Tuesday, March 14, 2006

   Got New Hotel Reservations!

No cardboard box for a Panda! I won't have to sleep on the side of the road in a cardboard box during Sakura-con! No worries, no ranting this time. For those of you just tuning in I had a little rant update I posted Monday afternoon about some issues with a hotel reservation. It's all good now. In the end my new hotel reservations will work out better in the end. I guess you can call it a blessing in disguise. Now I'll be staying at a hotel that some of my friends will be at. This sounds like a room party is in order! Woo Hoo! So...yeah. I really don't have much to talk about right now. I'm feeling pretty good. My RA isn't all flared up and freaking out. That is a definite plus. Um...yeah. How about a random fact. When I was in grade school I folded 1000 origami cranes. How's that for random. I guess that's about it. I'll see you guys around the site! Laters! Comments on Comments Lytjuh: It just seemed like they didn't care. It's that air of "better-than-you" attitude that really fries my bacon. If they were just a bit more sympathetic and not just "It's impossible" I don't think I would have been so bent out of shape. You are exactly right about happy people. Happy customers are return customers. They tell their family and friends of their good experiences. Unhappy ones tell more than family and friends. They tell everyone and anyone. Bad reviews travel much faster than good that is for sure! Ms. Bakura Ishtar: I was in a good mood before then since I would be getting another "vacation" day to spend out of town. It's really the staff's snotty attitude that chapped my hide. Summoner Rekka: No matter how frustrated I get with rude staff, I don't verbally attack anyone. I know what it is like to work with the public. If people feel like you are honestly doing your best and trying to help them they are understanding. When you take the position that nothing can change and I'm not even going to try to help you...people get mad. As for another hotel, yes. We are going to the Red Lion who were very friendly. We would have booked with them initially but some little Mouse told me when he booked his room that he thought they were sold out so we went with the last open hotel. Hmmm...maybe their great customer service is why Crowne Plaza was the only hotel not to be sold out. I know, I should have known huh. Mimmi: I so hear you. Obviously they haven't seen the Samurai Panda video or they would know that you don't mess with pandas!! LOL If Adam ran a hotel it would have amazing customer service that would be always on the cutting edge in the industry. ::huggles Mimmi:: Yensid: First, I hope you got my email! ^_^ Registration for the con has been swamped. I know much of the issues going on this year are due to growing pains. New venue, new hotels and new sets of problems. I do wish the website was kept up to date though. They did post the schedule but didn't make any mention of it. I found out via the Sakura-con message boards when someone off hand mentioned it in a thread. (I sent it to you in the email.) We are going to be at the Red Lion. It should be fine walking, as long as my RA doesn't flare up, since there will be 5 of us together. Safety in numbers. We will be attending the con all three days so just give me a call (my number is in the email too...that email had a lot of info in it! lol) and we'll meet up. We'll definitely have to make a run through the Dealer's Room together! KitsuneTsuki: That extra "e" is just so pretentious. Perhaps they have a "Gift Shoppe" too. LOL I have noticed just because you pay more doesn't mean you will have better service. I've had far better service at Best Westerns, Days Inns and even Super 8 compared to those "hotel snobs" at the fancy 5 star hotels. I can't believe the Sheraton tried to get away with that! I will definitely steer clear of them! JD Person: True, true. There are many more lemmings to jump off the cliff. It's just sad that some businesses don't even attempt to help. Aaryanna: I just think people don't care. It's easier to just say no than attempt to help.

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