❌Disaster vacation = Koyo - Luxury Destinations❌

 *Blows of dust*

Hello, everyone; this has been a long time coming, right?

First of all, I am so sorry for being so inactive on any of my blogs, but it has been a mess for me to figure out things; please forgive me.

I never thought I would write this kind of blog post after a second life vacation because I never thought that something in second life could be so wrong if this were.

Before I continue, I will be brutally honest and speak my mind, so if you don't like this kind of content, don't read any further.

So at the end of last year, I was scrolling through a blog called the hotel inspector second life, and he goes around with his wife to different resorts and rate them and blogs about their experience. So when I saw that he had gone to a Japanese resort, I was very stupidly excited about it because I love anything in Japan/China, and to be honest, in second life, there are not many hotels or resorts Japanese or Chinese-themed.

This was the perfect gift to give my second-life family. I started working my ass off, and luckily the lindens poured in; I could save up the money I needed in the mother of two weeks or so.

On the 23rd of January, 2023, I booked and paid for the trip. And I also requested that I would be able to check into the resort at 2:00 PM second lifetime. the owner told me that that shouldn't be a problem and that she would need a reminder of the check-in time closer to departure, so I said OK, that's fine.

So the rest of January and all of February come and go, and before we know it, it's time to go on a vacation for two days. I sent the Notcard on  6TH of mars, 2023, as we were going on the 7th of March, 2023. I was so excited, so as promised, I sent the owner a note card with my information and the heads-up reminder of my check-in time because her regular check-in time for the resort is 5:00 PM Second lifetime, that is way too late for me. I could only spend 2 hours at the resort before my second life family, and I logged off, so I requested 2:00 PM  second lifetime.

 

I went to bed thinking that I would probably see an old card from her the following day, so that's what I was fully expecting when I came into second life the next day. To my surprise, there was no message from her or anybody else connected to the resort.

So then I started to have a bad feeling that something was going to go wrong, and trust me when I say I'm usually right about these things.

I was packing my last few things for the trip. I tried to put it to the back of my mind thinking that she would respond to me later that day or when it was time to go. But the feelings still were in the back of my mind.

I need up with my family add around 12:00 PM, second lifetime, and by then, I had still not received anything from anyone. So I was talking to my brother, telling him I hadn't heard anything from them.

Again I send the owner of the resort a message asking if she has gotten my note card about my early check-in; I am still waiting for a response; she is not online.

Then my husband gets into the conversation, and he is a little bit of a hot head, so he says screw this screw them, while blah blah, while his brother and I tried to calm him down and tell him that we should wait.

1:00 PM comes around, and it becomes more and more apparent that a check-in time of 2:00 PM is likely not going to happen.

I became very sad, angry, and upset simultaneously because I had been planning this trip so hard since the beginning of December last year.

2:00 PM comes around nothing happens; my brother becomes more and more educated with the owner of the place because she had promised me that it would be OK with 2:00 PM second lifetime

we all three decided to go out for dinner in second life and try to make the evening memorable as we eat dinner; we also choose to visit a Viking Museum in second life which was very fun. I will have to blog about that experience here, also.

Who decides to respond when the clock turns 4:55 PM in second life? The owner of the resort!

She responds by saying that check-in time is 5:00 PM.

I calmly and as politely as I could said to her, "if you can remember, I requested a check-in time of 2:00 PM second lifetime" she responded by saying, "oh, I forgot" I sent her a note card. On the 6th of March 2023, with more than 24 hours to go before the trip, how the FUCK can you forget as a resort owner!

As I was saying to my husband and brother, if you are going to have a "closed" resort, meaning that you only take bookings, you need to stay on top of things.

So in my eyes, that response is total bullshit.

She didn't even try to compensate or go out of her way to do something for her mistake.

I tried to brush it off and think positively that at least we are going now, but this also meant that we only got two hours at the resort on the first day, which was a bummer because this trip was not cheap.

We get teleported to this very grand-looking airport.

The girl checking us in proceeds to copy-paste what looks like a novel into the local chat, and it takes forever to read, at least for me.

She hands us note cards with our house information and any activities that we have planned. I take one look at it, and the check-in date says 3.8.2022 (2022-03-8)

I didn't say much about it at the time, and we proceeded to go through the "metal detector," which the girl wrote another whole novel about; at this point, I had given up on reading the chat, and I just followed my brother and my husband as they were going through proceedings.

We go through this black wall and end up in an airplane that is a simple backdrop but pretty nice. The girl that had helped us so far preceded to write a third novel about how to get to the resort. We could either go through the "airplane's back wall "or take the landmark in the notecards.

At the end of the girl's novel, she proceeded to excuse herself and wish us a happy vacation.

The guys and I got situated in the airplane for a bit, just chilling for a little bit. I read it through the note card again in case my eyes had fooled me the first time. 3.8.2022 I first overlooked the year, so I asked my brother what date it was for him in case the owner was in a different time zone. He said the date was the 7th of March 2023, which was the same for me; when I asked him to look at the note card, we all started laughing. Now I understand when someone gets the year wrong once while writing a note card because we had just begun 2023. It can be tricky to remember to write 2023 instead of 2022 when you have been writing 2022 for 365 days.

