Double charges still showing
We stayed here on 7/31/2012, renting two rooms for one night. The rooms were basically what I expected after reading the reviews, pretty dated but "you get what you pay for" and at $140 a night in San Francisco, I really didn't expect a whole lot. The furniture was really starting to show it's age, and the decorations were something out of the 70's. But it was clean, didn't stink, and for the most part ok. Free parking was a big plus, except that there were no open spots when we returned back from the Giants game we came to the city to see, and ended up parking in the striped area next to one of the handicapped spots, and had to let the front desk hold our keys. What irkes me, is that there are double charges showing up on my credit card, and this is 5 days after I checked out. I called the Chelsea, and was told that's just the way they do things, they run your card a week before your stay, in case you are a no show, leave that charge as pending, and run another charge when you check out. So if you use your debit card the amount of that "pending" charge will be tied up until the bank drops it from your account. Why is it that I never have had this problem with any other hotel or motel I have stayed at? I do stay at smaller "Mom & Pop" places and this is the first time I still see charges this long after I have left. The response I got when I asked why these were still showing was that in their mind (The Chelsea), those charges were voided. (I guess that they just chose not to go through with an actual voiding of the charges) But I really am not concerned what is in their mind, it is more important to me what is in the mind of Bank of America, and they still think these are valid charges. Now I have to keep checking my account to see if these charges actually do drop off. I see other responses to reviews that say "You have choice on where to stay", and I guarantee next trip to the city I will be exercising that choice and staying somewhere that doesn't double bill me. Also pay attention to the noise reviews, this is one of the noisiest Inns I have ever stayed at. There is either a fire station or ambulance station up the street from here as there were sirens coing down the street ALL NIGHT.