The Metropolis Hotel in Rome was the worst experience we ever had with a hotel and we have been to a vast number in our decades of travel. It should be avoided at all costs. Where to start, at the absolute beginning. We arrived there at 1:30 pm and knew it was before the 3 PM check-in, however, many hotels typically accommodate you based on the room that was assigned to you. We spoke to a gentleman at the front desk and he said both rooms that we booked were not ready. We saw there was a bench in the reception area and a vast lounge right next to the receptionist. We asked if we could sit there and the gentleman said no because our start at the hotel did not begin until our 3 PM check in. He advised us to go to lunch because there were lots of restaurants in the area. We had a very early start to our day and had a morning of extensive travel. We were exhausted and just wanted to sit and we were told we could not but then he said we could. My husband and son went out to get some bottles of water at a store and I, along with my daughter and son-in-law, went to the lounge area. We had not even sat down when the manager whose name was Anna Maria told us we were not allowed to be in the hotel. I politely asked her why not and she said they needed to clean the area. The area was absolutely empty, immaculate and spotless! The television was on and no one was watching it. I asked her since we were not taking the seat of any other hotel guest why we were not permitted to stay and she continued to say they needed to clean, and we were not their guest until 3 PM. I told her I did not feel welcomed and didn’t understand why she was forcing us out of the hotel. She told us we could go to some restaurants. We returned to the reception area where our luggage still was standing by the reception desk and I stated that I was not able to leave the reception area until my husband and son returned because they wouldn’t know where we were. I also stated I wanted to stay (standing in the reception area because I was not allowed to sit on the bench next to the receptionist) until all our luggage was secured. Anna Maria told me that there’s a lock on the door to the hotel so it’s perfectly OK for our five pieces of luggage and for carry-ons to be there in the center of the reception area and that we could leave. I politely told her as soon as my son and husband returned and our luggage was secure we would leave. She was not happy. The five of us were sent out the door once our luggage was secured. Again we were told to go find a restaurant. We were not allowed to check in until someone opened the door of the hotel to let us know our rooms are ready. That’s right, we were waiting outside the hotel, like a group of stray animals. When we were finally allowed to check in, late at 3:15 pm, they proceeded to write down our credit card number on a piece of paper. We told them we were not comfortable with that and that we would read the numbers out to them to put into the co
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