I wanted to write this review when we stayed here last ski season (January 2017), but did not get around to it. This place is in decent shape and nicely located for what it is...a 2.5ish star hotel. It has clean rooms. The two hot tubs could be better...the inside tub had no (working) jets and on the outdoor tub, the jets were not forceful enough. For breakfast, there isn't nearly enough seating to accommodate everyone who might show up for breaksfast during high season when the place is very likely going to be full. However, it is what it is.
My problem is with the staff, particularly a gem named Caitlin. When I was checking in, she was waiting on someone else. When she finished, she turns her back to me and says nothing, then spends five minutes near the rear of the front section, dropping items into small ziplock bags. She then turns around and says, quizzically, "Was there something you needed help with?" I tell her that yes, I have a reservation. She looks me up on the computer, then says, "You didn't pay for your room in advance, and the rate has gone up from $1007 to $1013...did you still want that room?" I am totally serious. Her tone was markedly officious. She gave me a card to fill out and the card asked for the make and model of our car, as well as the license plate. My girlfriend had dropped me off and was parking the car. I filled in the make and model and told Caitlin I wasn't sure of the license plate number, because the car was a rental. I told her I would get it later when we went out for dinner. She replied, "I can't let you do that, I am going to need you go out to the car and get that license plate number; we need to have that." (this is the first time this has EVER happened to me at a hotel). So I did what she asked. After I got my room keys, I told her I was unhappy with the way she had let me stand there for five minutes, and said that she could have at least told me, "I need to take care of something, I will be right with you." She replied by saying, "I thought you were with the others." This was even though they stood in tandem leaning on the counter and I was standing behind them and at least five feet to their left.
We got to the room and when my girlfriend went to wash her face, the sink was clogged. We called back down to the front desk and got, guess who...Caitlin. We were told that there was no one on duty who could help us and she would be glad to change our room (it was only about 5 in the afternoon...we are not talking 1 am). We had already unpacked everything, filling all of the drawers, and laying out our clothes for the next day, and told her this would be a huge inconvenience. She repeated that there was nothing she could do before the next day. We asked for the manager's phone number. We were given his number. My girlfriend spoke with him and he was super belligerent, continuing to ask, "What do you want me to do?" She replied, "I want you to give me the services I paid for and that would reasonably include a working sink." He hung up on her. Five minutes later, unannounced, a maintenance man shows up at our door. Now, I have nothing against people who don't have command of English, but he knew not a word and he spoke to us loudly in his own language. He then took out a plunger which had been God knows where, and started to plunge the bathroom sink. Soon, there was a foul, fetid smell, as filthy water started to come back up through the drain. I asked (and motioned) for him to stop. My girlfriend went downstairs and got into a huge row with Caitlin. She (girlfriend) then comes back upstairs in tears and tells me, "That woman is an awful human being." I call down again and at that point, Caitlin says, "I want you to leave." Mind you, my girlfriend is African-American (the only non-white guest I saw during our stay there, outside of hotel workers while we were there...so imagine how this looks. I have no way of knowing if this was intentional, but it certainly doesn't look good for this outfit). I told Caitlin we were not going to leave and that it was an absolute outrage for her to even suggest such a thing.
Needless to say, the rest of our stay there was ruined, as I had to pass by this woman nearly every time I walked in and out of the hotel. I tried to not deal with her and was largely successful, but I can't see either of us returning here.
The gentleman did fix the sink. I asked him to return with cleaning supplies and remove the remnants of the mess he had made and he did so. We ended up giving him a small tip...I don't recall how much, but certainly none of this was his fault. read more