TOXIC BLACK MOLD & TOXIC MANAGER
I rolled in my third time staying there thinking how safe and comfortable I felt there.
Not many minutes later, I looked up during my shower to find white, brown, and black mold, to which I am profoundly deathly allergic, rare genetics yay!. The receptionist who was sick and coughing all over my keys (now I've got it, thanks for sharing!) said they were sold out and wouldn't switch the room. My throat was starting to constrict but I wasn't in a condition to go anywhere else so I took some Benadryl and prayed I'd make it. I spent two weeks in the hospital over this only two weeks ago. I woke in the morning in the overwhelming pain of a full blown allergic reaction and asked for a different room.
The staff was completely discombobulated and in what I could only guess was a state of fear, it was so bizarre. It took them FOUR HOURS to give me keys to a different room that wasn't already occupied. And then three people let themselves into my room throughout the day and the employees kept calling and stopping by to ask me what was going on.
The next morning as I was packing up to leave, I got a response to my email from the General Manager Cynthia Amaro who proceeded to tell me there was no mold. Well, allergic reaction to a toxin is a pretty involuntary phenomenon so my eyes, body, and my genes would beg to differ. I chose not to continue to be gaslighted and hung up to continue packing. She called over and over while I asked her to leave me be. My body was still reeling. Instead she came to my room with a bouncer dude and harassed me until I told her 8+ times in a row to go away and leave me alone so that I could finish packing to leave. She continued to speak over me so that she could ultimately threaten me with the police if I wasn't gone in 20 minutes. It was clear why the staff was such a mess for her insane intimidation tactics. Logic? Reason? Bueller? Bueller?
So I called the police because it was very clear I was not safe and she was waiting to pounce. They arrived and we chatted about our military service and they characterized the manager as "very aggressive" and said they had been called to the hotel many times.
Not only was my bill not refunded for the immense danger I was subjected to, or compensated for the days of illness it would take my body to recover, but I was charged for a third night when I only booked and stayed two.
If you're good with toxic mold, a petrified incompetent staff, a wild loose cannon manager that the police are very familiar with, being physically intimidated and then over-charged... this is the hotel for you!!
Word to the wise: keep your clothes on because you never know when some entitled person will walk through the door and engage you in a discussion about why you're already there. I think it's a pretty common occurrence given the fact they first sent me to an alternative room that was already occupied. Idk, maybe communal housing with strangers is your thing. You'll definitely get all kinds of unsolicited attention here! Maybe after the pandemic you wouldn't mind the company! Enjoy! read more