Complaining!

I HATE to complain.  I'm okay with firing off an

email when something is not right but to confront

someone in person ~ oh no...  Last week we stayed 

in a beautiful resort in Estepona, it was lovely.  They

said they wanted us to feel at home and we only 

could wish that our home could be so beautiful.

Yesterday we moved to Marbella for week two of

our vacation.  Marbella - land of the jet set and 

Saudi Princes.  We had never stayed here before

and were excited because we expected it to be

great... it wasn't.  Our first condo was in one of 

the original buildings and it just looked old. 

We spent the night but knew we couldn't spend

the week in it, so we complained.  Well, I wrote

emails that got us nowhere and Mr. Wonderful

did the face to face complaining.  Anyone who 

knows him knows he is a very easy going guy,

so if you have to be complained to, I guess it is

better by someone like him.

They couldn't move us back to the resort in

Estepona but they did move us to another condo 

in a newer building.  Same decor but in better

shape.  The kitchen ~ I have to say I despise

stainless steel appliances, I call it CSI Kitchen.

I think of food as a passionate creation and I 

don't want to prepare it in a place that looks 

like a morgue.  It is so Kitty Bartholomew in the 

90's or Martha post divorce...

The drapes in the living room are gold, in the other 

condo they were a sickly salmon as were the pillows.

I didn't want to touch them.

But what makes the move worth it is the view

from the patio.  Yeah, I could look at that all day.

And the view from bed is nice too.

I think it is necessary to sometimes complain

to get what will make you happy.  After all we

all pay a lot of money when we travel and we 

shouldn't allow ourselves to be miserable.  In 

the other condo we would have been miserable

and that would have made a week of  precious

vacation time be awful.  Now I'm not saying 

complain about every little last thing, that would

be hateful.  But telling a hotel professional about

your problem can lead to a good outcome for all.