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Appropriate compensation?

Discussion in 'Misc. Vegas Chat' started by urbanphotos, Dec 17, 2014.

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  1. urbanphotos

    urbanphotos Tourist

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    I stayed at Wynn for 2 nights and shortly before checkout time, all the water was turned off for the entire property. I called the front desk and they offered no remedy or expected time for the water to be turned back on. "It's an emergency shutdown, we do apologize."

    So I had to check out looking like a homeless person, unshowered, with a wild birds nest of hair.

    I told the TSA guy at the airport why I looked this way and he said I should get my money back.

    Should I expect a full refund for the 2 night stay, or is that unreasonable?
     
  2. NickPapageorgio

    NickPapageorgio OG of the Sal Sagev Hotel

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    I would say that a full refund is a little overboard, but penning a letter to the Wynn may gain you consideration for an upcoming trip. They may offer you free nights in the future, or meal credit... Letters (moreso than emails or phonecalls) normally earn some form of resolution.

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  3. ajp

    ajp High-Roller

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    I would say that is unreasonable. Maybe a voucher to the buffet would have worked, but even that would have been a bit much if you ask me.
     
  4. dmr

    dmr Registered Abuser

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    When I worked in hotels, refunding a night's $$$ for no hot water, let alone no water at all, was not unheard of.
     
  5. broncofn

    broncofn VIP Whale

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    Same exact thing happened to me at the Mandarian Oriental in DC a few months ago. There was no water on check-out morning. They did pick up all the bar/food charges so it was fine. All I had to do was drive home which takes 30 min and shower.
     
  6. ken2v

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    I'd say we need a definition of "shortly before checkout." Couldn't be that shortly if the morning cleanup had not been completed in time to get to the airport, what with that window of time TSA expects of travelers.

    Morning of departure? Yes, a savvy hotelier will help out with something, a future free night, take some stuff off the tab. If it literally went off at 10:30 on an 11 am checkout time, call it rub of the green and move on. Full refund? No way.
     
  7. wanker751

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    I had a similar situation at Flamingo, except at the start. I was sent to the wrong room type and 4 dirty rooms. The sent home some housekeeping due to a power outage from construction at Cromwell. Anyway complaints to the hotel manager yielded nothing much, I sent a letter and got that first night refunded. I doubt the whole trip would be refunded, if you express plans to come again maybe they will toss a night or a dinner at you.
     
  8. Badger31

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    We also had a similar situation at Flamingo in August. Saturday morning, the power goes out in half the hotel at about 9am. It was out for about 2-3 hours. Casino was fine, but the north half of the hotel was all dead. The only thing that worked in our room was the card reader, so at least we could get in. No water either. I was going to say something Sunday during check out, but totally forgot. It was pretty inconvenient. Pool was shut down, couldn't shower.
     
  9. urbanphotos

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    That's what I was thinking would be fair, one night.

    A strange noise woke me up at 3 am and lasted until 3:15. I thought it was the ventilation system but it was probably the plumbing. I didn't fall asleep again until 5:00 so I slept late, until about 10:30. Checkout time at Wynn is 12:00 noon so I had plenty of time to shower and shave. I thought. I also had high expectations for Wynn but I suppose all huge hotels have the same problems, regardless of how upscale they are.
     
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    Don't write a letter, post on their Facebook page or twitter. That way the whole world will see how they react, and if they don't respond favorable, your story will be reposted/tweeted like crazy and they'll have a black eye that they'll be forced to compensate for.
     
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    +1. Yep, put the ball in their court, keep the FB post non-threatening and as respectful as possible and you'll probably see positive results. Don't give them an out by presenting your request in the wrong way. My two cents......good luck. :beer:
     
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    At a minimum, a late checkout would be a reasonable start. At least a discount on that night would also make sense. Maybe it's me, but it seems like they don't empower your average clerk in Vegas to do much in compensation and put it on the customer to try and get to a supervisor. And then the don't understand why you left with your situation unresolved when you make a formal complaint or don't give them top marks on a survey.
     
  13. Electroguy563

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    You want a refund for the first night and part of the second? The water was working fine, wasn't it? You said shortly before check-out was when you had a problem.

    At most they should compensate you a free night in the future, or at the very least offer a dinner voucher or something along that line. No water before check-out is a bummer though.
     
  14. breanna61

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    I agree that a comped night is in order.....I seriously would hate to start any day, let alone a travel day, without a shower. I disagree with taking to social media or Trip Advisor unless a private email to guest services nets no results. A business deserves the opportunity to right a situation before that action is taken.
     
  15. DeMoN2318

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    If it was a lower end hotel would you expect compensation? Or is it because it was the Wynn you feel wronged?


    Seems you should let it go...imo. everyone had no water...not just you
     
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    Exactly! It is a business and sh** happens with any business. Just like my experience with the mandrian oriental in DC (which we had a great time at and they compensated us) let the business try to make it right even though it is not their fault.
     
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    The only time in Las Vegas that I remember having any charges taken off was back at the old Sahara years ago when I (and about 6 total strangers) were stuck in an elevator. It was late one night. The maintenance staff could not get the elevator going so they had to get the emergency crew from the elevator company out there to crank us up the next floor.

    When they got us out there was a security guy and a "suit" there. The suit took our room numbers and said we would not be charged for the night. The security guy asked if everyone was OK.
     
  18. urbanphotos

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    I just received a reply from the e-mail I sent Wynn on Tuesday afternoon... they are refunding me for one night's stay plus tax (but not the resort fee.)

    That's satisfactory.

    I would have expected any hotel to offer some kind of compensation. Had I been at Circus Circus or Excalibur, however, and the water got turned off, I would have been less surprised. For a fairly new hotel that cost 2.3 billion to construct, I had higher expectations. I thought it would be more well maintained and have redundancies set up to prevent problems like this.
     
  19. Terry Benedict

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    I'm glad you feel good about it. Congratulations.
    And now you have a little Vegas story, too: "This one time, at the Wynn..."
     
  20. lotso-bear

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    Generous of them to offer you a refund for one night's stay. Not sure if you have an AMEX Plat, but the Centurion Lounge has showers.
     
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