We arrived late to Vancouver and were directed to a nearby 7-11 to pick up the key. There was a problem with the Key Cafe machine, and I was on the phone with tech support in India. It took 45 minutes for me to get the key. When we arrived at the property, we were overwhelmed by the amount of homeless on the street only a half a block from the hotel. It was a homeless encampment, with the noise and trash you would expect from that many people living in the street. We didn't feel safe getting out of the car and had to find another hotel (for another $340). When we arrived at our new lodgings, I called Hotels.com and they said that they would email the property. Meanwhile, there was a convention coming into Vancouver, and the price of our new hotel was going up to $600 the next night, I spent hours the next morning looking for other lodgings and we ended up in North Vancouver, which was lovely, but not our desired area. I called Noel Suites and was assured by the manager Caitlyn that she had authorized a full refund for our three night booking. When we returned from our trip, I contacted Hotels.com and they said that only a one night refund was authorized by Noel Suites. After a lot of time, and a conversation with a supervisor, Hotels.com agreed to refund me and additional $500, bringing my total refund to $846.80. I paid $1,101.35, so I am still out $254.55. Pictures attached are of the area the next day when we had to return the key.