Submission date: 2008-07-21 - Date of Stay: June 2008
Submitted by: Emma - From: United Kingdom
Type of Traveller: Special Interest/Event - Age Group: 26 - 30
Rude staff, extortion of guests with extra charges
Not happy at all! - We stayed here for one night for our friend's wedding in June 2008. The venue was nice, as was the wedding ceremony, the meal and the evening reception. HOWEVER - We were incredibly disappointed with Rowton Hall when we came to check out the following morning, after they double charged us for the room, an extra £145! Our room had not been ready on time and when we went to the room it had not been cleaned and there was an ashtray full of cigarette ends on the table. My friend and I are both smokers and so later on in the day we went to the room to freshen up, and after checking that there were not any 'No Smoking' signs in the room, or in the guest information brochure or on the door, we had a cigarette in the room, as we fully believed we were able to. No member of staff had made us aware that the room was non-smoking and there were no signs anywhere. On checking out the following morning we were charged an extra £145 - we challeged this and were informed that...Read more
