Me and my wife have been going to the L Spa in Grande Prairie for several years. It's very convenient with the hotel in the same building. For years while living in Fort Saint John and coming to Grande Prairie for school I would book myself in for treatments. The L Spa is very well done and has a beautiful atmosphere. It's always clean and appeals to all your senses with the lighting, the smells, the music, etc. I have not had anything but positive things to say until now....
Today me and my wife were scheduled in for a massage, a facial and a body scrub. To celebrate my wife's birthday and as a little treat after some difficult years. When we arrived we gave our names to the receptionist in the Spa. She asked what we were scheduled for and told her the treatments and times. She said there was nothing in the computer and that we must have booked our selves in on June 8th because that's the day their computers crashed and they lost appointments. As there was no appointments booked we asked what our options were. They were not able to provide the treatments or the times but had other treatments at other times and none of which would be couple's any more.
We asked to speak to a manager as previous customers who enjoyed our visits we wanted to see if there was a way to make things right. We hoped to make the best of the situation and perhaps come up with a solution for this trip. Keep in mind we just traveled 2.5 hours and paid for a night's hotel to celebrate the wife's birthday. The manager unfortunately has gone home for the day even though it is Wednesday and 11:30 am.
Obviously this is incredibly frustrating and a real let down for us. We are now sitting in the room that we really don't require anymore looking to see how to salvage the trip.
Unfortunately I expect this will be the last time we will be booking the L Spa or the hotel as I would be too nervous to potentially go through this again. I would be worried in the future and feel compelled to call regularly to reconfirm the appointment which is something I feel should not be necessary. We have went through our records and we booked on the 12th so our missed appointments were not booked on the 8th which was the day of the system crash.
In summary if you get into the Spa you will likely have a great time. You may also show up and wait in line while other Spa goers check in for your appointment, before heading back home or retreating to your room to make alternate arrangements. I will be sad to not get to enjoy this trip or any future trips here but we will save our money and time for an establishment that believes in customer service and deserves your patronage.
--Update--
Well, I am happy to report that since my initial review I was contacted by the L Spa. The manager called to get the details of what happened and it appears human error was involved somewhere in the booking process. Unfortunately there was no way to resolve our bookings with short notice, but we do feel that everything that could be done was done and my wife and I are happy with the way the LSpa dealt with the situation. The hotel has been extremely kind during this process as well.