Guest User
October 17, 2024
It was my first time to travel alone in Osaka and I booked a room at this hotel for 10.12-17. The original intention was that the location of the B&B was okay, the owner was Chinese, it was relatively safe, and it was easy to communicate if there were any problems during the trip. I never expected that coming here would be the biggest lesson I learned on this trip.
There was a problem on the day of check-in on 10.12. According to the boss's side of the story, it was because the backends of booking and Ctrip were not synchronized, which led to an explosion of bookings. Many guests who booked in advance came that day, but there was no room to stay. We were not notified of this situation in advance, so we didn't know until we arrived very late and had no time to change our itinerary and find another hotel.
After negotiation, I slept on the sofa in the reception hall on the first floor that night and did not get a room. The boss promised to free up a room for me the next day and refund the corresponding amount.
The fact is that the guests quarreled on the night of the 12th, so we couldn't rest until 1:30 in the morning, and I had plans to get up early the next day. Room 13 is still tense, I am staying with another traveler
For one room, the boss also promised to refund the corresponding amount. It was not until the 14th that I could check into a room per person that matched my order, but the room size was also smaller than the room type I ordered.
I communicated with the boss in person for a refund on the night of the 14th. The booking amount on the 12th was RMB 747 per night, and starting from the 13th, the price was RMB 279 per night. I requested a total refund of RMB 650 on December 13th.
The boss said that he was very tired and wanted to go back and think about it. Then they told me that the price for the first day included a cleaning fee of 3,000 yen, so I asked for a refund of 500 yuan excluding the cleaning fee. The cleaning fee would be verified by the platform later. She also said that she needed to go back to discuss it with her husband, and also needed to call the platform to communicate. The platform was off work and she needed to wait until the next morning.
The matter was resolved by asking the customer service of the Ctrip platform. The platform believed that my appeal was reasonable and intervened, and the boss immediately refunded the money.
This series of events made me feel the following doubts:
1. You said that you just joined the Ctrip platform and the backend has not been synchronized well, but we can see the comments from May and June of this year to the present on the platform. Moreover, the platform handles problems very quickly. Is it really not synchronized for you in time?
2. On the day the order was placed, my boss asked me if I wanted to go to her other apartment. I felt it was not safe and secure, so I didn’t agree.
3. When I wanted to negotiate a refund face to face that day, you said you were too tired and didn’t have the energy to think about it and gave me an answer the next day. But after a while, I heard you talking to the owner on the second floor about the loss of compensation for overflow of orders in the past few days. The chat lasted quite a long time, and then he told me on wx that there was such a cleaning fee. You don’t have the energy to communicate with me face to face and ask for compensation. Do you have the energy to remember and review what happened in so many days? And this is more than the cleaning fee. Why didn't you tell me directly in person?
4. It takes so long to discuss the refund. On the 12th, many of us saw with our own eyes that while you were asking our Chinese guests to help and understand you, you were being made difficult by the Japanese guests. You immediately paid for the money when asked to pay, and paid the taxi fare when you gave up the taxi fare. We didn’t see you and your husband. Is there any platform discussion?
You replied that it was an emergency on the 12th and you couldn't refund the money immediately. This was discussed in advance. It’s hard to say, but I was there from the time those Japanese guests came in until they settled in. You obviously didn’t intervene in advance and couldn’t respond in time. So the problem with my order was actually a problem on the 12th. Why did it take so long to renegotiate when the refund was just a few days late? You turned around and asked me why I was in such a hurry when I wouldn't leave until a few days later. ? Can I negotiate with you on the day I leave?
5. You said that you want to discuss the refund with your husband, because you are a company and you cannot make the decision alone. I didn't think about the points that needed to be discussed. I asked for the process to be made public, but you said it was your private matter. ? Isn't this a business matter? Why should you close the door and make conditions for refund negotiation and I have no right to know?
6. You said at the time that the Ctrip platform customer service had taken a break at night. No, the platform's manual customer service was online 24 hours a day and immediately stepped in to handle the matter for me. After the platform intervened, you immediately refunded the money, but now you didn't discuss it.
Regarding accommodation conditions:
Everything is fully furnished, but there are many rooms, washing machines and bathrooms are few. If you check in during peak hours, you will have to wait for a long time.
The soundproofing of the room is very poor. You can hear people talking and moving around clearly, including very few bathrooms where you need to come into contact with other passengers.
I am in a room on the third floor and there is no signal on the wireless network.
The transportation and surrounding shopping are really good. There is a swing in the nearby park which is very fun.
The boss is indeed enthusiastic and will greet you, chat and make suggestions, but when it comes to disputes like this, he has this kind of attitude. The B&B does not have a systematic management framework. We can chat, and we can understand when we encounter difficulties, but in official matters, we should not be inexplicable and make things unclear.
The thing that made me angry for a long time is that on the 12th, the Japanese tourists had a tough attitude and couldn't coordinate. They told us that they were all Chinese. Please help us understand. We sat on the sofa and didn't talk about anything. I was even helping you communicate with us. passengers explain the situation. There were two Chinese people who slept on the sofa in the hall that night. I was very tired that day and had a bad rest. I didn’t dare to tell my family that I had encountered such a thing for fear that they would be angry and worried. Later, I negotiated for a refund and met you again. What's going on with such an attitude?
Blocked forever, will not come back again, and will also be a shield for friends around me.
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