David and I started to look through the note card, and every single date with any activity; there were two activities that we were going to be doing that had the year 2022 on them.

 

After laughter and taking pictures, we teleport to the suite. I wouldn't call it a suite because it's a standalone villa with three bedrooms, but that's just me.

So we finally got there, and the stunning place was gorgeous. I was so impressed with the house and the beautiful surroundings.

I booked the villa for two nights, and to only be able "use" the villa for two hours the first day, it's leaving a horrible taste in my mouth as I sit here writing this.

I was very sad and furious still because I had wanted to spend time with my family at this resort for more than two hours the first day; it was crucial to me, and I feel like the way the owner messed up my check-in time set the tone for the whole vacation.

We quickly noticed the need for resort staff. There were no other people to be found in the entire resort. It felt like we had been left to our own devices as soon as the girl was done checking us in through the airport.

We decided to check out the animations on the furniture, and all three of us were pretty shocked to find out that there were only cuddles and sex animations in the beds. My brother pointed out that as a result of this kind, it's pretty awkward to have to use a cuddle animation to sleep in the bed as a single man.

I had some time to myself to percolate and get my thoughts in order before the guys came home. as I walked around the villa, I noticed the lack of food and drinks for those people that know me know that I am a big foodie when it comes to second life and I love interactive stuff, but the house had so little instructiveness it was irritating luckily I have an inventory full of food, so I got the boys covered

and in the places, there was food in the house; it was the same food all over.

At that point, I started to regret the amount of money  I had spent on this vacation because it was not adding up to the price I had to pay.

I had booked spa treatments for three people, 1500 per person. Before the appointment, we walked around the resort to check the place and get a feel for it. We walked past the spa area, and I was disappointed that it was an open space area with two different locations, one for messages and one for pedicures or whatever that was. It was not very big at all.

 

Later that evening, I got a pounding headache in real life, and I asked my brother if it was OK that we skip the straw. I tried to rebook for tomorrow, the third day before we went home, and he said that's fine, I didn't tell my husband or my brother about the fact that I had a pounding headache because then they would say, go to bed go to bed, go to bed, which I didn't want to do. So 30 minutes before my appointments start, I write in the support group asking the staff to contact me as soon as possible. So I wait, and I wait, and I wait, nothing's happening, so 5 minutes before my appointment starts, I have to go into the group, check to see who's online, grab the CEO and write them a message that them does not respond to for 10 minutes when the person finally responds  I ask to rebook my store appointments for the 9th of March 2023 another 10 minutes go by him or she says that they will look into some appointment times for me. I had requested a 1:00 PM second lifetime because the resort owner contacted me earlier that day telling me that the tea ceremony I had booked would have to be moved to the next day, so I requested 3:00 PM for the tea ceremony. Hence, 1:00 PM for the spot appointment should be good.

The person got back to me regarding my spa appointment rebooks and said that they don't have a 1:00 PM opening by that point; I was so frustrated that I just told them OK, then I'll cancel the spot appointment together, it's OK.

The person then says Are you sure you don't want the 4:00 PM that's just started I said no, thank you, and the person says OK, sorry.

I take two aspirin and spend a little time with my husband while my brother eats dinner with his family. It is times like this that I really treasure and long for—Times of talking, cuddling, kissing, laughing, and embracing one another.

Because they were no one else but us in the resort, we had to come up with fun stuff ourselves, so we decided to go fishing in the pond outside our house. I had previously purchased fishing equipment for the boys and myself before going on this trip because we had been talking about going on a camping trip, but this was a great time to test out the gear and the animations that came with it.

The fishing set that you are seeing us using is from the store called junk food, and the exact name of the set is: Junk Food - Fishing Set (Pink) (because mine is pink)

You can buy just the fishing poles as well, but I am the kind of girl that wants everything in a set if there is one, so I bought the set for everyone.

We casually talked about what we had done earlier that day while the guys had a few beers. I had to provide because the lack of food and drinks was laughable.

While we walked around earlier that day, we also took a balloon ride, I have been on two or three balloon rides in second life, and all are pretty recent.

I don't know what or who did the balloon path for this ride, but it was crazy. This balloon ride was so shaky and choppy. However, we enjoyed seeing the resort from above, and we all realized how small this resort is, as it shouldn't even be called a resort.

While taking the balloon ride, we saw a Japanese city conjoined with the resort area and a part of the resort, so we quickly had a 15-minute break from computers to do what’s not in real life, and we headed down to that area. Trust me when I say this City saves the whole resort!

It had interactive shops; the food and drinks were interactive; they even had a freaking Hello Kitty store where you could buy stuff. They also had a karaoke bar with real karaoke in it with text and everything (do not worry, I am showing pictures because this is the highlight of the trip, and that says a lot, unfortunately.

