Mandatory valet parking - COVID concerns
Jul 27, 2020, 7:54 pm
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Sorry I dont get it.if you were worried about not having a valet drive your car, why didnt you simply request that they call you and youd come right down to move it? and hold on to the keys, by letting them move it you could have ejust let them park it to begin with. For me it would be an all or nothing deal
Jul 27, 2020, 8:01 pm
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Sorry I dont get it.if you were worried about not having a valet drive your car, why didnt you simply request that they call you and youd come right down to move it? and hold on to the keys, by letting them move it you could have ejust let them park it to begin with. For me it would be an all or nothing deal
Jul 27, 2020, 8:22 pm
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Don't know where the snarky "again" comes from, but okay. Yet in this case it's obviously a leisure stay, and essential business travelers absolutely have the choice not to stay at a fancy Ritz-Carlton with (potentially) mandatory valet parking.
Jul 27, 2020, 8:27 pm
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When did RC become “fancy”?
Jul 27, 2020, 9:48 pm
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Jul 27, 2020, 10:19 pm
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telling management about something is wrong on-site is different than telling management about something you know beforehand that you don’t like is two separate things. Does one make a reservation at a resort and then call the hotel and say, “I don’t like your resort fees, please remove or else I take my business elsewhere.” I’m sure people have done this but where has that gone.
telling management about something you know beforehand that you don’t like and saying you will take business elsewhere is too DYKWIA mentality in my mind... I take my business elsewhere and choose a property. It’s not my job to school the property/management.
telling management about something you know beforehand that you don’t like and saying you will take business elsewhere is too DYKWIA mentality in my mind... I take my business elsewhere and choose a property. It’s not my job to school the property/management.
Jul 27, 2020, 10:49 pm
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That's an interesting position. I would assume that a well-run business would appreciate a reasonable opportunity to earn your business. I am currently at the Marriott in Monterey. They are in the process of remodeling the rooms and changing the beds. The new beds are bad for people with bad backs. They requested that for my future stays I contact them beforehand so that they can make special accommodations for me. Win-win situation.
in your example of beds being changed out... I assume you went to management and say you prefer something else, bed wise. I would assume you didn’t call up management and say if you don’t change the bed I’m taking my business elsewhere and complaining to corporate that the hotel’s bed is not up to your standard.
anyways. Nice to see the hotel made good for the OP.
Jul 28, 2020, 10:16 am
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thx, dont have a car that needs to be charged. And when I saw Teslas charging stations, I thought the OP was saying that when the charge was full the car had to moved to a reg spot, didnt tealize that the car didnt move and only the charging thingy was disconnected
Jul 28, 2020, 5:13 pm
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Jul 28, 2020, 5:30 pm
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Jul 28, 2020, 6:27 pm
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..Strictly speaking the harpist was part of an event.
Jul 28, 2020, 8:17 pm
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I live in SW Florida and have never found that property to be stuffy.....casual with a very high level of service. I was actually surprised the OP received bad information from the start, I have always found them to be very accommodating in all of our requests, but admittedly have not been down there since the onset of the virus.
Jul 28, 2020, 11:20 pm
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Jul 30, 2020, 9:38 am
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Because it seems to be mentioned in every thread, when someone says "I'm concerned about the spread in XXX situation, so I'm going to do YYY." Every time, there is a reply like yours which says if someone has XXX concern they shouldn't travel, even though that concern applies to lots of essential business travelers. Hence, "again".
Aug 4, 2020, 5:24 pm
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telling management about something is wrong on-site is different than telling management about something you know beforehand that you don’t like is two separate things. Does one make a reservation at a resort and then call the hotel and say, “I don’t like your resort fees, please remove or else I take my business elsewhere.” I’m sure people have done this but where has that gone.
telling management about something you know beforehand that you don’t like and saying you will take business elsewhere is too DYKWIA mentality in my mind... I take my business elsewhere and choose a property. It’s not my job to school the property/management.
telling management about something you know beforehand that you don’t like and saying you will take business elsewhere is too DYKWIA mentality in my mind... I take my business elsewhere and choose a property. It’s not my job to school the property/management.