----- Original Message ----- From: Nita Reguer - nitaruth77@xxxxxxxxx Subject: complaint about an Irgun subsidized weekend at the Dead Sea I originally booked the weekend of Jan. 8-9 with arkia through Irgun Hamorim which was subsidized for two people at 649NIS. We wanted to add a friend whose birthday it was on that Sat. and when I called the hotel and arkia, I was informed that there couldn't be three in a room, but we had to upgrade to a "junior suite", which would cost an extra 700 NIS (250NIS for the room and 450 NIS for the extra person). Since the weekend had already been planned, we booked for 1349 NIS for one night at what we thought was the Moriah Classic Hotel (that was how it was sold). We were put into a dirty, smelly room with mold in the bathroom, a sink that was clogged, an electric socket sticking out of the wall, etc. I took photos of everything. The view was the parking lot and the laundry of some of the hotel workers. We spent two hours going to five rooms and each one was worse than the other with one reeking of urine. The room we finally took had an old TV, problems with the shower, sink and bath tub, but it was the best of all we saw. I took photos of the stains in the carpet, the electric socket, the mold, etc. The food and entertainment were good, but the next day we waited 45 minutes for lounge chairs at the pool after asking the life guard three times. He called customer service since it wasn't his job to bring chairs. I called two more times. Finally, someone brought us two chairs (not three) saying it wasn't his job to bring chairs. I am mortified by the condition of the hotel and would hate to think what would happen if a tourist stayed there. This is not the first time I've had complaints about a Fattal Hotel and I booked under the mistaken assumption that it was the Moriah Classic Hotel. Photos supplied upon request. Nita Reguer ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------