Scammed by Clever Advertising

Two weeks ago I spent ages looking for a nice apartment to stay in over the weekend in Sydney.  I wanted something nice and bright to do photo shoots in while I was there.   Eventually I chose the Oaks Maestri Apartments on the corner of Sussex and Bathurst Streets in the Sydney CBD.   I liked it because it had a really tall tower and a private balcony for each apartment.  So I booked it.
You can’t imagine my surprise when I walked into the tiny little dark apartment on the 3rd floor looking out into the airconditioning machinery and other apartments.   The carpets and walls were dirty and it sported a dirty apricot couch….  perfect!
So I took a photo because I was sure it did not look like this in the adds.   The tower in the photos wasn’t even a part of the hotel!   Only the lower floors made up the hotel.   And the common areas smelt of either a sauna or the rubbish bins.   Eeeeccckkk!!!   So I went out and bought some large sheets to cover up the areas I was shooting in.   It’s amazing what you can do with photos to get people believing that a hotel room looks great.   See for yourself…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I should point out that this story is not indicative of all hotels in the Oaks Apartment Hotels chain.   The Oaks Apartments here in Melbourne on Market Street is new and actually quite nice.