We rented both high gear and low gear for a large family gathering and it was great! The living and…read morekitchen area in the back seamlessly accommodated meals for 20, and it was winter so we didn't even use the outdoor table. The decor is very sweet and the small touches made guest feel very welcome. The swinging chairs on the 2nd floor were a hit with all ages. This is a fantastic place for a big gathering.

My family and I have been staying in High Gear on Alberta St. for a month now and will be here for…read morea month more. We are in the process of moving to Portland and needed a place to settle while we worked on purchasing a house. Michelle was fast to respond when I first sent an inquiry and was incredibly helpful and friendly. We were able to set up a one-month rental with the ability to extend if needed, which we did end up doing! The house is working out perfectly for our family of three (five if you count our dogs, which we were so thankful were allowed to stay here as well). Everything is fresh and new and clean, open and full of light. There is plenty of room for us to stretch out and relax, and our teenage daughter has plenty of space to herself. Even though we arrived while Portland was still in full pandemic closure mode, we enjoyed walking around outside and up and down Alberta St. As we entered Phase 1 and places began to open up, we have been having an even better time. I had my first post-quarantine pedicure in three months just a block away at Alberta Nails & Spa and it was fabulous! We have ordered takeout from multiple local restaurants and everything we have had is terrific. We're happy to have such a comfortable, spacious house to stay in for another month while we prepare to close on our new home.

Bluebird Guesthouse is a wonderful place to stay if you want to drop into the Hawthorne / Division…read moreneighborhood vibe for a few days. Wonderful location on Division, near great eating (pie, pizza, speakeasy, ice cream, and more!) and fun shops (vintage, more vintage, black owned bookstore, and more!). Walking distance to the heart of Hawthorne too! The house itself is like a classic "bed and breakfast" shared house. Baked goods and coffee available all day, fridge space for your leftovers and booze, plus bonus for long stays: you can use the washer and dryer! Cozy nooks for eating, front porch with swing, comfy couch in the parlor. Friendly staff, and friendly fellow guests, & comfy rooms -tho we were in a basement room, not the best view from there. I would definitely seek this guesthouse out if & when we're visiting the area again!

Overall score: 4…read more Customer Service: 5 Location: 5 Parking: 3 Cleanliness: 4 Reservations: 5 Comfort: 4 We stayed last night at this lodging location, while we were visiting the Portland area. We made our reservations a few weeks ago, and the process was seamless and very easy. Everything was contactless and we received an email from the staff on how to access the house. Our email instructions included our room and private bathroom details. The parking situation is very challenging because they don't have on site parking. There is nearby street parking within 1-2 blocks. This lodging is within walking distance to many nearby restaurants, shops, and bars. The rooms are warm and cozy, but not very accessible for handicapped people. Overall our lodging experience was very good and I'm sure we would return for another visit. Tip: Enforce or put a sign in your driveway "Don't Block Driveway" so your guest can at least load bags. Parking is not good at all. I saw others homes in area that had signs stated the obvious. There are alot of steps. Don't stay here if you can't handle stairs or parking issues in this area. Other than that, enjoyed my stay. @glampedlife

This was my first visit and stay at WorldMark Portland in the Old Town/Chinatown area (7/8/26 to…read more7/10/26). The property faces Waterfront Park along SW Naito Parkway at the corner of SW Pine St. I was able to book this brief stay online on 6/26/26. After parking nearby, the perimeter and entrance was clean and staffed with upbeat doormen. I checked in around 530pm Wednesday at the front desk and then was directed to the concierge area where I received a VIP gift, helpful tips and recommendations which was greatly appreciated. I wished I had noted her name - she was a standout with her professional and personable demeanor. I checked out by 845am Friday and it was straightforward. I stayed at a studio unit while reacquainting myself with Portland. After WorldMark/Wyndham stays at Depoe Bay, OR in 2024 and Long Beach, WA in 2025, this was a welcomed improvement. The main lobby was clean with pleasant indoor decor and seating. There's also a mini market, exercise, and laundry facilities on the main level. I appreciated the information kiosk area where one can pick up maps, activity, and destination flyers. Overall a well maintained property from perimeter, entrance, lobby, elevators, and the room I stayed in. Despite that I was within proximity of the elevator, my stay was safe and comfortable. Quiet, respectful guests above, below, and adjacent sides. Good sound proofing with faint traffic noise (just some random fireworks and an early AM train) and light blocking blinds. My studio room had a well appointed bathroom (great shower!), streamlined but well stocked kitchenette, nice modern layout with the furniture, lighting, AC, and flat screen (great viewing of a FIFA World Cup match). I appreciated that the Murphy bed was already pulled down, couch cushions set aside. However, the bed itself was not comfortable. I later found out upon checkout, that a board could have been provided to add more support. Next year, all rooms with this set up will be replaced with new mattresses. There's also limited and oddly placed outlets. Pro tip: there is no onsite parking. Valet parking is $50/day. I ended up using the AirGarage at 95 SW Pine St, which is literally around the corner and across the street from WorldMark PDX. One can book online via airgarage.com or use the QR code or pay station at the corner. I paid $19.50/day with a 65 cents payment processing fee. The night before checkout, I moved my car before midnight and found a street parking spot adjacent to WorldMark PDX. No payment required overnight. I had downloaded the Parking Kitty app and screenshot the specific parking area number. Starting at 8am, parking payment is required. Checkout from WorldMark is 11am. There are various sights, retail businesses, and cafes/bars/restaurants nearby. Folks get around on foot, roller blade/skates, bike, bus, and streetcar, light rail, and car. I did not see much in the way of rentable lime bikes or scooters, or uber lifts. Just exercise common sense and be aware of your surroundings when out and about. Decent location for an urban getaway.

