Hotel berhampiran Golden Haven Memorial Park Tagum Office, Davao Del Norte

I like it is in the center of the tagum city, walking distance In the park and not crowded, walking distance yo the Gisano mall and there's have a night market

I wanted the whole world to know the real story behind the NEGATIVE 1 ratings. December 2022 we were in that hotel booked for 3 days for 2 rooms. 2 months before ---- I asked the receptionist to give me the biggest most comfortable room and I will pay. I am asking to pay ahead of time for the rooms to be reserved but they said it can be paid during the day of the booked reservation. Comes the day of the reservation.. We travel 21 hours from out of the country just to be with a relatives wedding... Went to the office to pay.. We went to the room.. It SMELLED SEPTIC TANK had been OPENED inside the SMALL DIRTY room. Outside was FULL OF GARBAGE and 4-5 HUGE BLACK BASINs....The RUDE LADY MANAGER went to us in the room and said the rooms are filled as there were a LOT of weddings reservation. Instead of APOLOGISING, she said I AM BEING CHOOSY... She told me that she will fix things up.. She went back to the Office. When she came back, she said SHE CANCELED the reservation and WE ARE FREE TO GO. VERY VERY RUDE, HEARTLESS, UNPROFESSIONAL Human being I have ever encountered. I HAVE 2 KIDS WITH ME and the RAIN WAS POURING... It was already 8 PM and it was very very hard to find a HOTEL.. TAGUM CITY DOESNT HAVE A TAXI... Can anyone imagine how I would find a place to stay with 2 kids with me, very hungry, tired and just want to relax already for the night ? The next day the kids had fever... If I ONLY HAVE too much time in the Philippines I would SUE THAT WOMAN... Is she even a human being.....? ... One day... KARMA COMES to rude people especially when others are helpless to protect themselves...

I'd give this a zero star if I could. absolutely one of my worst hotel experiences I've ever had, and I travel alot. First of all, we did not receive a welcome drink like any other person who would check in. Not that we care much but it's just a bad start. Then, our additional bed had no real blanket, just a sheet, while the normal beds had thick comforters. How would this work exactly with AC on? They would want to charge extra for a comforter, even if we already paid extra for a bed, and another extra for a person. They do not make up your room, unless requested personally. WHAT? Who does that. Is 7500 pesos a night not worth enough to at least fix the room on a daily basis? Should we shower in the same towels, walk on sandy tiles, for a week? People swim with full on clothes, jeans even, but the rules clearly state ”proper swimwear required”, however, the staff doesnt give a single cent about that, just like almost anything that guests do there. Also, loud JBL speakers they don't mind, even if it blasts other people's eardrums out. Even after complaining, the staff would not bother telling them to shut down the speaker as THIS IS A RESORT and not a public beach. Waiters insist that their menu has wrong items listed after delivering wrongful and missing food. Then on valentines evening, which was a huge reason for us that we chose this place, in house guests were not included in the program, only outsiders. We were not allowed to partake, instead, we were seated somewhere aside from the main program that had a nice set up. i mean, What the actual F*. They charge us corkage for a late night alcoholic bevarage brought inside. However, locals can bring theirs and bring in KFC and jollibee, even cakes is okay. Absolute discrimination. These people simply do not care about their guests, especially if you stay longer than 1-2 nights, they start to dislike you after you give them your complaints or requests. It took a sit down meeting with their manager for it to slightly change on the day before we left. Then the staff suddenly acted like they love us, providing things they'd not even bother bringing up prior to this. Sorry, at that point the damage was already done and we did not care. Never again. If we could we would have checked out after 2 nights. Terrible, just Awful.

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