On June 25th, my daughter accidentally left her passport in a taxi after leaving the hotel. The kind driver promptly returned it to the hotel's front desk. However, the hotel *never* informed us. By evening, we realized the passport was missing and were in a panic. Even when we asked the hotel staff, no one told us it was there.
On June 26th, we went to the police station to file a report, then used the police report to apply for an emergency travel document at the consulate. We ended up missing all our pre-paid tour activities.
On June 27th, when we were checking out, we were finally told the passport was at the front desk. By then, the passport, along with all the Schengen and Japan visas in it, had been permanently invalidated. This level of irresponsibility from the hotel is just unbelievable.
As for the room itself, it was dim, tiny, and the TV was awkwardly placed on the side. There wasn't even enough space to open a suitcase. We could have overlooked all that. But for a hotel to have a foreign guest's passport returned to the front desk for days and not *once* inform the guest? Forget about service – is that even a humane thing to do? My daughter had already booked flights and hotels for her subsequent trip to Japan, which now also had to be canceled.
The hotel manager told us to email them with details of our losses, saying they would discuss it internally and consider compensation. It's been over twenty days since then, and we haven't heard a single thing.
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