| Address: Oyo Townhouse 079, Sector 46, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122001 |
Hi,
I would like to share my experience of my stay with family at Oyo Townhouse 079, Sector 46 in Gurgaon.
I understand that OYO has been claiming that Townhouses have been their premium segment properties but my experience has been the worst of its kind. This was unexpected especially due to the fact that I had booked it for my family and everything from the point of start till the end, every bit of detail makes me wanna never go back to an OYO again. Below is the description of my stay from the initiation till the very end. Please note that the incidents are mentioned chronologically:
Check-in was denied to my Mom who had been staying at OYO's in Delhi for the 2 preceeding days. The receptionist without even an attempt to help in the weather that was so bad, denied checking due to non availabilty of Adhaar Card. Now I know that adhaar card fopr you guys is a compliance issue, but their should be an attempt to help right? is it too much to ask? A plain refusal to provide check-in is an utter intent to refusal of help even when we repeatedly requested to be allowed us to check-in and we surely will provide you gthe adhaar card later in the day. Please note that the Adhaar card problem was only for one person out of the three.
On speaking to the supervisor, Mr. Dharamveer, he understood the problem like a gentleman and later the check-in was provided to us. However, it was me who insisted on speaking to the supervisor as against him with a simple statement that ("Let me speak to my supervisor as to what can we do to help").
The elevator was not functional. We had our luggage to move in an the fourth floor of the town house but the lift was non functional. Although, it was evident that the receptionist was working to solve the problem but ultimately its the customer who has to climb the stairs with the luggage.
The elevator scenario made us walk to the fourth floor of feet which was fine with us as a one time problem. We as a family do understand the hassles of running a hotel and immediately agreed to leave the luggage downstairs at the reception which so the staff could later shift the luggage to our room when the elevator would start working again.
The room linen was dirty below the blankets/covers. There were hair strands on the bed and the linen was very evidently dirty. On informing the reception about it, his first statement was "Aisa Kaise Ho Sakta hai Sir" and then said "theek hai mai ladka bhejta hoon". And the staff later replaced the linen.
After 2 hours of rest when even the elevator was working, I called up the reception to remind them about sending our luggage to the room to which they said yes, after almost 15-20 minutes of waiting I had to go downstairs myself to get the luggage. They kept saying "Sir, Ladka nahi aaya hai abhi".
The commode jet did not have the sprayer to it so it was completely non functional. The jet and effectively the Toilet commode was non usable. On informing the receptionist about it, they just remained silent and it reciprocated not will to even take a look at thye problem. How are we suppose to use the toilet when there was not jet to clean-up and 2 of the three o[censored]s were Fe-males?
Subsequently, there was no bucket and mug in the washroom which was delivereed to us 20 mins after we informed the reception.
The shower was non functional. There must have been some plumbing equipment related issue but in a bathroom that did not have the proper Jet-spray, bucket and mug, the absence of shower just added to the misery.
There were no water bottles in the room, in the summers of Delhi-NCR, imagine going to a premium hotel room (As per OYO Standards) and find no water bottles in the room with two different glasses.
On asking for water bottles, the staff redily bought two bottles to us and we showed the guy the jet spray in the room. He took an initiative to repair it and bought a new jet spray, which we asked him to repair later after we were gone because we we getting late for a show that night. He agreed to our request but then he never got back and it remained unrepaired till the next morning despite us leaving the key at the reception.
To add to all of this, even the main door of the room wasn't getting locked. We had a lot of important stuff and luggage in the room and had to leave it like that ultimately because the hotel staff wouldnt do anything about it and also because the show was important and we had prior family commitments to take care off.
The next morning, my mother had asked for a tea at around 9 am. A cup of tea is the most basic part of at least 80% Indians around the globe bugt it took them more than an hour. The reception had to be reminded again of the tea that is ordered and the only response was "Bas bas madam chai aa gayi". In frustration, the chai had to be cancelled because we had to check out.
I'd like to applaude that the Breakfast was good and clean. The only good thing about our stay.
The elevator was again non functional at the time of check-out the video for which has been attached. The luggage had to be carried downstairs but a couple of staff and myself via stairs.
After enduring all of this, at the time of check-out the least that the hotel staff could do was to at least apologies when we were vocal about the kind of service that we went through. Mr. Dharamveer instead of even hearing the situation, called us on our favor. I'm mentioning his words categorically and specifically: "Kal Jab Appko Check-in Chahiye Tha Tab Aapka Tone Different Tha".. and the conversation turned into a heated argument where-in we argued that a favor in check-in doesnt give the Hotem Staff the right to provide us with a service such as ours. And instead of admitting of all the dificiencies and apologizing, he repeatedly said the same statement. And he denied that the room wasnt bad and etc etc..
On warning him about thew stern action that we would take, he said the following: "While providing feedback, mera naam zaroor mention kariyega, mera naam hai Dharamveer"
All of this when we have been using the OYO facilities fir the Three preceeding days, the ID's for which I can send to you guys upon request.
I would now request the Oyo Management to take some strict action and make it evident to me and my family because if the said things are not enough for you guys to take an action then I'll have to figure out other ways.
I am attaching proofs as photographs and videos of everything that I have just stated above.
OYO Rooms customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
Verified Support
Aug 23, 2019
OYO Rooms Customer Care's response Dear Guest,
We are tremendously sorry for your dismaying experience. Thank you for sharing your booking ID. Our concerned team will connect with you shortly.
Regards,
Team OYO
Aug 25, 2019
Updated by Abby_66 No calls or any sort of communication and contact is made. I have not been con tacted by anybody in the matter! So i guess OYO is not responsive and dependable on this forum too!
Verified Support
Aug 27, 2019
OYO Rooms Customer Care's response Hi, We worked on your concern raised and have sent you the needful resolution over mail. We again apologize for this and assure you we'll take care of your stay in the future. Let us know for any other assistance. ~Joy
Sep 02, 2019
Updated by Abby_66 Hi again,
I'm humbled by a response from your end finally. Atleast something worked that I finally got a response from the OYO Team.
However, I am not completely satisfied with the resolution. I did not write to OYO Authorities the numerous email trails and escalated the issue on this social media platform to get a mere 18% refund. I would like to again inform you that my family which included a mother and a young sister did not have to go through the kind of treatment and service but they unfortunately did. I would again ask for someone from the management team to give me a call and would further claim damages and compensation for the kind of behaviour shown. Is that what OYO class is?
I would like to inform you that my next step would be to bring this issue to light on social media [Twitter and Facebook] and writing emails to the higher authorities if need be. I will post all the videos and pictures on both the platforms and will even take this up legally till I dont get a satisfactory resolution.
Awaiting your response.
Regards,
Abhinav.
Mob: You can retrieve it from the booking ID.