Decided to head out on a recent holiday weekend. I've stayed in Alvin before at another property. Pictures seemed nice enough so I booked Studio 6 Alvin. Way cheaper than staying in Galveston proper; we're talking $200 plus a night.
GF and I had an amazing steak and lobster lunch in Houston. Shopped around at a few shops before making our way south. We arrive at 2:40PM with a check in time of 3:00pm. They want $10 to check in 20 minutes early?
Let's play the three strikes game. I pay the friggin' $10 and we head to the room. We had a reservation and the air conditioning is NOT on. We are your guests; this is unacceptable so strike one. We throw our bags in the room and head out to let the room cool down.
We're gone nearly 2 hours. Come back and start to unpack; room isn't much cooler. We're also now realizing the room is littered with dead crickets on the floor. Yep, strike two. I goto the front desk and ask for a dustpan and broom.
Clean it up myself. Ask for a refund for the next night as we're not staying here an additional night. About an hour later we're sweating on the bed. Only relief is basically sitting in front of the AC. Pack our stuff, head to the front desk for the refund talk.
Person manning the desk say she will check with the owner about the refund. We go find other accommodations along the gulf highway. The next day I called and they told me know because the maid had to clean the room.
So, said cleaning lady missed all the dead bugs the first time? Actually, we met the exterminator on the way out spraying all the rooms. STRIKE Three. Avoid this place like the plague of crickets it's infested with. read more