“Won't ever make this mistake again!”
I didn’t realize when I booked that my room wouldn’t have an en‑suite bathroom; I only found out it was a historic building with shared baths for some rooms. I’ve slept in military billets and national park historic hotels before, so it wasn’t a huge issue until I saw I was paying over $200. The moment I arrived, I was told there was no adjoining bath. The building was scorching hot, hotter inside than outside, and I couldn’t open a window because the screen had large gaping holes. The shades were broken and fell on me when I tried to use them; I fixed them, which was no small feat since the windows are probably 6 feet tall. The box fan I was supposed to use was covered in thick, gross dust. The room looked okay at first, but I started to wonder how much dust was in the rug that was constantly on the floor and other areas, which gave me the heebie‑jeebies. That, mixed with the inability to cool down, made us leave immediately, lose our money, and drive about 30 minutes to the next town for a clean hotel where we got six solid hours of sleep before heading back to Philmont the next day. What I liked about the place was that it could be cool to visit as a historic hotel, but not to stay there. I was also told there was no breakfast service and was given a 10% discount for the general store, which probably wouldn’t have been open at the hour we needed to be up and out. Anything and everything was bad, as the previous comments say. The only thing that worked well was the person at the desk who let me trade rooms because there was one available with a bathroom. We stayed in the Mary Lambert instead. We tried, we really tried to see if we could get ourselves cooled down enough to sleep, but that building was so hot. They lied and say there’s air‑conditioning; it’s only in the hallway. As soon as you close your door all air is cut off. The transom for our room looked like it was in no shape to be opened. After having the rolling shade fall on my head I was not about to try to open that wonky transom which actually opens left to right, not top to bottom. Oh, one other issue that I almost forgot: you weren’t allowed to move the furniture and I needed to use a CPAP machine. All of the nearby outlets were behind furniture. How the hell does that work? They also did not give a good idea for people with disabilities about their lack of elevator. Had I known I might have asked for a lower level room if it was available or called and had a conversation. There is just not enough information to make a well‑educated estimation of what you were going to get. Having checked in at the time of day that we did we were stuck. We needed to turn around and leave early the next morning and needed to be fresh because we were going to be driving a group of kids back home. This is not the place to stay if you don’t want to simply go downstairs and drink your head off until it gets cool enough in the building too enjoy what little amenities there are.
AnnetteIl y a 2 mois