What a joke. Just like every Wyndham/Worldmark property. Always lipstick on a pig. Attractive rooms…read moreto look at, but I guess our point level only gets us a Murphy bed. Not a real bed. The mattress sags in every direction so we feel like we are upside down or on top of each other because it's a cheap horrible mattress. The staff is super nice until you tell them you don't want to attend a members presentation because you just want to be on vacation. Parking is a ridiculous $50 a day but they will waive that if you go to a members presentation. Want a dinner reservation? Sure, but you have to go to a members presentation. Not even water in the room. Probably could get some if we go to a members presentation. Owning Wyndham has been a waste of $30,000 and 10 years of our lives. It's a joke. I'd rather save all year and go stay at a Marriott. At least I know what I'm going to get, my money is as good as anyone else's and I don't have to go to a members presentation. Location is amazing. I posted a picture of the "box spring" frame on the horrible Murphy bed. Zero support. Your body sinks into this gaping hole. We actually put the ironing board in here which helped minimally. Absolute joke of a hotel group. Who would do this to their guests? Oh yeah, a predatory timeshare company would.

This inn is located in industrial Parkrose but it feels safe there so like at least one reviewer…read morehere says, don't let the location put you off. Nordic is one of a handful of the motels near the airport in this area. We just needed a place with a bed to take a break from sleeping on the couches for a four nights while waiting on movers and this one has the best reviews. The rate is cheap and the rooms are fine for the price. I booked single queen room #12 which had a full kitchen (no pots or utensils included), a Murphy style ironing board and iron on the wall, a moderately comfortable bed and a TV. The only downside is the internet which was painfully slow especially in the late night hours we stayed in the room. There's also no dead bolt and no way to tell housekeeping you're sleeping so you need to make sure you talk to the front desk if you intend to sleep in. They also don't provide tissues so either bring your own if you have allergies or plan to keep a roll of tp at your bedside. That was a first for me! Signs everywhere tell you to park head in which was odd and some people still didn't listen (not us). I didn't see tickets on any cars so I don't know how strictly they monitor their limited set of spots. I'd stay again if I needed cheaper long term digs by PDX.

I'm not thrilled about the location, but it's extremely well maintained and comfortable…read more It's fine for a quick overnight stay, I found a nice local pub a couple blocks away, but don't walk there at night. The homelessness is real here.

Surely one of the best family stay hotels specially with kids in the heartland of the Portland -…read morewithin walking distance of all amazing restaurants , shopping and the fabulous Powell book store. The highlight of this hotel is the complimentary breakfast with slight change in menus every single day - sausages to scrambled eggs to potatoes to waffles etc. and the best is coffee, tea and water available in the front lobby all day. The hotel has 24 hr gym and super kids friendly swimming pool but could not use this. The top floor patio was amazing and also the global market grocery store next door. Highly recommended!!

This was an odd stay: at about 9:30 pm, we received a knock on our hotel room door. A man with…read morewalkie-talkie stood beyond the peep hole. I asked if I could help him and he excitedly responded, "Oh! Em, I'm just confirming that this room is occupied." I assured him it was and he scurried off down the hallway talking to someone on his radio. This was before the literal garbage fire. The hotel sits on the edge of less than savory part of town. In fact, our room overlooked a park that is frequented by unhoused people. This, in and of itself, wasn't a problem -- this part of town has several drop in clinics that become gathering points for unhoused people. It became a problem when, at 11 pm, I opened the curtains for one last look at the city, only to be treated by a trashcan in the park outside our window spewing smoke. Just as I picked up the phone to call Guest Services, the thing erupted into flames. There are trees in this park whose trunks are firmly planted in the turf across the street, but whose limbs brush against the hotel, so I wanted to be sure this was resolved before going to bed. When I told guest services about the fire, I was challenge with, "well, is it on hotel property?" I explained it wasn't, but it was just outside of our window, and the front desk staff advised me to call the non emergency line for the fire department. Now, we're from out of town -- thus our needing a hotel to sleep in for the night -- and deferring to the out-of-towners to report a fire close to the hotel seems a bit less than responsible; we don't know street names, or of this is a common enough occurrence with which to bother the fire department. I told the the fire department that I had called the front desk, and that they handed the task of calling off to me, and the dispatcher's response was a sarcastic, "oh, that's convenient for them. Well it looks like someone -- not your hotel -- called the fire in, so the firefighters are already en route." Was this an anomalous chain of very strange events? Maybe. But it's all left us feeling a more than a little uneasy.

