Doubletree by Hilton, Downtown Atlanta Doubletree, DoubleTree by Hilton Atlanta Downtown, Price Gouging, Deplorable Business Ethic, Victimization of Consumer Atlanta Georgia

On September 2, 2013, I used the web page of this hotel to make a reservation for next year, for the DragonCon science fiction Convention, an event that takes place yearly, over Labor Day weekend.  This reservation was made in good faith and was not made with any intention toward ripping off the hotel. Too bad it wasn't mutual.

Days later, I got a form letter from a 'Melissa Harris', who is a 'Revenue Manager', stating that my reservation was going to be cancelled.  She spewed out some fine-print rubbish that is not in an area immediately viewable when one makes a reservation.  The gist of it is 'We can cancel your reservation at any time and for any reason that benefits us'. 

I know for a fact that the reason my reservation was canceled was that this hotel wants to reserve those rooms at a rate more than twice what I was quoted when I made my initial reservation.  Furthermore, I was not even given a chance to pay their price-gougingly high rate; she just nuked my reservation with the awareness of how difficult it is to even get a room for this event.  I am furious.

For any DragonCon attendees reading this Report, my advice is to bypass Doubletree.  If they are going to price-gouge and victimize us this way, we need to vote with out feet and wallets and look elsewhere for an overflow hotel.

And Melissa, if you are reading these words.. I am not done yet.  I am not done with you, or with your boss, Mark Gallagher.  I am going to make sure As many people as possible know how unfair your policies are, and how you vctimize your customers.  And what's worse... I am not the only one who you've put on this mission.  We're science fiction fans.  And we tend to cause things to go viral.