COMPANY HAS A CHANCE TO IMPROVE THIS 1* RATING...
We booked an Airbnb that was managed by iTrip and prior to getting to the house everything seemed great. Their response time was good and they confirmed there would be a crib, a pack n play, and a high chair waiting for us.
Fast forward to when we arrive at around 4pm. We look around and don't see any of the promised items. I call them and they direct me to look everywhere in all the closets, in a locked closet, etc., and ALL THREE items are nowhere to be found. We have 2 babies under 2, so you can see how much of an issue this would cause (also we would've just brought our own stuff if we needed to...).
They say on the phone, oh wow that is not good and I see in our messages that we said all three items would be there, please let me "speak to senior management" and the "owner" and get back to you. Then they respond at around 530 with this long message basically saying "oh the items aren't there, and we should not have said they would be, and we'll look into this matter further and update you, yadda yadda yadda" I text them back immediately and tell them our babies go to sleep about 730 so please update us as soon as possible. We eat dinner, and at 7pm we have not heard from them and I call/text them, no reply until 715 saying "we have not received approval from the owner regarding the baby items, we may not have an update until tomorrow. we'll update asap" blah blah blah
So obviously we need to go out and buy pack n plays for our kids now in a small town (Newberg, OR) and luckily buy literally the last pack n play available at the big box store I'm forgetting the name. They specifically say "If you need to purchase cribs for your children, please save the receipt and send it to us. We'll escalate it to our senior management team for reimbursement review".
I respond, "no not review, you will reimburse and this is ridiculous."
The next morning we get their auto AI "I hope your check in was smooth, first night restful, blah blah blah WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO PROVIDE A 5 STAR STAY EXPERIENCE FOR EVERY GUEST. ANYTHING LESS THAN 5 STAR AND WE FEEL AS IF WE FAILED. IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT IS AN ISSUE OR THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF FOR YOU PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO LET US KNOW. YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL OR TEXT DIRECTLY AT 503-230-0534"
My response: "Still waiting on the promised items. But thanks for your AI morning message..."
Back and forth for the weekend of them continuing to say they apologize and they will escalate to "senior management team" etc blah etc blah.
I send them my receipt for $83 and request for partial reimbursement on the Airbnb due to not having appropriate sleeping arrangements as promised.
They once again say thanks for sending over, we'll escalate to senior management team, blah blah blah. Our stay ended June 7th.
June 10th
They say they haven't forgotten about the reimbursement. they're waiting results of "the recent inspection of the home and once they have more info they'll coordinate. they appreciate patience, etc.
I immediately respond "What do you mean "awaiting results of the inspection". How is that even related?"
I then follow up with Hello? they don't respond.
June 18th
I realize they have not followed up via text/call/airbnb message. I ask "Hello I'm still waiting on my refund".
June 22nd: "Hello? We need our refund please."
They never respond.
I text their number today June 26th
"Hello? We are still waiting on our refund."
"Wella, Vic, Chris, Charm, anybody please respond. You are ignoring us. We had to spend $85 and also expect a refund since our airbnb did not have TWO CRIBS that were promised."
They finally respond...
"Good morning, Upon your check out our team inspected and did not find the purchased items. The refund can only be applied if the items were left there. -Chris, iTrip Northwest"
I respond basically: "you never said to leave the items. this is ridiculous."
Call them, talk to Chris, he reviews things on his end over the phone and at one point laughs at how we got upset. Again, "he'll talk to sr mgmt". AWAITING RESOLUTION!! read more