Wet Dog and false Promises – A great start to our Aruba Honeymoon
They say that you only have one chance to make a first impression…well who ever “they” are, they are correct. When we arrived in Aruba only 13 hours ago we were welcomed by the distinct scent of wet dog. I don’t know if you have ever had the pleasure of coming into contact with a furry friend…but trust me it is not good. We were told that they small island had it’s first rainstorm since February and it was such a storm that the hotel we were staying in had lost power the night before. The weather seemed do be better than the night before but we shouldn’t be expecting sunny days at least during our stay. We arrived at our hotel The Marriott Surf Club, one of three Marriott properties all in a row. We checked into our”Ocean View Suite” that sleeps four and were shocked…not at the sheer beauty of the place, but by the fact that they claimed:
1. That this room had an ocean view!
2. That this room was a suite!
3. That this room slept 4!
Being the kinda person that fights for injustice…and pretty much anything I feel I should have and don’t, I immediately called the front desk to tell them they many problems I had with this room. I could only describe this room as a room on a cruise ship with a balcony. Anyone that has been on a cruise knows that you want to get a room with a balcony because they are the least claustrophobic rooms on a ship full of claustrophobic rooms. The moment I stepped into my room at the Marriott I began to feel sea sick…The woman at the front desk didn’t seem to get my analogy, I guess she had never been on a cruise ship because if she had TRUST ME she would have seen how spot on my analogy actually was.
She went on to tell me that the room I had was indeed a “Suite”… a “Studio Suite”…which I can only imagine is Marriott code for small crappy room. I explained that I couldn’t not see the ocean AT ALL and that there had to be some sort of mistake because I requested an ocean view room. She then explained that the room I had was in fact an ocean view room…but all I saw was the parking lot….Which I told her in a very calm screaming voice…I was then transferred to manager. Then manager agreed to move us to a “ocean front” room which I would later find out is Marriott code for pool view. The manager also explained that the room we were in did sleep four…the small couch next to our bed pulls out to a twin…TWIN???? A twin fits barely one…unless the other couple planned to sleep on top of one another…This room had false advertisement written all over it…and would only be good for four swingers.
We are now in our NEW “Ocean Front” room….and I couldn’t be happier…
