The weekend of May 23rd 2010 was not a good one and missing my plane flight was only the tip of the iceberg; the Comfort Inn in Gaslamp was the rest of it. I booked a last minute room at the Comfort Inn in Gaslamp expecting the same quality of other Comfort Inns I've stayed at, truth be told, I was sadly mistaken. When I made the reservations, they had mentioned that airport transportation was free, do not believe them, it is free from the airport not to the airport. I was forced to take a taxi that took $15.00 to get to the airport in the morning. Aside from that flagrant lie, it is not the only thing that went wrong. Upon entering the hotel, the lobby looked okay, there was a fish tank with a huge puffer fish in it which was kind of neat, little did I know upon checking out that I would feel horrible for the fish that have to inhabit that hotel. After checking in I proceeded to my room located on the 4th floor by taking the elevator which you swear was going to break down at any given time it was so slow. Upon arriving at my floor and walking down the hallway to my room, I had a lingering suspicion that I was walking straight into a dump. I got to my room and the first thing I noticed after opening the door was an unbearable odor of what seemed to be fecal matter. I could not locate the source of the stench but it seemed to emanate from the carpet. Wherever it came from, it was strong enough to keep me up all night feeling ill. The second thing I noticed was the window that had a air conditioner sticking out of it and upon further inspection, a large gap in between the wall and the window which the gap was large enough to let bugs in. The room was extremely small, very dissapointing as I've stayed at a nicer, larger hotel room for the same price in the past. The bed was tiny, taking up most of the room, the little room you had left to walk was cut short by the sink situated 1 foot or so from the bed, very strange as I've never seen a sink in the bed area, you'd think it would be located in the bathroom? As for the sleeping situation, I slept with my jeans, shirt and socks... Usually I sleep more casual in a hotel but I feared the worst and during the little sleep I did get, I was violently awoken by a horrible itching sensation, I have had fears that I had contact with bedbugs in this room yet nothing has been confirmed. If I could rate this night as a 0, I would as there is no redeeming qualities other than the puffer fish. Avoid this place like the plague!
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