Poor showing for Yotel
I stayed at Yotel on 7/18 and the experience was lackluster. I was in "cabin" 2337 and although I checked in during the dinner hour, I quickly left for dinner and did not return until after midnight. **The city was near one hundred degrees this week.** When returning to the cabin the room was in the high 80s. I figured it was part of the "green" approach to the place so I did not think much of it, turned the AC down to 70 and quickly went to sleep. By 3:00am I awoke in a pool of sweat, went to the AC controls and found that the room had not cooled below 78 degrees. In addition, when I went to the bathroom to get a cool towel, the lights in the bathroom did not work. I then went for the light in the cabin entryway...no luck there either. The only lights that worked were near the bed and they provided no light into the bathroom.
The next morning I went to the fourth floor lobby to checkout and mentioned my problems to the desk staff. One of them asked me in an attitude if I had called the desk staff about the AC problem. I let her know that at 3:00am I didn't consider that an option. The other employee curtly asked me my cabin number and neither of them offered so much as an apology for the experience.
Staying at Yotel saved my company $50-75 but it was not worth it. Next time I'll be a slightly less, good corporate citizen and stay at a Hilton or Marriott.