Thank you for your email asking me to give a feedback of my stay 27-30 September 2023 at The Canvas Hotel.
I am attaching Whatsapp texts exchange between The Management Canvas Hotel ( **CH ) and myself 30 September-4 October 2023.
I am a 77 years old senior who just had surgery done.
I checked in on 27 September. I was required to place a refundable cash deposit RM 50 for two access cards and was told verbally check out time must be latest 1 pm. There are late check out charges.
I checked out before 1 pm on 30 September and returned my room/lift two access cards and received my RM50 cash deposit. The receptionist was happy.
I left my baggage at the baggage room after check out since I have a business meeting. The reception is on the 7 level. The receptionist told me I need to pay an Access Card in cash RM50 refundable deposit.
This was a shock ! I paid RM 50 despite from the ground level to the 7th floor reception does not require an access card.
I am terribly disappointed by the unethical practice and bad trea**ent from **CH.
After my returned to Singapore on 30 September. I realized my four Port USB was left behind after checkout. I called my Malaysian friend to inform **CH.
On 2 October, I was surprised to read texts from **CH reminder dated 30 September sent at 1027 and 1028 informing me their late checkout policy entails charges. They are hounding me with unnessary reminder while I was outside busy discssing business matters.
To my shock, **CH was beating around the bush by their unreasonable demands to provide them a photo of my four Port USB Plug which is a highspeed charging unit that was thrown away by their housekeeper. How to provide a photo despite **CH admitted their housekeeper threw it away ?
There were no mentioned by **CH during our chat that I checkout late and refusal to pay late checkout charges until I reminded them repeatedly Trip.com will be informed of **CH Unethical practice and bad trea**ent including compensating me fairly similar fast speed charging USB four Port Plug.
It is incredible **CH does not have a policy to tell their housekeeper to handover guest belongings left in their rooms to the Reservation/Receptiion.
All the dilly daly led to suddenly informing me they agreed to compensate me without providing me the specifications and a clear photo plus rejecting my future booking TCH through Trip.com just for asking a replacement despite my patience to resolve amicably. They are prepared to loose goodwill by their dily daly and beat around the bush tactics to compensate me fairly.
In their 2 October text at at 0904, I quote **CH. Notice the word " IF "
"Also, can share how your USB looks like ? if you can share photo?"
At 0935 same date. **CH about turn by wanting me to provide photo of my four Port USB Plug in order for them to compensate me.
" We're sorry sir for our team's fault but in order to compensate, we need the photo of the USB plug. Really sorry for the trouble caused."
**CH sent me a blurred photo and specification of replacement after I requested it. **CH refused to send me despite my repeated request for the specifications and a clear photo of the replacement alternative brand.
Why is **CH so secretive since they already bought a replacement brand ? It is obvious they are unethical by keeping me in the dark. It is also obvious the alternative is a very cheap brand with inferior low speed charging unit.
It is grossly unfair for **CH to reject should I in the future decide to stay at TCH by booking through Trip.com just because I asked for compensation.
I look forward to your reply soon.
Regards,
Your client
********************* or *********** in short