I booked this hotel through an on-line company that offered discounted rates on hotels. However, I looked this hotel up on the web and went directly to their website. It is VERY deceiving. On their site, the hotel looks very elegant and beautiful with a colonial look. The rack rate for this hotel was listed as $149-$189 per night! So...we thought we were getting a real deal for around $80 per night. When we followed their directions, we came concerned when we started driving into a rather bad part of town, very commerical. the "colonial" hotel sets right on the street with a narrow circle drive in the front. The hotel was built in the 1040's and it looks like it has not been painted or updated in about 20 years. The front desk is very un-appealing - very institutional for lack of a better description. The front desk clerk told me that they were sold out the night before (surprise!!) and we could not check in before the 3pm checkin time. When we arrived around noon, they did however, allow us to use their restrooms to change clothes and then stored our luggage for us. When we came back, I wanted to see the room. He told me that since we were staying with them for a week, he could upgrade me to a 2-room suite! I said that was very nice, but could I see the room? Another gentleman took me to see this suite which ended up being 2 rooms, one with 2 beds in it and one with a worn out couch, curtains falling off the windows and a torn up table and chairs in the middle of the room! He took me to another "suite" and it looked the same. We had paid for the room in advance in total, so I ended up taking the standard room with 2 beds - it was the "best" of the three rooms I looked. The bedspreads were faded, bedskirts wrinkled and dirty and the carpet was soiled. So.....let this be a warning, don't always trust a hotel's website - they are not always correct! I would not recommend this hotel even to someone just staying overnight. It is worth about $30-$40 per night and is not as advertised. I feel confident that in it's heyday, it was a beautiful hotel. They even had a display that showed the hotel in the 40's and pictures of the celebrities that had stayed here - Bob Hope, to name one. But...it needs millions in renovations!
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