
Lisa of Berwyn, IL on Sept. 15, 2011
Satisfaction Rating: 1/5
If you had a rating for less than one star, this would be appropriate. I arrived September 14, 2011 with my boyfriend to attend a therapeutic modality seminar that was held last September 15, 2011. We were assigned to room 232. It was revolting! The top, white coverlet on the bed and the pillow shams had huge stains on them. It was on the bed; I did not even want to know what they were. We called to the front desk. They told us that they would reassign us to a better room, room 256, which they did. They gave us free breakfast vouchers as an apology. We were told that the housekeeping staffs had already left for the day. It was around 5:00. It did not make us happy knowing a housekeeper would expect someone to actually sleep on those disgusting stains, but we were willing to overlook this due to being reassigned to another room.
At around midnight, I smelled something burning. All of a sudden the smoke alarm in the hall went off. I jumped out of bed and opened the door. The hallway was filled with acrid smoke, and the person in the room next to us was trying to throw all of his stuffs out. His heating unit was smoking and red hot. First of all, we had to call the front desk and report it--even though the alarm was blaring. We grabbed our stuffs out of the room, and not one hotel personnel came up to check. When they did, they didn't even bring a fire extinguisher! Everyone was out in the hall and going down to the lobby. The fire department never came after ten minutes, and all the people asked why they did not respond.
Antonio and the other incompetents at the front desk said that it didn't actually turn into a fire, and they never even called the fire department in the first place! We were all told to go back to our rooms and open our windows/sliding doors, and the smoke would be cleared out. Meanwhile, everyone was upset and worried because the fire department never came to check, and make sure we will all not going to burn alive. I had finally had it; I told Antonio that he was either to call the fire department or I will. He got on the phone, but I could not hear who he was speaking to. He then told everyone again to go back to their rooms. I was outraged!
I made Antonio sign a piece of paper sating that I would not be charged for the room, as we were not going to stay in a hotel that was unsafe. He actually had the nerve to ask for the free breakfast vouchers back! So we left and went to the Holiday Inn down the road at 1:00 AM; they were booked solid and had no rooms. We saw a police car in the parking lot and told him what had transpired. He had not heard one thing regarding this on his radio, and there was no fire truck response while we were there. The police officer said he would call it in, and did not understand why if the fire alarm was going off at a hotel full of people, that the fire department was not called.
Meanwhile, it was 1:15 AM. I had to drive all the way back home to Berwyn, and I arrived at 2:30 AM. I had to be up at 5:30 AM to be able to get to this event in time. I could not sleep due to the anger of it all. I stayed there, so I did not have to the battle rush hour traffic in the morning, and I would be well rested for this event. I spoke to the instructor of the seminar and some colleagues I met there who stayed, and they said that the fire alarm was going off until 2:30 AM. They hardly got any sleep.
I had read the terrible reviews of this hotel before I booked it. I should have known better than to book a room at this establishment. I figured I would give it a chance because I know some people will complain about anything. Your hotel and all of the staffs on that night were an absolute disgrace. Thanks to God there was no raging fire because we all would have burned alive. Your staffs did not even have the mentality to bring a fire extinguisher as a response to a blaring alarm. To top it off, they wanted your paying guests to go back to their rooms that were smoke filled, and to air them out themselves.
It is a shame on your corporation for employing such incompetent employees from housekeeping all the way to the front desk. I will never stay in a Radisson hotel again as long as I live, and I will use my last breath to make sure every person I know does not stay at your facilities either. Do you not read your own reviews? How dare you people force us to give you at least one star to be able to submit this complaint. I had to click on at least one star to proceed with this complaint. Sad, very sad!