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Cindy P

1 reviews | Active since Jul 2019

17 Jul 2019, 00:00

Disgusted with customer care at the Road lodge Umhlanga

Absolutely horrible service from Road Lodge Umhlanga... I have been a guest of the City Lodge Group for over 4 years now... I've stayed at their hotels easily over 40 times... And never have I been treated as badly as I have tonight... I flew in from cape Town and arrived at the hotel exhausted around 11pm on the 16 July 2019... Upon arrival the security gaurd saw me struggling to get my luggage up the stairs(being 6 month pregnant I tend to struggle lifting heavy things) he just turned and walked away... I then go to the reception desk where I get looked at as if I were a street urchin from both staff members on duty (an Indian lady and an African gentleman whose name was zoliso or something like that)... I give them my booking details then ask them to put some of the fee on my card and the rest in cash(I've done this on many occasions) only to be told they cannot split the transaction... Now we have a problem I don't have enough money on the card for the full transaction and neither do I have enough cash on hand... So I get told to withdraw the balance from a nearby atm... Take note it is now 11:15pm, I am pregnant, exhausted and women alone... The nearest atm is a block away - to close to get Uber and to far for to walk at that time of night knowing the safety of our country... But none the less the staff were unwilling and frankly didn't care enough to make a plan... I am so disgusted at their attitudes and customer care that I will never make use of another Road lodge hotel again...

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Cindy P's update17 Jul 2019, 15:51
Reviewer Update
Thank you to the very friendly day stay at the road lodge Umhlanga... They did apologize and said they would sort out the complaint swiftly... The manager on duty was super friendly and made me feel less emotional about the incident...
City Lodge Hotels Group
City Lodge Hotels Group's reply18 Jul 2019, 09:24
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Dear Cindy,

Thank you for choosing to stay at Road Lodge Umhlanga and for taking the time to provide feedback on your check-in experience. We are very sorry that you were faced with a series of challenges from the start. This is not the standard of service excellence that we aspire to and as we understand, our general manager has been in contact to resolve this with you. We know travelling can be stressful and we strive to provide calm, restful accommodation for our guests. Thank you for choosing to stay on with us and we hope the rest of your stay is a WOW experience. 

Kind regards,
The CLHG Team