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Sam Cole -
3 months ago
Scammed by the Metropole. I would STRONGLY advise avoiding this establishment. The service here is truly appalling, far from what one would expect from a hotel in Bangkok and far from what you would receive at a competitor. As per Thailand Pass requirements at the time, I paid 5800THB to the Metropole for 2 Covid-PCR tests and an airport transfer; the hotel is then supposed to provide confirmation of this for your Thailand Pass application. This payment was sent in early April 2022. Despite sending dozens of emails to the reservations team over the course of multiple months, I would not hear back for weeks at a time. On the rare occassion they would reply, they continually pushed back the date I could expect my confirmation, leading me to believe they were never going to send me the confirmation and had simply taken my money.
After Thailand Pass rules changed to no longer require this confirmation, they promised me a refund. Once again, despite chasing them up constantly, it is now almost July and my refund has still not been received. The Metropole staff continue to play the same games, leaving emails unanswered and only providing further delays to when I could receive my refund.
I continue to believe that the Metropole have no intention of returning my money to me. Even if this is not the case and there has been a misunderstanding, however, I would strongly advise against staying. How the service team at a hotel could let such a misunderstanding continue for almost three months shows a complete lack of care and understanding for the customer. I dread to think how they would deal with the concerns of future guests for issues even slightly more trivial than the hotel’s mishandling of over $160 of their guest’s money. AVOID.