Wide-angle lens misrepresents size of pool to tourists!
Motel 6 has engaged in dishonest misrepresentations in respect to one of their properties at LAX which has tourists seeing red!
For example, when consumers cruise over to Booking.com (a popular travel site) to conduct a search for lodgings with reasonable rates in the Los Angeles area, they are directed to a Motel 6 which has fraudulently misrepresented the property and amenities.
A case in point?
The owners have posted a publicity still on the web site, for instance, which gives the impression that the pool is large and set amidst a picturesque setting in the Los Angeles area
The truth of the matter?
When the traveller trots onto the premises, they are shocked to discover that the pool is - in fact - a dinky little "hole-in-the-ground"!
Uh-huh!
If a guest was planning on swimming a few laps, they were SOL, you betcha!
Unless their exercise regimen consists of two-strokes from one end of the pool to the other.
Notwithstanding, it should also be noted - that because the Motel 6 at this location boasts nine floors of suites - it would not be humanly possible to accommodate about one-tenth of the guests poolside if they scurried down there seeking relief from the sweltering California heat at any given time throughout the course of the day.
At night time, guests are "restricted", too.
If out-of-towners are inclined to take a stroll in the evening, they'd be shaken by the spontaneous leisure activity, no doubt.
After all, Motel 6 is situated on the "bad" end of Century Boulevard in a nasty neighborhood rife with crime, drugs, and hookers. The promotional photo doesn't reflect that. Gee, I wonder why?
In the event the guest passes on picking up snacks at a local liquor store (or 711 down the street) they are forced to cough up big bucks for over-priced treats from a vending machine.
Personally, I would not shell out two bucks for a chocolate bar I could purchase at a grocery store for seventy-five cents.
Talk about a rip-off!
Tourists are also annoyed about other niggling issues, too.
If they want to check their e-mail on the Internet Service in the lobby, they'll have to shell out a whopping thirty cents a minute ($3.00 minimum) for the privilege. Gosh, you'd think the service was being run by the greedy folks at FedEx.
But, it is also the occasional "house policy" that angers them, too.
For instance, if a tourist books for a couple of days in advance, they may be denied access to their rooms without notice.
Uh-huh!
When a tourist goes out bright-and-early at the crack of dawn, they may return later in the afternoon to find themselves locked out of their suites.
Hotel management automatically "deactivates" room keys every day at check-out at noon (even if the guest has paid for another day or two in advance).
At this juncture, the tourist has to trot downstairs, stand in line at the front desk, and get their room key reactivated.
Hotel staff don't even apologize to the patron for the inconvenience (or for locking them out of their paid-up room!).
Personally?
I'd read 'em the riot act.
At this location they are really cheap, too, when it comes to providing the little extras that are such a joy to world-weary travellers.
By the sink, guests are usually shocked when they spy one lone bar of soap (about two inches by two inches in size) alongside the worn low-quality towels.
No little "shampoo" bottle in sight either!
By the way, I was not surprised to hear that guests have awakened in the middle of the night to also find ants crawling over their naked bodies in the dark.
Eugh!
This Motel 6 is the worst in Los Angeles (if not Southern California) folks.
I rate this "joint" a 1/2 star!
Booking.com should be ashamed of itself for promoting this El Cheapo Motel.
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