I was so excited that my husband surprised me with...
I was so excited that my husband surprised me with a getaway weekend, our first since having our 1 year old daughter. He wanted to take me to the Renaissance because I always talked about how it looked like a castle. We went to the one in Tulsa and the manager s first words to my husband was, So how old are we today? I was surprised as I am well over the age of 21 and felt that was a rude and irrelevant question. She then proceeded to tell us she would not be able to give us a room though we had been told there were rooms available upon arriving. We had cash and were told we needed a credit card. My bank had to replace mine due to the chip going out and I was currently waiting on my new card to arrive so we asked if family could call and put their credit card on file. The man at the desk before the manager had come out had informed us that the hotel management could send a credit card authorization form to family and that would allow an over the phone payment. We had driven all the way from Shawnee. The manager revoked this offer only after the transaction was now considered pending.
We had to leave without a room, and with our money tied up to a pending transaction that can t be fixed as it is the weekend, with no apology for revoking the agreement. The manager was rude and unsympathetic. I am an accounting supervisor for a nonprofit and my husband is a foreman of a construction company we both felt as if we were being treated as if we didn t belong there or being stereotyped. I am sad that this was my first and now last experience with a hotel I ve always wanted to stay in.