Crowne Plaza Secaucus

bugs all kinds of bugs,mostly bed bugs gross

arrived on 04-15-10 for a show at the meadowlands convention center,was booked at the crowne plaza for 3 nites,the first day was thursday everything went smooth,the food a little pricey but good,no problems noticed at the time I checked in at 9:30 pm,next morning got up to have breakfast pushed button for elevator to go down from floor # 7 ,no elevator, waited for 20 minutes walked down to breakfast,ok thought nothing about it,things happen, right,not,ate breakfast of hard french toast ,under cooked eggs and warm coffee,ok lets go back to room get ready for the show,no i repeat no elevator,well now I get the exercise from climbing 7 flights of stairs,good thing the shower worked,I got to my booth at the show when my arm started itching no I mean itching like you never itched before worse than a green head fly from the ocean,thought nothing maybe got bitten by a bug of sorts ok,no ,the show came to a close that day,went to dinner,went back to hotel no place to park ,parked at the bank parking lot next door,elavator oh yes the elevator almost forgot ahh one was working amazing,showerd went to bed no problems,next morning same old breaklfast buffet of $14.00 for breakfast I was told if I ordered from the menu there would be an additional $3.00 fee added to the bill for for cooking to order,I GOT THE $14.00 BREAKFAST, need I repeat myself it's saturday morning 7:30 am everybody is up,ohhh yes the elevators are the working ,I dont know I got my exercise coming down to breakfast,ok lets jog down 7 flights get a better appetite. ok no elevator no oh my god there was 1 working ,got past that was late for the show ,also let me add the past nite had to call for a shuttle van not once but several times to get ride back from convention center,my arm was still itching not as bad though,saturday nite comes ,real nice italien resteraunt down the street,pricey but very good awesome tiramisu drove my own car and friends back to the hotel after a very long day at the show,would you believe both elevators worked ,I was totally amazed,took a shower went to bed started watching a movie,an american gangster,now for the ending., it' s 11:00 pm I'm getting tired I need a drink of water ,I sit up yuck ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh bed bugs everywhere on me ,in bed, jumped up so fast they did'nt know what happend then they scattered,I friggan was *** ,thats it I'm outta here,pack the bags ,the elevator at hat point I didn't even know one even existed 7 flights like I was popeye,to the front desk told the clerk what was going on,food, elevators ,getting bitten by bugs in bed,seeing bed bugs in and on the bed soooooooooooooooooooo gross,now I know the cause of the itching,she said oh I'm so sorry for the elevators not working,you should write a written complaint to the manager,ya right,the bugs ,she didn't know what to say,credited my amex for 1 nites stay,I was out of there,I'll see you in court for a full refund,went to a 5 star hotel called embassy suites got a room there never saw a room like that,very clean ,no bugs and they assured me of that,got to sleep that morning 3am got up 9am was late for the last day of show,took the glass elevator down no problems,had breakfast that was outstanding and you know what it was freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. please do yourself a favor and don't stay at this disgusting hotel,if you do you will be writing your own short story! tom from north andover ,massachusetts

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