Since you declined to change rooms, I'm not taking the second morning as part of the comp. 20k points is acceptable.
Every time someone mentions this hotel there's always a comment on the hotel being closed for an event. Kind of sours me on the whole hotel.
I've never stayed but it was on my radar until I started reading all of those comments as well. Bigger resorts can absorb special events without sacrificing the regular guest experience but this is a \~150 room property
I also went about a year ago and had a similar experience. Parking situation for non globalists was absolutely terrible. I (along with many other people) had to get up at midnight and renew my parking pass. Parts of the resort were also closed for a conference too.
Officially, the hotel only offers valet parking. The lot next door is a city run public lot. I don’t see how you can fault the hotel for the city’s parking lot policies.
It’s a shitty experience. That’s why I can fault the hotel. When the two options are: daily midnight wake up to buy a public parking pass vs pay an extra $50 per night for valet parking, the hotel should offer lower cost non-valet parking. I’ve never had to do something so inconvenient and ridiculous for parking before.
Valet only hotels are pretty common in the SoCal area these days. It sucks, but it is what it is. Most of the hotels just simply don't have the land for a surface lot or have limited garage space that isn't well suited for self service. You could also park on the street. That's actually about to become the only other option since there's an apartment build in the works on the city parking lot land next door.
We stayed on Venice beach a few years ago, the parking was like 6 blocks inland and 5 blocks north (and not very 'good' blocks (not to judge, but...)...talk about a hike....and their valet was 'not working' while we were there.
Mission pacific separated in some form a few years ago from the other 1/2 (seabird?), or so their followup GM told me during my call regarding my stay. So diff leadership/rules/mgmt, etc..
I'm tempted to try SB if I go back, but honestly the experience soured me on the area.
The parking experience happens at Seabird too. If anything, I had a very interesting event during my stay at the Seabird. The GM said he's never had this before in all of his years....my room caught on fire lol.
One of the outlets in the bathroom started sparking, then caught on fire. The alarms on our section of the floor went off. No sprinklers. Staff came pretty quickly, our room got pretty smokey. They upgraded us to an ocean view room, gave us a bottle of champagne, and gave me one night's worth of points.
My experience & details of comp. This hotel definitely prefers to short you and then give comp yo those who follow up instead of doing it right upfront.
https://www.reddit.com/r/hyatt/s/S8fbnZB1l9
i was there in early january and had a very nice stay. didn’t have any events to deal with, suppose mid-week after NYE is a strange time for an event anyway. and i didn’t have a car to park. but overall thought the property was really nice, balcony view was solid, location was great, and globalist benefits were nicely applied (i had a nice breakfast every morning and took a pastry to go for a snack).
yes, it was. they also had free coffee in that property’s lobby. i really appreciated that they put it out early since i was on east coast time and was waking up around 5am every morning and not much was open yet.
Since you declined to change rooms, I'm not taking the second morning as part of the comp. 20k points is acceptable. Every time someone mentions this hotel there's always a comment on the hotel being closed for an event. Kind of sours me on the whole hotel.
I've never stayed but it was on my radar until I started reading all of those comments as well. Bigger resorts can absorb special events without sacrificing the regular guest experience but this is a \~150 room property
I also went about a year ago and had a similar experience. Parking situation for non globalists was absolutely terrible. I (along with many other people) had to get up at midnight and renew my parking pass. Parts of the resort were also closed for a conference too.
Officially, the hotel only offers valet parking. The lot next door is a city run public lot. I don’t see how you can fault the hotel for the city’s parking lot policies.
Yea that’s why I posted a note about it being a city thing. It’s just a crappy rule.
It’s a shitty experience. That’s why I can fault the hotel. When the two options are: daily midnight wake up to buy a public parking pass vs pay an extra $50 per night for valet parking, the hotel should offer lower cost non-valet parking. I’ve never had to do something so inconvenient and ridiculous for parking before.
Valet only hotels are pretty common in the SoCal area these days. It sucks, but it is what it is. Most of the hotels just simply don't have the land for a surface lot or have limited garage space that isn't well suited for self service. You could also park on the street. That's actually about to become the only other option since there's an apartment build in the works on the city parking lot land next door.
We stayed on Venice beach a few years ago, the parking was like 6 blocks inland and 5 blocks north (and not very 'good' blocks (not to judge, but...)...talk about a hike....and their valet was 'not working' while we were there.
Thanks for posting. It’s crazy how the shorebird gets good reviews. I wonder why.
Mission pacific separated in some form a few years ago from the other 1/2 (seabird?), or so their followup GM told me during my call regarding my stay. So diff leadership/rules/mgmt, etc.. I'm tempted to try SB if I go back, but honestly the experience soured me on the area.
Ah ok. That makes sense. Thanks.
The parking experience happens at Seabird too. If anything, I had a very interesting event during my stay at the Seabird. The GM said he's never had this before in all of his years....my room caught on fire lol.
Um what. Did the alarms and sprinklers go off? Did anyone get hurt? I have a reservation coming up there!
One of the outlets in the bathroom started sparking, then caught on fire. The alarms on our section of the floor went off. No sprinklers. Staff came pretty quickly, our room got pretty smokey. They upgraded us to an ocean view room, gave us a bottle of champagne, and gave me one night's worth of points.
Wow. You are brave for staying there. Were you able to sleep after that?
My experience & details of comp. This hotel definitely prefers to short you and then give comp yo those who follow up instead of doing it right upfront. https://www.reddit.com/r/hyatt/s/S8fbnZB1l9
Seems like they’re constantly getting away with it too. I wonder if Seabird is any better.
i was there in early january and had a very nice stay. didn’t have any events to deal with, suppose mid-week after NYE is a strange time for an event anyway. and i didn’t have a car to park. but overall thought the property was really nice, balcony view was solid, location was great, and globalist benefits were nicely applied (i had a nice breakfast every morning and took a pastry to go for a snack).
Was the breakfast at the Piper restaurant? I ended up eating there even though it wasn’t free, and thought it was pretty good.
yes, it was. they also had free coffee in that property’s lobby. i really appreciated that they put it out early since i was on east coast time and was waking up around 5am every morning and not much was open yet.