Ugh. Where do I begin?
Right off the bat I see the reviews for this place and think to myself "what did my wife do?" But she reserved a room here so I'll reserve judgement until we get to the room and experience SOMETHING.
You walk in and someone walking out says "oh don't bother with the key card on the door, it's just open". Well that's red flag #1.
Walking through the halls it's overly warm and humid. Clearly no AC in the place and there's a smell. Red flag #2.
We get to the room and it's nice and cool from the AC, so inside the rooms the AC works, so that's a plus. But hey - wrong room! We reserved a double Queen, not a King and pull-out sofa. We call the front desk and apparently this is the only room they have and Expedia messed up because they don't have double Queens here. Huh. Red flag #3.
I'm getting comfortable in the room and suddenly my 4-year old screams "AH, A BUG!". Okay. This is getting to be too much. I go over and sure enough, yeah it's a cockroach. Not huge, one of the thinner ones, but crawling all over the night stand next to the bed. Red flag #4.
Then my kids all realize there's a pool. I look out the window and it's still light enough outside to see ALL THE ALGAE completely covering the pool. How exceptionally disappointing after hyping up swimming pool time with my kids. No way I'm touching that thing. Red flag #5.
After getting rid of the roach I decide to tear apart the room while my wife sees if we can get a refund and look for another hotel. Unfortunately because it's through Expedia they aren't allowed to refund without manager approval and that comes in the morning. We can't afford another hotel room outright and Expedia is only offering a partial. Great. I guess we're here for the night. Luckily I didn't find anything else, but hey the fold out bed from the sofa is completely encased in plastic with no sheets or anything. Gotta make a trip downstairs.
Out in the hall again I realize just how warm the rest of the hotel is. I decide to get a closer look at the pool. Maybe I was too quick to judge. I get outside and by this time the sun has gone down. I didn't realize until later that THERE'S NO LIGHTS ON ANYWHERE. It's dark and not a sign, not a light, just nothing. But in the moonlight I can see floating bandaids in the hot tub shaped like Texas and the algae from the swimming pool is caked. Good lord.
I get to the front desk, ask for bedding, she goes to get some down the hall and I follow so she doesn't have to drag everything to me. I get to the door she left wide open and it's a mess back there. Whatever, I'm sure most places try to hide the mess, but clearly she didn't care much. Then she tells me she accidentally locked the door to where the comforters are and she doesn't have a key, so she gives me two mattress covers. This is frustrating but not a deal killer. So whatever.
Get back to the room. Set up the bed, sleep. Nothing eventful happened.
Morning time! We all get up and dressed and go down for....wait where's breakfast? It's a good two hours before it ends and the place looks cleaned out. No eggs, no bacon/sausage, no potatoes, not even a container for the waffle mix. I start heading up front to say something but someone else comes back and says they already mentioned it. Then someone comes and starts bringing stuff out. Like, really? Red flag #6.
After a VERY LONG wait with hungry children we finally get food. I walk back over to the food and notice another roach on the floor, this time stepped on and squished. Gross. And by the food. My appetite is disappearing. Red flag #7.
We finally get food for everyone and my kids eat slow. Also with three that are spread out in age their appetites are bigger than mine, so it's one thing after another. Suddenly the crew arrives to break things down. Oh, it's time for breakfast to be over? Nobody said anything, they just started taking things away. No heads up, no last calls, just see ya! Meanwhile my kids are still eating. Sorry dude, orange juice just got taken away. Oh and there goes the bread for toast.
I lost count of the BS from this place. Never again. You couldn't pay me to come back. read more