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Angela Lucia
Jun 21, 2026
Update: I have unfortunately resorted to retaining Legal Counsel to resolve this dispute. This experience becomes more baffling each day, I’ve never seen a hotel establishment behave in this manner. The General Manager (Julian Miller) only refunded $32. of the overcharges and never contacted me to hear my side of the story. That, actually, explains everything now, as this is clearly a toxic environment that protects toxic employees.
Update as of 6/30/26: Thanks to the help of my Attorney, ALL unauthorized charges and ALL disputed overcharges have now been refunded to me. & There is now a fraud dispute claim record against this hotel due to their lack of professionalism and customer service. Hopefully they learned an important lesson from this incident!
I would strongly caution any Women to seek out alternative hotels, do not stay here!
Original post:
Let me first say how lovely the ladies at the front desk were when I checked in Thursday 6/18 evening. Helpful, courteous, friendly (pet friendly!) and they made a great first impression.
I was originally booked through Monday, however, the room was hot, and I was traveling with my 2 cats, so I was getting more concerned when the room still hadn’t cooled down by late that night. Also, the tub appeared to have black mold.
Long story short, the A/C was not functioning as expected, the Wifi kept cutting off, I hadn’t slept, the cats were overheating and stressed, and I was desperately trying to work with Rob and his friend at the front desk for a solution. Friday morning I asked for the A/C to be repaired, the Wifi to be reconnected, and/or a different room, or help with an early check in at a different hotel. They treated me like I should be punished for every complaint. It was their way or else. I was not a guest, I was a problem, I needed to learn a lesson, I needed to be put in my place.
They handed me a 1-866# for tech support, said too bad no other room will have a working A/C either, and were too busy to call another hotel to help me get an early check in. I called tech support, packed my belongings, packed up the cats, connected to another hotel, and made several trips to my car to get out as quickly as possible. To get out their frustration with me they charged me the maximum pet fee, and maximum nightly charge for the next day.
I physically left by 12:30 Friday and they’re charging me $740. Rob also said he is the Hotel Manager and he stands by the charges because I didn’t “show him respect”. So now I have to file a fraud dispute with Mastercard.
I’ve never experienced anything like this in my life with any hotel, especially not Holiday Inn. They want an argument, not a solution, and I am an easy target. Single woman, traveling alone. They want to show me who is boss, it’s … weird.