My stay started out pretty well; I was warmly welcomed, my status as a MyBarcelo member acknowledged and my room upgraded. Unfortunately, there is more to a hotel stay than a fairly well appointed room, especially if one is travelling on business.
While there were a couple of small annoyances along the way, my real troubles began at check-out, when a couple of errors were made on my invoice. In and of itself, that wouldn't have been problem (although it could have been avoided), provided the error is corrected and an amount due be credited back to the customer. Unfortunately, over 10 days after I checked out, this has not yet happened, despite repeated follow-up on my side. And to add insult to injury, they apparently think that this is merely "an inconvenience" and cannot be bothered to either respond to my complaints on a timely basis or to confirm whether the refund has - finally - been processed this morning, according to their latest promise. Mr. Mateos, although I hope you don't have too many cases with pending refunds, I was in Rm 661 from June 20-23, in case you wish to ensure that this error is finally corrected.
In a way I'm glad this was a business stay: although I need the refund settled more urgently, as I need to clear expense reports with my employer, this experience at least hasn't ruined what might have been a few days' holiday in Rome.