Valcour Inn and Boathouse
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This is an un-staffed inn on the banks of Lake Champlain. That is, it appears to be on Lake Champlain only to those high rollers who book the top three rooms that face the lake. If you are banished to the closet-size rear rooms, you might want to re-think your accommodation choice. Yes, the back tiny rooms might be a step up from wilderness camping, but still. I thought I was getting a nice modest room in a lovely inn for an overnight before attending an early a.m. meeting the next day also in Peru. What I did not bank on was a closet-size room that was overheated, barely enough room to walk around the bed, and struggling for over half an hour to get the wifi connected since there was no writing table or chair to do something other than lie in bed, so I thought at least I could watch a new episode of Goliath. No luck with the internet. There's a text number you can call (text) for help, who told me that the rooms in the back don't really have internet connectivity -- despite representations online and in fact even in the room. Joke's on me! Eventually the unnamed texter allowed me to move to a front of the Lake room for the internet. Much of the experience had me mentally comparing it to wilderness camping, as in: well there's running water, which is better than . . . camping outdoors. And it was clean and didn't have me wondering about the person who stayed before. So there's that. But someone in management should sleep in the rooms and see all that is lacking to be comfortable for overnight guests. Here's what they might think about providing in the room for the comfort of future guests: A trash can. A water glass. A shelf in the bathroom for toiletries and the like. Bedside tables with outlets. A box of tissues in the bathroom. Oh and the drains for the sink and shower were SLOW. The shower that is the smallest I have ever experienced is a challenge. There is no way to get out of the way as the water temperature fluctuates greatly from scorching hot to cold. And just try to turn on the water in the shower without it spraying over the bathroom floor! Quite a challenge in the a.m! One hand towel, that's all you get. Fortunately lots of large towels, which are handy to mop up shower water sprayed out to the floor. Oddly the "kitchen" is in the hallway right outside one or two of the rooms (including mine, unfortunately) because if people decide to set up camp over the coffeemaker, you're gonna wake up then because the walls are thin. Same for your next door neighbor's bathroom, which is really your closet. This despite the texter's insistence that the reason the wifi does not work in the back is because of the age of the building and the super-thick walls. Hah! Not in the hallways. But . . . the magnificent view of Lake Champlain in the morning! Almost makes up for the near-camping, rustic, non-luxurious accommodations. But that view does not come cheap. That is if you reserve and pay for the high priced rooms rather than go through the agony of trying to hook up wifi in vain and then complaining and the anonymous person lets you change rooms, which is a route I do not recommend. The downstairs/lobby level is oddly sparsely furnished. They could set the coffee up there since there's a lot of unused space. But I imagine that's the conference center part. Good luck! read more
5 years ago
This is a wasted golden opportunity for a spectacular Inn experience. The location is excellent and appealing on Lake Champlain. There is no Innkeeper on site and this old house, which is beautiful is outdated and dirty. Dust and bugs galore! They also apparently recently refinished the wood floors and the smell of that is overwhelming- as well as drips of the paint on bathroom doors which at first made us think it was blood! Renovation Nation needs to make a visit! read more
