YouTube hotel reviewer claims new luxury resort canceled his reservation and called the …

(CNN) — A new luxury resort in Mexico that costs thousands of dollars a night is off to a rocky start after a reviewer with a reservation alleges he was turned away at the property’s gates. Ryan Walker, a luxury hotel reviewer on YouTube with more than 140K subscribers, posted a video earlier this week showing an interaction on Monday outside the brand-new Amanvari Mexico by Aman Resorts. The property, where stays for August 6 were listed on Aman’s site for more than $6,000 a night, is located about a two-hour drive from San José del Cabo on the Baja California peninsula. Walker’s driver was told he could not enter the property, the video shows, although Walker said he booked the hotel stay weeks ago. The video, viewed more than 500K times this week, showed a screenshot of an email exchange discussing his stay. Conversations with workers outside the resort quickly escalated with one person captured on video saying she needed to speak with the police. Walker claims they did call the police. “We were stopped by an unmarked armed patrol truck with 5-6 armed officers,” Walker told CNN Travel via email on Thursday. “They did not speak to us
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