Worst stay at Odeon Towers, Strand, Western Cape

The marketing for this venue (Odeon Towers) was not what you got at all…..! There is ongoing, as in 24/7 generators going, pumping sea water out as a result from higher water/tides from climate change. Thus, a wall/barrier is being built to assist with that challenge. As a result, instead of walking over the road to the beach as advertised, there was no way to do so. I have photos and video to provide as proof No communication was made ahead of the time that there were ‘sea works’ going on with the accompanying road works. Instead, our payment was non refundable. We found out why the minute we got there. In ‘thanking us for our understanding’, we were ‘gifted’ a bottle of red wine and nougat. We don’t drink any alcohol…..! Also, why would anyone presume to think that a cheap bottle of wine and nougat would make up for the discomfort, the noise, the fact that you can’t open your windows, all due to the generator running 24/7…..? None of the fans nor the airconditioner (portable) worked. So it was noisy and hot. And then there was the awful odour of raw sewage that came into the rooms every time you flushed the toilet and the very damp/mouldy air in the rooms whenever the other (2nd bathroom) was used and vice versa. We were even contacted by the hosting agent advising that we must stop smoking as it carried a penalty of R1500 per incident. Thing is, we don’t smoke and I rep**** as much to the hosting agent. Thereafter there was a strange man hanging out on the 11th floor which was probably the janitor. He would stare at you when you went out or came back and he hung out around our room, pretending to wash the windows, sweeping the floor and just hanging out around the elevators.