Checked into my hotel. Went to my room and found that is resembled that of a halfway house or rescue mission. The furnishings were beyond old. Meaning the couch had holes (VERY LARGE HOLES), the lamp had holes (not to mention it was circa 1960) The bed linens were stiff and the comforter was clumpy like it had been around for a long long time. Its not like you sleep with them anyhow, but still, for 90 bucks a night you would think the quality would be higher. Along with the couch and lamp having holes in them, the carpet which was a light blue, had bleach stains, it looked like they tried to ""cover up"" the bleach stains and actually sprayed bleach around the room to make it look ""ty-dye-ish"". The furniture itself was a bunch of Goodwill rejections. The dresser and ""tv stand"" (not really a tv stand, but being used as one) had the finish worn off so much that I got a splinter when I slid my hand across the top of the dresser. The bathroom was old, but tolerable except for the grout peeling off and showing the mold behind it - yuk. After driving 2 1/2 hours with my 3 year old to get to this hotel I decided to try the pool and have some fun since the room was so disappointing. Yea right..... there were no towels, there were 2 teenagers sitting on each others laps giggling, so I am sure the hot tub was then out of commission (well at least in my book), so, I went to the lobby to ask for some pool towels. The guy at the desk with coke bottle glasses said, ""that is all we have"", I told him there were only 2 towels in the room, could I have some extra room towels and he said they did not have anymore. WTF!!!!!!!!!! I then told the clerk that I wanted to cancel my reservation that I was disappointed with my room and with the service (and this all happened within 15-20 minutes of check-in). He told me ""OK, if you are not satisfied"", I asked if he had charged my card and he raised his hands up and rubbed/washed them together and said that he did not, come to find out they already pre-authorized my card and it will now take 3-5 business days to remove. I am not much of a complainer, but I worked really hard to pay for this trip and my 3 year old that was very much looking forward to this trip as well. What a terrible experience. I can't believe this place is open and that people are actually going to stay here! Word of advice, DONT DO IT! For the price you pay, you can absolutely find a better, cleaner, friendlier, less teenage porn type hotel. Like we did after leaving this place. The Hallmark, while under construction was only 20 bucks more, clean and sanitary, quiet and the staff was friendly and very kind to my little one. Moral of this story is SAVE YOUR MONEY, SAVE YOUR HYGENE, SAVE YOUR NERVES and go SOMEWHERE ELSE!
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