It was first time for my 4 year old son to travel to CDO with such awareness. We traveled every 2 to 3 months Cebu-CDO and vice versa way back 2014 to 2015, but during those times he could not appreciate the flights nor the places we went to since he was still a baby.
So a few days ago i took him to CDO so we can visit the Divine Mercy Shrine. As expected he was amazed with the flight especially when the plane would go inside the clouds.
Arriving in CDO at barely 6:00 AM, my son and I were both very sleepy and ready to drag ourselves into bed. However, the first hotel where we booked on our Day 1, held on to the 12 noon check-in policy, notwithstanding the sleep-deprived look on my son's face. I offered options for room upgrade or whatsoever but the answer was a poker-face and a "no available room" statement. Take note however, that when I made the booking online, I filled up the SPECIAL REQUEST portion and i told them them that " my son and I will be arriving 6:00 so we want to request for an early check-in, to which they answer with..." Noted on this, Maam, no problem..."
Well, to make the story short, we where forced to check- in in one of the city's pension houses. We had a good night sleep despite the small room, compensated though with a 40-inch TV set and very cold AC unit in the rooms.
For our Day 2. grateful that they gave me a room at Marianne Suites even it was only 8:00 AM, no questions asked. GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE INDEED! Surely coming back.