Guest User
August 24, 2022
I booked this B&B & messaged them before booking a $300+ day tour, asking & clarifying that I would need to store my bags before checking in if I were to stay there & also do this tour as I would be coming to Naples that morning & the tour was at 8 am. The host said this was no problem and asked when I would be arriving - I told them the exact train arrival (7 am), when I would be there (around 7:20 am) and that I had to be at a nearby hotel for 8 am. Since this was agreed upon, I kept my booking there & booked my $300+ tour. I arrived at 7:20 am as promised, and the Host was not there and did not answer any phone calls. I finally had a cleaning woman for the overall business building let me in. I then tried to communicate with a building security guard (no affiliation to the B&B) to no avail as he spoke no English. Ultimately, I could not leave my bags there, although the owner messaged me later indicating I should have left my belongings, including my passport, iPad, etc., with this stranger after also saying if I said the B&B name, they had a key - which I did, many, many, times, along with my name & even tried to Google Translate the whole scenario they did not have a key or were able to give me access. This meant I either had to miss my tour I had paid $300+ for & ruin my entire day in Naples and my only day before flying out to see the Amalfi Coast, or I had to get another hotel as I had no way of accessing the building. I have screenshots for all communication that proves and validates this. This Host and I had an agreement on the conditions to stay at their property, and I booked around that agreement, which is all in writing, and then they did not deliver and ultimately screwed me over & kept my money. The cherry is the Host messaging me after trying to say that if I had just said the B&B name, I would have had access, even though they clearly messed up. The short & sweet of this is to spend the extra $100 to stay somewhere that is actually legit, as they have no problem acting fraudulently.