I travel to Shenzhen for business around 10 days every month, and I've stayed at the XANA hotel chain more than ten times, never leaving a bad review. But this time was really disappointing.
1. **Cleanliness**: During my last stay, there were hairs on the bed, floor, and in the bathroom, and even food crumbs. But since the front desk staff were nice, I just tolerated it and didn't leave a bad review. This time, there were still hairs on the floor, and the sheets and duvet cover were very messy (as shown in the picture, this is how it looked when I first pulled back the covers), like they hadn't been changed. So I asked for new sheets and a duvet cover. The front desk said housekeeping had already finished for the day and couldn't change them. Then we negotiated for me to switch rooms, but I had to wait half an hour and remind them twice before they finally brought the room card.
2. **Service**: When checking in, I asked the front desk for earplugs. At first, they said they didn't provide them, but when I expressed doubt, they said they found some and would send them up via robot. After I switched to the new room, and after three reminders and over an hour of waiting, I received four pairs of earplugs (do I have eight ears???).
3. **Soundproofing**: The window in the new room didn't close properly, and the people next door were smoking, drinking, and talking loudly (XANA claims to be a non-smoking hotel throughout, but this clearly wasn't the case, and the smoke smell coming through the ventilation was unbearable). So I asked to switch back to my original room; I just wanted to get some sleep. The front desk said I would need to pay a cleaning fee to switch back. I hadn't touched anything in the new room except the duvet, so I really don't understand why I would need to pay a cleaning fee to switch back to my original room.
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