Monday, December 22, 2008

We Got a Deal!!!




So, Ben and I decided to go to San Diego for the Poinsettia Bowl. I told him to look at Hotels.com for good rates on rooms. As we were looking we found the Sofia Hotel. It offered a nice place to stay for a great price. There were great reviews and the price was right so we made reservations.
Now you know that I always have a story. Things just can't go right. I had a feeling that there had to be a catch with the price.
1st thing. You have to book exclusively with the Hotel in order to get the complimentary breakfast. This doesn't make it complimentary because an average night on their website is $135 a night. We paid $60. So in actuality you pay for your breakfast.
Second, there is no parking. You have to pay for Valet Parking which is $28 a day.
When we got up to our room, we were joking that they must know that we paid only $60 so they were going to get their $ anyway.
Last, Ben decided to get on the internet to see what shops were around and we found out that they charge $10 A DAY to get on the internet.
I then said, just watch, you're going to turn on the TV and we are going to have to pay for that too. Luckily after Ben fiddled with the wires for awhile the TV did start working without us having to pay for that too!
So what was suppose to be a GREAT DEAL on Hotels.com ended up costing us a HOLE in our Pockets.
Now imagine what service we would have gotten if we paid the full price. Either all the above free or more money out of pocket. Who can afford to stay here?
Addition: Today we needed to get something out of our car. So we had Valet take us to where our car was parked in their garage. Ben says that our Suburban was the cheapest car in there.
We are going to ask for the Maserati to be brought to us when we leave! We had a laugh when we imagined us driving the Aveo to the hotel and having it Valet parked.

2 comments:

TGS said...

I love a good deal, don't love finding hidden fees. not cool..

Unknown said...

Sometimes there are great deals out there.... several years ago Pam and I got shopped Priceline for a Hotel room for the weekend in San Fran. It was a 4 star for $59 a night. There were no surprises.
Congratulations to Ben, Kendra and Corwin on a successful Pinewood Derby.