My stay at Mt Lemmon was the absolute worst experience I've had on a getaway in a long time.
Once receiving a text our cabin was ready, we walk up onto our porch with a whole set of dirty towels hanging over the balcony. Gross. The dishes were maybe rinsed with water, if that. Still covered in food residue and lipstick. We tried to give them the benefit of the doubt and went on with our day.
Time to shower and get ready for bed... the shower is dirty and covered in hair. Like it wasn't even looked at during their last check out cleaning.
Start climbing into bed.. greeted with hair and stains. Pull out the couch bed.. greeted with stains and food crumbs.
I booked a pet friendly cabin for our pups, which you have to pay an extra pet fee for, which is normal, but if you charge that, then at least make the fenced area free of 2FT weeds, and if you are going to put out water/food bowls (kind gesture) then leave them clean without spider webs and dirt.
Clearly, we finally had enough and went to contact the office. Well there's no office or no one at all who manages the site. You have to TEXT the provided number because they cannot accept phone calls. When finally getting someone to call me, which was the owner, we were instructed to walk to another cabin that was vacant and "cleaned" to grab new linens and whatever we needed. Cabin 5, was in worse shape than ours. I informed the owner. At this point just over it and very frustrated. I expressed this to the owner and the next solution was being told I'd be fully refunded if I left that night. At 11:30pm, all the way back to the valley, at 11:30pm. Which full refund - okay, fair. But still missing the point that not just our cabin is filthy but so was the one you directed us to and no one there on site to bring clean ones or help..
We decided to stay and covered up with our hoodies and the cleanest looking towels we could find as blankets. Owner informed us that the cleaners would be there first thing at 10am.
So next morning, they don't get there until right before 11am. They did come straight to us, but with only a vacuum, some cleaning spray and a microfiber cloth.. goes straight to the shower with said cleaning spray and microfiber cloth to "clean" the shower. Anyone who cleans their shower knows that the build up requires a good scrub.. this cleaner sprayed twice and used that towel to do a quick wipe. Then confesses the shower only gets scrub-cleaned 1-2 a month and that they didn't have a scrub to clean on site. (I HAVE NEVER STAYED SOMEWHERE WITH SUCH A DIRTY SHOWER FLOOR). Straight up had to turn our sandals into shower shoes in order to shower.
This turned into a very long review.. But to conclude, I suggest someone on site at all times, or at least a number you can actually call, and the owners actually driving up to see what their business looks like. Managing their cleaners stricter. Or just drop their prices if you don't care about standards. After the cleaners left, and I explained to the owner that he admitted never cleaning showers and that his hair tends to get everywhere. We were offered a refund for our final night and we did take the offer and unfortunately cut our trip one day short.
We have been trying to make a trip to these cabins since they've opened. We were so excited to come. And just turned out extremely disappointed. read more