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Just a little follow up to Hotel WiFi does not always work when you try to work remotely about the Emily Morgan Hotel in San Antonio.

While we were there the customer service was really poor, but since getting our bill they have messed up even more and have not been nice.

While checking out, my wife gave them her work tax exempt certificate, they honored it and gave her the bill with no tax. It just cleared our bank a few days ago and suddenly was $79 higher than the bill! They had added the tax back.

Ruthie had to spend a bunch of her valuable time calling and emailing the hotel, dealing with a rude desk clerk who did not want to help resolve the issue. She finally got through to the General Manager, who took care of the problem (we got a credit issued, but have yet to see it hit the account), but was not too friendly and emailed her the credit, which came without even a "sorry" note or anything.

This was a really neat historic hotel behind the Alamo with a really cool suite. The service was way below what we expected though and San Antonio has way too many other nice hotels for us ever to spend a dime in this joint again. I have to say - avoid The Emily Morgan Hotel in San Antonio, TX - bad service for $159/night and the $24/day parking was way too high.

[Establish trust on the vast internet]

A very cool new site for freelance professionals is called Anthillz.

The site, founded by Blake Janelle, lets an individual create a free account, give a short description (very short) of what they do or who they are and then let's clients and colleagues write longer descriptions of their experiences with the individual.

If you go to my Anthillz profile, you will see the 3 client reviews I have as of today. The clients can give you a grade and each grade contributes to an individuals average score shown on the profile page.

You can also add keywords to aid in a site users search for people that have the skill sets they are looking for to work on a project.

The whole concept is pretty simple. I use it to send to prospective clients so they can see what other clients have said about the experience working with me.

Another use for the site is that you can add a link to your profile on LinkedIn on your profile page.

I really like this site as a resource for freelancers (any type of freelancer can add a profile) and have added it to my list of "check em out" sites.

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