Guest User
October 20, 2023
The area is under extensive construction. This is not listed on their website nor will staff tell you when calling or at check in. Their construction starts at 6am. Crane operation, generators, drills, heavy machinery equipment all gets fired up at 6am. Caution tape is haphazardly strewn around the hotel and grounds. The experience was made worse by impolite and uncaring staff who appear genuinely shocked if you mention construction, with their response being, “the construction is not part of the hotel.” The construction was 50-75 feet from our hotel room, our windows were vibrating. While not in the hotel lobby it is steps from lobby building and all around on hotel grounds. Multiple different construction projects going on at one time. The noise was so loud, an 8am business call had to be rescheduled as it could not be had in the hotel room due to extremely loud construction noises. If you are staying to get sleep or will need to get any work done while on their property avoid this hotel. Another important mention- if you are handicapped or need assistance at valet loading and unloading be prepared to do it yourself. A bell hop however did point in the direction of a bell hop cart, thanks guy, we apologized as we were interrupting an important conversation involving YouTube clips with valet staff. We had the same issue checking in as front desk staff also visibly annoyed we were checking in, we apologized for interrupting that conversation as well. There are many other hotels around Heavenly and many other great ski resorts around Tahoe with friendly and polite staff that are not under construction. We will not stay at this hotel again (sorry Heavenly, we’ll be at Northstar, the Marriott staff there is fantastic as well as Hyatt). The poor customer service, disorganized staff and hazardous construction on property is unreflective of our usual Marriott experiences and their brands, but appears to be normal operation for this hotel. I’m sympathetic to the nationwide shortage of people wanting to work and shortages it creates. I am not sympathetic to rude and disrespectful staff and bilking customers out of money. I am even going to to further say the hotel purposefully not informing customers of heavy construction is dabbling in fraud. I would have never paid for a room knowing the campus is under construction. Their dishonesty affected my sleep and work. All around a poor experience. I am expecting a rude response from this hotel in response to sharing our experience, as I believe it will be on par and reflective of the customer service they provide and we experienced.