Quite possibly the least professional interaction I have had with a hotel ever. Traveling through Canada as an essential worker, we were sure to check with the hotel many times prior to booking and arrival to ensure we were allowed to stay. Over the course of 2+ months, my wife and I corresponded with the hotel to ensure no updates to policy would preclude our stay.
The day before our stay, we were sent a personal email from the hotel asking if we would still be able to cross the Canadian border and that the hotel was excited to have us stay. We responded that yes, we would still be able to cross and confirmed a check in time with the hotel management. That afternoon, we were contacted by the hotel that our reservation was cancelled due to hotel policy and that we were not welcome to stay. In the same day we both confirmed via a personal email for check in and were told that hotel policy didn't allow us to stay...very conflicting.
I understand that policy changes, but this type of customer service is absolutely ridiculous and entirely unprofessional. None of this policy was posted on their website or in any sort of correspondence, and dragging customers along who are traveling out of necessity is absolutely unacceptable. We were so glad that we didn't have the misfortune of showing up to this shame of an establishment on the day of our reservation with our baby and find that we were not able to stay and then have nowhere to stay while transiting through Canada on essential work.
I will never stay at this hotel and will not be able to recommend more strongly the same to anybody who I know.