I had 3 reservations for a 4 night stay as follows:…read more Thursday night May 21, 2026
Friday and Saturday nights, May 22 and May 23, 2026 (These two nights were at a wedding discount price for my son's wedding)
Sunday night, May 24, 2026
Where do I begin with the grief of this 4-night stay? Let me start with the major issue, the window blind.
No Window Blind
It was only when I got into the hotel room that I found out there were no window blinds to cover the window. (The blind was sitting in the corner of the room. See image) I was not informed of this at the front desk when I checked in. I tried to call the front desk, but no one answered. So, I went downstairs and then the woman at the front desk informed me that some rooms had an issue with the window blinds. It was Memorial Day weekend. The hotel was filled; they were accommodating guests from 3 different weddings, so there wasn't another room to switch to. Fortunately, I had some safety pins with me and the woman at the front desk came to help me pin the slim side curtain closed so I had some privacy and to block out the outside lights as much as possible. (See image)
I found out during my stay that:
The blinds are lowered and raised by a motor to make it handicapped accessible.
The hotel had previously experienced a blackout that burned out the motor.
When I checked in, the hotel was waiting for a new motor to replace the damaged one
When I checked out on my last day, I was informed that the company that made the motor is out of business; the inoperable motorized blinds affected 3 rooms.
Okay, there were things about the 'out of commission' blind that were out of the hotel's control. But all the same, I was inconvenienced, so I asked for a discount to compensate me for not having a window blind. I was told I already had a wedding discount price. Excuse me, but that wedding discount was for only 2 of the 4 nights I stayed, and the cost of my entire stay included working a window blind. Really, Hotel Warner, do better.
But there's more . . .
Room entry cards
As previously mentioned, I had 3 reservations for my 4-night stay. Even though I was in the same hotel room for my entire stay, I was told I must come to the front desk to check out and check in for each reservation. The woman at the front desk couldn't explain why. The next day I found out from another front desk staff member that for each new reservation, they had to issue new room entry cards. Okay, that makes sense. But why couldn't that be explained to me when I first checked in.
When I checked in, I let the front desk know my brother would be coming in for the wedding and he would be staying in my room. I gave them his name and the date and time he would be arriving. I asked the front desk to make him a room entry card because when he arrives, I would be elsewhere getting my hair and makeup done for the wedding. Even the next day when I got my second set of room entry cards for the second reservation, the front desk confirmed with me that his name was in the system for my room. And yet . . . in the middle of getting ready for the wedding, I get a call from my brother saying they won't give him a room entry card unless I give them my permission. He handed his phone to the front desk staff, and I said it was okay for my brother to have a room entry card.
However . . . instead of making a duplicate card of the cards I had with me, they made my brother a replacement card, which deactivated the room entry cards I was holding. Thank goodness we returned to the hotel room at the same time.
~Sigh~ Hotel Warner, do better
Information sheet
When I checked in, I was told of the hours of the breakfast. I knew I was going to remember the times, and I asked if they had that information printed out to hand guests, but the hotel did not. However . . . the hotel did have a sheet of area restaurants that would give a discount to the hotel guests. (See image) So it begs the question, if the hotel prints up a list of the area restaurants, why can't it have on the back side of that sheet the times of breakfast and the other amenities that were posted in the elevators. (See image)
In addition . . . that information sheet could include the location of the breakfast (i.e. on the 1 floor, not the ground floor) and the locations of the ice machines. Both of these I found out from fellow guests or called the front desk (which did answer that time). Also, printed sheets handed out at the front desk or left in rooms can be updated more easily than the sign in the elevators. For instance, I was told that the sign in the elevation that says 'Day passes available to the YMCA' was no longer accurate.
Speaking of information . . . The hotel didn't advertise that they provided free Wi-Fi in the room, the front desk or anywhere else in the hotel. I found out when I was checking out that the password to the WiFi is taped in the envelope that contains the room entry cards