This is smart looking seemingly up market hotel with a catch that people should be wary of. Maybe this catch is more common in France than I am aware?
Friends of ours came to Nice to visit us last year from Russia (we live in France). The reservation was made and on arrival a credit card was used to make the booking which was (c) €330/Night for a junior suite which is a top price for Nice in what we assumed was a top hotel by the hotel’s own promotion.
Our friends stayed at the hotel about four nights and ran up a bill of slightly over €2,000 including room, food & services. They were not impressed at all by the hotel as sea view was not really possible unless one grew a neck extension and bought binoculars.
The catch was that our friends on leaving paid their bill in full in cash yet Beau Rivage blocked the €2,000 on the credit card for 60 days depriving use of the card and sitting on an interest free facility for the hotel or their bankers?
This to my friends was akin to stealing and I was very upset as I had never experienced this before. I challenged management who informed me that this was standard policy and that their bankers Societe Generale would hold on to the €2,000 until they decided to release the money. They held on to the €2,000 for a full 60 days! TRUE STORY
There are many better value, higher quality Hotels in Nice. Our friends moved to “Le Palais de la Mediterranee Hotel” and paid a similar price for a better room, a sea view and a much higher quality experience. Strangely Le Palais de la Mediterranee Hotel took the same credit card and were paid in full in cash at the end of the stay and did not block the card by a single penny for even one day!
Somebody is ripping customers off here and I’m not sure who?
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