I am not like most, and I won't write a negative review. The same if someone asks me for a reference, you get a good reference or none at all.
But I can talk about it here.
We rented on Aer-mattress - you know the one.
We drove all day with pets. Arrived to no sheets on the beds. Had to search for them. Welcome book said "if you didn't bring your own..." and I found a set to use. Made the bed. Was really put off, as we had to get there unpack after leaving at 5am, and still go out to get groceries.
And then the other shoe fell, there was soap in the shower. Well YOU AND I know what that means, it wasn't cleaned. Would the average person think this, perhaps, but we KNOW this.
Then part 3 is this 3 bedroom house had everything you could ever want or ask plus more. I mean literally ten wine openers, three cheese graters, beer koozies, bbq, recycling, WIFI, Wii, chromecast, on and on. Every inch has some shaggy chic decor (and I called it garage sale chic or shaggy without the chic) while there. Not enough space for your own stuff with a big seashell on an end table, etc.
But there was a reason...we were road weary and were not going to rock the boat, we just wanted to rest. I share this part as we many times here think that everything is peachy, since no-one ever said anything.
I went back to the check-in book and saw it said to strip beds and put in washer and then into dryer before leaving... and I laughed out loud and said "Not on your life." When I went to do a load of my own (nice they had a washer and dryer too) I found still-wet sheets in the dryer from the week before and towels in the washer. So i would have to move it all dry the sheets to do my own laundry. Nope, not doing sheets, thank you very much, after 8-9 months of doing them solid.
At that point, I thought about the review I would leave. Then I read some stupid quote on Twitter that very day that was more of a fortune straight out of a fortune cookie that said:
"Consider what you are about to do and how it would make you feel"
Dang. I thought, I won't do it. I will let the owner know, but not the world. So that is what I did.
I always say travel is good for innkeepers, we see what it is like to be OUT there vs in here greeting the arrivals. It is good to see how we deal with bumps in the road, and so on.
I hope this post has helped someone. Just because you feel like you need to say something, write something doesn't mean you should. Innkeepers like to fix everything, we do it 24/7. Sometimes we need to just let sleeping dogs lie, or in this case, road weary travelers.
PS also on the drive we thought about the past guests we have had over the last 13 years, and the nasty weasels came to the surface, easily. Those who tried to make our life hell. The mean spirited bad guests, not just the needy pitas. I am sure this family has had to deal with those too, so for that purpose I did not write a bad review, I did not write a review, period.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
May it be a year of wise choices.
But I can talk about it here.
We rented on Aer-mattress - you know the one.
We drove all day with pets. Arrived to no sheets on the beds. Had to search for them. Welcome book said "if you didn't bring your own..." and I found a set to use. Made the bed. Was really put off, as we had to get there unpack after leaving at 5am, and still go out to get groceries.
And then the other shoe fell, there was soap in the shower. Well YOU AND I know what that means, it wasn't cleaned. Would the average person think this, perhaps, but we KNOW this.
Then part 3 is this 3 bedroom house had everything you could ever want or ask plus more. I mean literally ten wine openers, three cheese graters, beer koozies, bbq, recycling, WIFI, Wii, chromecast, on and on. Every inch has some shaggy chic decor (and I called it garage sale chic or shaggy without the chic) while there. Not enough space for your own stuff with a big seashell on an end table, etc.
- Owners super nice family (over 2000 excellent reviews - only a couple bad or semi bad stating it was not clean enough. But that was due to location location - people put up with it because of the location)
- Communication good
- Cleanliness poor
But there was a reason...we were road weary and were not going to rock the boat, we just wanted to rest. I share this part as we many times here think that everything is peachy, since no-one ever said anything.
I went back to the check-in book and saw it said to strip beds and put in washer and then into dryer before leaving... and I laughed out loud and said "Not on your life." When I went to do a load of my own (nice they had a washer and dryer too) I found still-wet sheets in the dryer from the week before and towels in the washer. So i would have to move it all dry the sheets to do my own laundry. Nope, not doing sheets, thank you very much, after 8-9 months of doing them solid.
At that point, I thought about the review I would leave. Then I read some stupid quote on Twitter that very day that was more of a fortune straight out of a fortune cookie that said:
"Consider what you are about to do and how it would make you feel"
Dang. I thought, I won't do it. I will let the owner know, but not the world. So that is what I did.
I always say travel is good for innkeepers, we see what it is like to be OUT there vs in here greeting the arrivals. It is good to see how we deal with bumps in the road, and so on.
I hope this post has helped someone. Just because you feel like you need to say something, write something doesn't mean you should. Innkeepers like to fix everything, we do it 24/7. Sometimes we need to just let sleeping dogs lie, or in this case, road weary travelers.
PS also on the drive we thought about the past guests we have had over the last 13 years, and the nasty weasels came to the surface, easily. Those who tried to make our life hell. The mean spirited bad guests, not just the needy pitas. I am sure this family has had to deal with those too, so for that purpose I did not write a bad review, I did not write a review, period.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
May it be a year of wise choices.