Vacation at the risk of life

Written: 2 august 2011
Travel time: 6 — 12 august 2010
Your rating of this hotel:
2.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 3.0
Service: 2.0
Cleanliness: 4.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 7.0
In August 2010, I went on a combined tour (excursions and a week-long vacation at Lake Balaton); we had the opportunity to choose hotels and I opted for the Marina Hotel in Balatonfured, which attracted me because of its own beach, a large area and an all-inclusive system.
My first impression of the hotel was excellent: convenient location, hotel right on the lake, free sunbeds, good food. I was settled on the 11th (last) floor - the view of the lake from the window was simply mesmerizing! And I probably would have had a wonderful rest if not. . . On the very first night in the hotel, I woke up from the fact that the ceiling collapsed on me. I don’t remember the moment of the collapse - I was sleeping, I woke up standing next to the bed littered with fragments of plaster. Fortunately, physical injuries were limited to a whole collection of bruises (it was not convenient to go to the beach), but the horror I experienced is difficult to describe. The hotel administration limited itself to transferring me to another room, verbal apologies and a bottle of champagne. My insurance company could not find me a doctor in this region , and the hotel invited a doctor after 10! hours. The cause of the collapse was called bad weather (that night there was a strong thunderstorm with wind), but this did not convince me; all the same, a thunderstorm is not a natural disaster and under the roof I have the right to feel safe. The rest was irreparably spoiled, I was just afraid to be in the hotel, and there was no way to leave.
As a conclusion: if you find yourself in the Marina Hotel, do not settle on the top floor, and if you settled, then go to bed in helmets, otherwise you never know - a thunderstorm.
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