Courtyard by Marriott San Jose Cupertino

This is fifth or sixth time I have stayed here. It's very consistent and good. The rooms are good and clean. It's what you'd expect from a Courtyard. On the most recent trip, three staff members were absolutely phenomenal: Mercedes, Rupan and Maureen! They were friendly and professional!

I stayed here with two girlfriends and it was perfect. The suite was spacious and hotel vibe was very relaxing. Staff was helpful and friendly (thank you Elizabeth and Mercedes) and housekeepers would stop us to play with our dogs. The hotel itself looked newer and cleaner than the Hilton next door. Great stay!

After we booked this hotel, we SPECICALLY tell them that we can take a room on ANY FLOOR EXCEPT THE GROUND FLOOR as its also in our profile. We have also had numerous text messages via app and received their replies that as "Titanium Elite, we do have priority and it will be noted on the our booking. " At arrival Front Desk Experience Specialist, Marie, told us that our room is on the Ground Floor. We immediately told her we cannot sleep if room is on the ground floor. As she looked into the system for availability, another front desk person appeared. This person murmured his name skewing the pronunciation on purpose until I had to go in front of him to read his name tag- it is CARLOS. Absolutely RUDE and NOT FIT for First Point of contact--he insisted that we take the ground floor room. He kept interrupting while Marie was cancelling our reservation since they were not able to come up with a room on ANY FLOOR other than the ground floor. He acted like he is the GM. I found out that he is just another front desk person--- NOT even a Manager or Supervisor. He told us there is NO MANAGER when we asked for one. Carlos' mannerism and attitude is totally uncalled for, downright rude as he made it such that we take it or leave it. NOT a Marriott standard at all. We told them and even showed Marie the text conversation that their hotel replied in the text on the Marriott app, " as a Titanium Elite we do have priority for room preference". Then CARLOS blamed Corporate Marriott Reservations (not their hotel) for those text messages when it is Directly from the hotel. As we air our frustrations, Carlos kept mouthing off, totally annoying adding fuel to the situation. We told him several times to be quiet and go inside as we were dealing with Marie and not him. But he kept standing there and mouthing off and talking back to guests, aggravating the situation even more. How can Marriot and or hotel owners and management allow such behaviors from Front Desk employees to treat Titanium Elite or ANY guests that come to your brand hotels??? Negative hospitality indeed from this hotel. There may seem to be a lack of employees but unfit lousy employees who are not helping but aggravating the situation is so much worst correct?? You just lost your loyal guests and made a bad name for your hotel. Don't forget there are plenty of other hotels with well trained professional staff available in the same city.

I have been staying with Marriott properties from over 20 years now, it's extremely sad and painful to see how they have fallen to a new low across the board. Being a Platinum member and loyalty of over two decades seems to count for nothing. Just to clarify, I am mainly talking about the mid level properties like Aloft, Courtyard, etc. I am not sure if Marriott is franchising these properties, the managers have made these into nothing more than roadside motels. I stayed here for 2 nights. No greeting by the Front desk clerk, no professionalism or sign of a well trained hospitality expert. Forget about a room upgrade that I normally get in most places as a Platinum member, he puts me in the remotest corner of the building overlooking a parking lot. When I protested, he had no problem in cancelling my booking, as he maintained they were sold out. Having stayed in hotels for a long time, when I changed my strategy, low & behold a room overlooking the pool was provided, for which I am thankful. Since I have been in & out of hotels over last 2 months due to contract I am doing in the Silicon Valley, these same hotels have had no problem in yanking up the prices from $80-90 to $140-150, but no sign of any amenities, house keeping or basic cleanliness being provided. Hope the management can step up to the plate and not let this slide into an abyss. I love my Marriotts' and it saddens me to see to the level these mid level properties are falling.