Cleaning Issues
My family rented Scenic Creek cabin in Gatlinburg. We arrived after dark to find that the light bulb outside the door was burned out so it was difficult to see to unload up and down the stairs
Once inside, we found that the cabin had not been fully cleaned after the previous inhabitants. The microwave was disgusting and covered in marinara sauce inside and on the keypad. There was a chunk of pineapple lying in the kitchen floor and an Oreo cookie shoved inside the floor-vent in the dinning room.
My 7 year old laid down on the upstairs couch only to find someone’s false eyelash attached to his skin (we would later discover it’s twin upstairs as well).
My wife and I bought supplies and proceeded to clean the kitchen and cabin ourselves since we were going to be there for a week.
I reached out that very evening to alert them of the issue by sending pictures to the number they were texting us information from and received this response “We most certainly apologize as this is not of our standards and we have received them for our cleaners to review, thank you very much.”
I was called the next morning by a customer service representative who was completely unaware that any of this transpired the previous evening. She even informed me that, despite indications to the contrary, none of my pictures would go through to the number I sent them to.
She opened a “task” (559885) which allowed me to upload all of the photos. Due to the fact that we spent the first evening cleaning our cabin and replacing lightbulbs so that no one fell down the stairs, I requested a refund for that evening (we booked for six nights) since we spent our time cleaning rather than relaxing.
They refused my request and offered to refund a smaller amount by citing that the cleaning fee was $95. I appealed citing the fact that we had to purchase supplies and spend our evening cleaning but was denied.