Brook C.
Yelp
The Campfire Hotel, while nicely updated in the common areas, fell below my (already not very high) expectations.
Pros:
- Updated features
- Convenience of being downtown
Cons:
- Thin walls
- No parking for guests
- No monitoring by staff and no response to complaints (meaning parking lot was constantly filled with non-guests so multiple guests were forced to search for parking on the street and there were children screaming/running across the upper level for several hours beyond the quiet hours, every night)
The building seems to be an updated motel, which is fairly obvious from the photos. I don't mind that at all, but they did have some features in the rooms that were not updated.
Our room smelled rather musty, which I never really got used to.
The walls are incredibly thin, but they had complimentary ear plugs on the side table for us. Between the rumbling bass of a neighbors party, completely separate pool party music, kids screaming at all hours and the cars constantly wizzing by on the main road, neither of us slept more than an hour at a time.
There were multiple kids racing each other up and down the upper walkway while screaming, starting at 9:30pm and lasting throughout the night until the early hours. It was an absolute nightmare for us, as we were in Bend to attend a sunrise wedding.
As well, there was absolutely nobody monitoring anything here. There were two people sitting on lawn chairs, smoking weed directly across the front desk (I have no problem with weed- the point being that nothing was being monitored) and the parking lot was so full from other guest's friends that us and several others staying there had to park down the street both nights we were there.
We also couldn't use the pool or sit at the fire either night, because they were fully packed with non-guests.
In fact, beyond check-in, we weren't able to get in contact with or directly speak to any staff members during our stay.
Lastly, they have an envelope in the room, encouraging you to leave tips, which I thought wasn't really necessary, considering this place was just under $700 for two nights of bare-minimum service.
The convenience of this place wasn't worth it for us, since the air quality ended up being hazardous and we couldn't walk to the places we wanted to walk to.
In the end, we attended the event we needed to attend and that's all that really matters, however, as somebody who works really hard for the money they've earned and has worked in customer service positions for many years, I can't begin to express the frustration of spending hard-earned money on trash service.
We won't ever stay here again, but if you're a non-guest trying to hang out at the fire and pool, I'm sure you'll have a great time.