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September 10, 2021
We decide to spend the last days of our vacation on Elba, looking for some hotel and we find this apartment - a little expensive, of course, but look how beautiful and what a location! I decide that he can go (over 700 euros for 3 nights, no breakfast, but it has air conditioning which is a must for us) and we book through Lastminute. Hearing from various sources that all the structures have agreements with ferries, I call to ask if they too have any. Answer: "we only give the discount to those who book directly on our site, because we at Booking / Lastminute already pay commissions". We have a bad start: and why does this have to be a customer problem? I already feel considered second class. Close to arrival (in early August), I read the review at the end of July on Tripadvisor and it alarms me: better check that there is an air conditioner and everything else (e.g. courtesy set) . I call and they assure me that everything is there, but "better bring your shampoo and shower gel, maybe they are finished". The premises do not bode well. On the day of arrival, we pass by the other Allegroitalia to check-in and it turns out that - coincidentally - that very morning the air conditioner broke and that the technician would have come not to fix it but to put the "plugs" on the holes in the wall. We rightly ask for a discount as we paid for a service we will not enjoy (which is why we had discarded other facilities) and we are told that "they will let us know". We arrive at the place and luckily the scenery is wonderful: it is in the nature reserve (for which they make a pass at the entrance) and you can see a lot of nature around. Too bad for the construction site of another structure under construction opposite that spoils the show a bit, but it can go. We start climbing the steps of the structure, there is a mountain of sea pine needles around (how many days have they not swept?), But we go further. Let's go into the house and take a look: help! Dirty floor, dirty surfaces, stained sofa, smell of sewage in the bathroom and last but not least toilet with signs of passing by others that clearly couldn't be us. Fortunately, with Covid, extra attention should be paid! We were already resentful for the air conditioner, the temptation is to come away. First we call and ask: they give us a 10% discount on an exceptional basis, and they bring a person to clean. Let's say 10% is not enough, they say they'll let us know. Spoiled mood. Just for the location and context, we still decide to stay, covering the sofa with the top sheet of the bed to make sure we don't sit on the dirt. Obviously, opening the windows during the day to compensate for the lack of air conditioning with a little air passage means hearing the construction site in front of you. In the following days we call insistently (and more and more annoyed) to be sure of the refund, and in the end, once back, we get a 10% - at least that! In each cas
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