Aloha maddiejyou,
Thank you for sharing your experience with us at The Royal Hawaiian, a Luxury Collection Resort. Upon reviewing your comments, we completely understand your disappointing regarding both, the way in which the early check-in request option was placed, as well as the overall service from our staff.
As you have noted, we do offer the option for guests to indicate any check-in or special requests upon availability, however due to occupancy and other conditions, there are times that we are unable to guarantee the requests. We will be sure to look into clarifying this on our website to mitigate any confusion in the future.
The service you received from our staff should have been handled in a much more professional manner. We apologize that you had to endure this type of service level from our hotel - both during check-in and when you asked our concierge about the Helumoa Pool. I completely understand your disappointment in the way that your questions were answered, and will be sure both instances are reviewed with our team to ensure proper re-training is done.
We thank you again for your thoughtful feedback, and are happy that regardless of some of the service-related issues, your room in Mailani Tower was great and had a nice view. If you choose to stay with us again in the future, we hope you will have a much different experience.
Mahalo,
Ayaka H.
The Royal Hawaiian, Guest Experience Team