My girlfriend and I made plans months in advance to attend the Lucas Oil Off Road Truck races, which were held about 10 miles away from the Clearlight Inn. When I called the Clearlight Inn to make our room reservations, they informed me that the only room they had available with a King bed was their Honeymoon suite. It was more expensive than their regular rooms, but they assured me that it was a very nice room, so I booked it for three nights.
When we arrived at 5pm to check in, we observed 8-10 guest hanging out in the small lobby area and the majority of them were drinking beer. There was no hotel employee at the front desk. We had to ring a bell to get an employee to come to the front desk so we could check in.
We were given two keys (actual keys) and told that the "Honeymoon Suite" was at the top of the stairs. When I attempted to unlock our door with the key, I had to mess with the lock for several minutes trying to get the door to unlock. Once inside the room, we noticed that we were given one (1) VERY small, paper thin, bar of soap to use at the sink. The small refrigerator in the room did not have any shelves in it and it froze everything we put in it. Our bedroom windows were right above the back "patio" (a concrete slab with two tables and chairs) and we could hear everyone's conversations that were sitting on the patio. The "WiFi" service was non-existent in our room and cell service was only available when I went out to the parking lot. Since we were at the top of the stairs directly over the lobby area, we could clearly hear the conversations of the people in the lobby and the kids running up and down the stairs.
The first night we were in our room, numerous adults and children were gathered on the back patio below our room and they popped fireworks until 10:00 p.m. When I got up the next morning and went to take a shower, we did not have any hot water in our room. I went down to the front desk and again no one was at the desk. I had to ring a bell to get someone to come assist me. I was told that they would have someone look into why we did not have any hot water in our room.
We left for the races and did not get back to our hotel room until 9:00 p.m. that night, but the hot water was working when we returned. Once in our room, we noticed right away that we could clearly hear a lot of people, thirteen (13) to be exact, mostly men, right below our room on the "patio" talking and listening to music on a radio. It was obvious that they were drinking alcohol because there were numerous beer cans and liquor bottles all over the tables, on the ground and near a trash can. As the night got later, they began singing, yelling at one another and talking louder. I went down to the front desk to complain, but no one works the front desk past 10:00 p.m. At 1:45 a.m., there were still a lot of people on the patio making noise and playing their radio. I called the front desk and left a message complaining about this being allowed, but no hotel employee ever returned my call. Finally, around 2:30 a.m., the party outside of our "Honeymoon Suite" broke up and they went to bed.
The third night was uneventful and based upon the lack of cars in the parking lot, most people had checked out of the hotel. I asked the desk clerk if the hotel had a computer and printer that I could use to check in for our flight out and to print off our boarding passes, guess what, they don't have that either.
So, if you need a hotel in Hermitage, Missouri and you aren't bothered by not having any hot water in your room, one very small/thin bar of soap, no cell service, no Wi-Fi service, a refrigerator with no shelves that freezes everything you put in it, no front desk help after 10pm, people allowed to stay up partying outside of your window and keeping you awake until 2:30 a.m., then the Clearlight Inn is for you!
However, I HIGHLY suggest that you don't pay the extra money for the "Honeymoon Suite" because it REALLY isn't worth it! read more
