agreed with me it was excessive for one bottle of water (that I could buy a case of 40 bottles twice the size at Costco for the same amount of $) but that the T&C clearly state it's two bottles per stay. Wish I would have kept the tag so I could contest the charges.

I'm just upset because I had some other issues. What really pissed me off is they want to enforce the T&C but the T&C clearly state it's a free breakfast for two people in the room. Somehow the reservation got messed up and was only showing it for one and my friend had to crash on the floor that night and they wouldn't comp his breakfast because they claimed for a single room it was free breakfast for only one. Fortunately he lived in the London area and was working that morning and doesn't eat much and just grabbed a scone from a bakery on his way to work.

Points Scrounger

They're right about the breakfast as he was not an official guest in the room, you were the only one staying there officially on the books.

The bottled water, however, was just plain cheap. If they're that adamant, then they should make a point of training their front desk people to clearly specify the benefit is per stay at check-in.

smithrh

Every Hilton brand (Hilton, Conrad, HGI) in SE Asia that I just stayed at replenished the two waters every day,

The two waters free on only your first night in the US is really cheap. I'm dropping maybe 1300 USD on a stay this week, is a few pennies really going to make a different to Hilton?

cjd

I've had that happen on several occasions as the website defaults to one person when booking and I haven't realised that I've only booked for one person. Front desk usually has no problem when two of us turn up and alters the booking at check in and the two of us get lounge access and/or complimentary breakfast. Agree that charging for the water labelled as free at a later date is really mean and penny pinching. I'd be complaining direct to the hotel and asking for a refund. If you need it, I'll ring the hotel and get an email address for you.

fotographer

sorry to hear about watergate... its makes Hilton look really really bad..
I split my stays between IHG and Hilton properties, the IHG in Bom is amazing for water, at least 10 bottles in the room upon arrival, and then a case in my room for the rest of my stay (3-5 days)
and if I run out (BOM is always hot), they just give me more..

:D!

Did the room physically accommodate only one person?

Honors elite members get 2nd guest free benefit which means you can always book for 1 and get 2 guests at breakfast, unless you actually have a single room where it was potentially against the law for two people to stay overnight.

Points Scrounger

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I understand that America-bashing can be a fun sport for our foreign friends; however, the hotel in question was in the United Kingdom. The word London should have been a clue to you, as well as not assuming that the stay was in the US because the American poster was charged in US Dollars on his credit card statement.

ChinaShrek

This property should be outed. What is the complete name?

gengar

Official complimentary water policy aside, no guest should be charged for items labeled as free, period.

Assume from OP it is the "DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel London - West End" near Russell Square.

davie355

I've certainly had hotels limit free water to 2 bottles per stay, but then they either didn't replenish or they put price tags on subsequent bottles.

Anything else would defy sense.

Points Scrounger

Problem is that the standard Hilton price tags they use state that these bottles are free for Elites.