Hotwire Hotel: 3.5* Montreal (Downtown) Holiday Inn Midtown

[tiredandwiery]

I just booked the 3.5* downtown montreal hotel on hotwire for $69 and got the Holiday Inn Midtown - 420 sherbrooke.

Booked Feb 10, 2010 for stay Feb 16-19, 2010

Amenities listed at time of bidding were:

Fitness Center, Pool, Restaurant(s), Business Center, High-speed Internet Access, Spa Services

based on Richtree's Hotwire description I thought I was going to get the Delta - chose HOTWIRE over PRICELINE thinking the Delta would be fine enough.

Now I am stuck in a hotel that has 90% bad reviews due to noise, thin walls, poor service from staff, and generally run down state of hotel - in short it sounds like a dump.

One thing I did notice was that the hotel was recommended by 85% or so of customer reviews on the weekend.

On the day I booked the indicator had dropped to 65% approval by customer approval - but it didn't click for me that there was a hotel swap.

Just checked the sight again and it says they are still gathering reviews for this property - I did a search and was hard pressed to find one positive review of the hotel.

In hindsight - the delta rooms were gone so they swapped in the Holiday inn - I should have noticed the lower approval rating.

Beware and watch the customer satisfaction level indicator changes for hotel swithces.

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Sorry to hear you didn't receive the hotel you were expecting.

Thank you for sharing your results with the board and helping us add this new amenity combination for this property to the Hotwire Hotel List.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

Hopefully your stay will go better than you expect.