My husband and I used Shelly's service to book our trip to Cabo, she was wonderful! We did a little…read moreresearch on our own about where we wanted to stay and gave her the dates and she booked everything for us. It was so nice to not have to stress about anything, she arranged transportation between the airport and resort as well, and then we booked some excursions through that same company when we checked in. It was our first time in Cabo and we were able to relax and enjoy thanks to Shelly's arrangement of the trip. We'll use her again for our future travels!

Shelly was great. She was very accommodating and put our Cabo vacation together for us and 3 other…read morecouples without a hitch. Everything turned out great including her advice through the process. She made the planning and travel worry free. We will be using her again.

We recently booked with Vacasa Arizona-- attached is our review of the rental below…read more This is a really nice rental. Modern, clean, well maintained. Stocked very well as far as blankets, kitchen items, soaps, etc. The decor and furnishings felt higher-end and the beds were very comfortable. The master shower is very big! Not to mention, the backyard was absolutely beautiful, the pool was very clean and it just felt so serene. The house was in a great location-- central to almost everything. There weren't any huge negatives, but a few things to note. Dirty sheets were left in the washer (didn't smell good), the carpet is a bit worn, and the shower curtain liner in the smaller bathroom is pretty ripped and needs replaced. Toilet paper was very low-quality as well. Communication was more automated than I'm used to (large company) but the info provided was helpful and I had no issues. I would definitely consider staying at this spacious and centrally-located rental again. We felt it was decently affordable compared to other options nearby.

Do not rent from VACASA. I booked a home in SoCal for 30 days and they cancelled on me months…read moreafter booking. They offered alternative accommodations hundreds of miles from my destination and no compensation for the impact to my family vacation plans. I would rate them a big 0 for lack of customer support and satisfaction.

The best company ever. Locally owned, run by a sweet couple, extremely accommodating, excellent…read moreservice. I rented from them many times for Many Oregon road trips and can't recommend them enough. I haven't been in Oregon in a while and I miss them actually. There are not many companies where you get a person on the phone or by email instead of a robot anymore, and this place is one of them. What a gem. I will always use their service when I get the chance. Thank you Steve and Norma.

I don't have a credit card, I like to keep it cash after the financial crash of '08. (I also don't…read moreown a cellphone which means I'm used to being treated like a weirdo) usually this posed no issue for me whatsoever -- even when renting a car. That's because places like Budget rent-a-car have let me rent vehicles in the past by just letting them place a $250 hold on funds in my account, in addition to prepaying my rental. Except this time. For some reason (I think because it's been so long since I had a credit card, that my rating is low now due to no recent credit history) they denied my ability to rent from them. But not until I had already made the reservation and prepaid the charges, weeks before. When I showed up to the rental counter (the day before my family and I were to leave for Disneyland) Budget told us no go! Ugh. Our little 2004 Kia Rio is fine for the occasional grocery shopping trip around town but with no AC, manual steering and some pretty uncomfortable seats, we really didn't want to take our chances in the heat on the grapevine driving down to Cali. We were so distraught and trying to brainstorm options (like asking a friend to take the risk of renting it in their name and letting us use it for the trip -- something we REALLY didn't want to do.) That's when the girls at the Budget counter told us about Steve from Crown Auto Rental. They gave us his number and even encouraged us to call him from their phone (I think they felt sorry for our little one, sitting dejected in the corner of their lobby.) We called Steve and he happened to be close by. He quickly crunched some numbers and came up with several options for us for our trip, no credit card needed. Steve picked us up from Budget and took us back to his office on 105th and NE Sandy. He offered us a mini-van and a Taurus, for just a couple hundred more than our pre-paid Budget reservation (still $200 less than a last minute Budget res at the same time.) He took a $150 hold on funds (instead of Budget's $250) as a deposit on the car and he let us take it out of state (an exception he doesn't normally make.) Basically, Steve and Norma saved our whole vacation (and we hadn't had one in 8 years!) the car was great, ran well and got us to and from our destination in one piece and we didn't have to run around awkwardly asking our friends to put their financial livelihoods on the line for our vacation. These are good people -- with good intentions and a smart business model and I highly recommend them to anyone who has trouble renting from a traditional car company or anyone who likes to support a local business with a heart. I know Crown will be our first call the next time we need a car. I can't say enough good stuff. *Oh! and they promptly refunded the $150 hold once we returned the car in good condition. Awesome experience all around.

Why is there only one email account for this rental? I have been waiting to hear back from…read more"Patrick" for weeks now, and have been unable to find any other email but the office@starmetro.com account. For records keeping and disability reasons I only have communications via email and No where can i find a better email to reach this property at!!!

They started ghosting me once they had a deposit that I'm trying to get transferred/used. Prior to…read morethis, they were constantly responding to emails and texts and now silence. I really don't respect businesses like this