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3 Comments
I posted a review of CityLife Suites in Victoria, B.C., Canada about two weeks ago. Immediately after posting this review I received an email confirmation that it had been received and that I needed to authenticate that I had indeed posted it. I thought I had done so by clicking in the appropriate places but I got no confirmation that I had been successful, so I did it several more times. I had previously submitted a review listed under another category for a property called Ecoscape Cabins, Port Hardy, B.C., Canada and it appeared on Tripadvisor within several days. Did you in fact receive my review for CityLife Suites? Did I misspell the name of the property name? I may have identified it as City Lights Suites. Please let me know what I need to do to get this review published as I spent an amount of time on it because we stayed there three weeks and really enjoyed it. In fact my husband wouldn’t let me talk about attending the Fringe Festival while we were there because we intend on returning that exact time period every two years to do it over and over and he was afraid it wouldn’t be available for our own occupancy. The owner of this property went way above and beyond what we have come to expect from a property owner/manager including stocking the refrigerator with fresh food (inc. coffee!!!) and provided many other personal services for which we were very grateful. I was hoping the review would be a pleasant surprise thank you note for he and his wife. Please don’t disappoint me as I intend to write other reviews if you allow me to do that. Thanks.
Hi Mary – Thanks for your comment, and sorry for the inconvenience in posting your review. I’ll pass your message along to the team and have them look into it. Thanks!
Hi Mary – Your review is live, and can be found at the following link: http://www.tripadvisor.com/VacationRentalReview-g154945-d2268464-2_Bedroom_Breathtaking_Views_All_Inclusive_Rates-Victoria_Vancouver_Island_British_Columbia.html Thanks!