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The Japanese City photos start:

Yes, This is my Brother Making out with a Rocket♥

Some kissing and loving. My brother sitting at an "Antisocial distance."

After downing a Jelly shot, he sat closer to us (don't worry, he is very happy.)

Hello Kitty! 
The store Had Nails, so I went a bit crazy.

The City even had a Drug store with pot and other interactive stuff; the guys were very happy about that.

It also had an Interactive bar but had fewer drinks in it.

After some shopping, drinking, and even shopping for takeaway pizza, we decided to go home to the resort area again. We took a pizza with us, but it disappeared once we left the city area, so that was a bummer. It would have been cool to be able to go buy a pizza and take it home, but someone has yet to invent that in second life.

As soon as we got home to the resort, we all went to bed to have a good night's rest before day three started, so it actually ended up being two nights and one day for us on this particular vacation, if you could even call two hours one day I don't know.

Day three was relaxing by the pool area, discussing everything and how we felt about this vacation.

My husband Gabriel pointed out something I had not considered before. Still, he said he was so relaxed he almost fell asleep a couple of times which is good in itself, but it also proves that the resort has virtually nothing to do with than just walking around and, of course, the city.

We started to discuss how our overall experience was with this vacation, and we all agreed that this vacation ended up being a costly house rental in the end because the staff was nowhere to be seen, there was nothing to do except walk around, and the city as I have just mentioned.

The house lacks interactiveness, and it also needs more food and drinks.

We also went to the resort's restaurant. I didn't take any pictures, but it was pretty and all, but not for 900 lindens per person pretty, and again no staff, not even a bot to be seen anywhere. So, Needless to say, we were not impressed whatsoever.

I waited with excitement for the clock to be 3:00 PM, second lifetime because add 3:00 PM, there was going to be the tea ceremony I had booked. Still, they had to move on to the last day, so I got my traditional kimono ready and my hair prepared by the end of the all; I looked like a true geisha, which I was happy about. I cooked the guys a traditional Japanese launch courtesy of the store Cinoe.

As I mentioned, the resort's owner contacted me on the second day asking if they could move the tea ceremony to the last day. I said OK, what time? She said, " Oh, anytime you like, but I think the tea house is open after 3:00 PM, " so I told her 3:00 PM, please, to which she responded OK, that's fine, thank you so much.

We all started to pack up our things because we had decided to check out at the end of the tea ceremony again; the checkout time was 5:00 PM SL time.

So at about 2:45, we started to make our way up to the tea house where the tea ceremony would be held.

We got to the tea house at about 2:55 PM, still very excited about it, but my husband Gabriel had a sinking feeling that something was going to go wrong.

3:00 PM rolls around, and staff is nowhere to be seen or heard from; it’s about 3:30. I again go into the group; I check to see who is online; the owner of the resort is online, so I sent her a message telling her that we are at the tea house and wondering what's going on. No response. At this point, my brother David and I are furious; I am pissed off. Meanwhile, my husband is trying to calm me down, which he is usually pretty good at. Still, I am so frustrated that I don't know what to do because, as I said at the beginning of this blog post, I planned this since the end of December last year, and this was a gift from me to my family. I counted on things to go smoothly because this is a resort and should be taken seriously, but they did not.

I felt so embarrassed and ashamed, to be honest. 4 PM rolls around still no response from the resort’s owner or a staff member, so I leave her a message saying that I want a refund for they’re not a tea ceremony when I had been promised one and had booked one. I also wrote in the same message that we were leaving the resort, which we did.

Remember, I first wrote to her at 3:30 PM second lifetime; then I wrote to her again at 4:00 PM for the second lifetime. 5:48 PM second lifetime, I get a response from her, “I'm sorry, I was AFK. Oh wow, they didn't contact you? and in my head, I'm going, who the fuck are “they?”

I responded by saying nobody contacted us, and she said sure, I will refund, and I got my refund of 1500 lindens for the show of staff at the tea ceremony.

We all feel that the hotel inspector’s blog review of this place is untruthful; it states on the blog that it has a garden, well, was just a bridge. And the photos are over-processed; it does not look anywhere close to the pictures on his blog but to each their own.

I am so sick and tired of bloggers that glorify places by overprocessing photos making a place look better than it actually is. I know that the Photographer for the hotel inspector blog probably uses a viewer called the black dragon, but still, the way that they rated this place and the way that they made it sound is so far from the truth.

Ratings:

House: 7/10

Food/Drinks: 2/10

Surroundings: 8/10

Interactivness: 2/10

Staff response: 0/10

Wild Life: 0/10

Beds: 3/10 (Beds are small and obstruct face and animations due to bedding, Do not accommodate taller people, and have no single animations)

Japan City 10/10

Overall: 1/10

I do make these blog posts. It is my personal opinion and the people I travel with. If you have another opinion, that's up to you, but this is mine/ours. If you decide to book with this resort, please only spend the money I spent on this. It is not worth it whatsoever. I paid 11,300 lindens on this resort and this booking, which is far from worth it.

 /Tessa