My family stayed at the Hurricane Inn for a large family wedding being held outside Waynesboro.
First, the good things:
1. It's obvious that the new owners have put a lot of money into upgrading the accommodations. The building was freshly painted, the mattresses were all new, the linens were fresh and in good shape, and the rooms were generally clean and in good repair.
2. The morning breakfast (included even in the group rate my sister arranged) wasn't bad, but it also wasn't anything to get too excited about. You could make your own waffles and they had fresh bananas available, but the rest of the fare was standard "bulk muffins and cereal from Costco" food. Again, not bad, but not anything special.
3. The owner and desk staff (the owner's son) were very pleasant and quick to respond to calls for whatever was needed. I was attempting to tie some furniture to my car's roof rack and the son found a step stool I could use, so +1 for the help!
4. The hotel was located fairly close to the wedding venue. My sister arranged a group rate for guests which was about $25 off the listed book price (but hey -- we filled the place that weekend!). The parking lot and lights were also in good repair and it felt "safe" to be there.
5. The shower had plenty of pressure and hot water.
Alas, there were some problems:
1. The sink/mirror had five light bulb sockets, but there were only two working bulbs! One bulb was burnt out and the other two sockets were empty.
2. Please, please, PLEASE get toilet seats with lids. There was literally no place to put anything down in the bathroom except the sloped toilet tank lid.
3. The bathroom door was not hung properly and therefore was very difficult to open and close.
4. The in-room refrigerators need ventilation! They were in enclosed cabinets and it was very difficult to keep the interior cold. They also had a funky smell, probably from previous guests' food not being cooled properly.
5. Room clean-up was barely noticed. The same trash sat by the ironing board all three days before my wife threw it away when we left. And the bedding was just pulled up without making any noticeable effort to tuck in sheets or blankets.
Soooo... We'll stay there again because it's a reasonably good place to stay and it's locally owned. But the owner may want to loosen the purse strings a bit and get some of the relatively small problems fixed. read more