Jonathan D.
Yelp
When you own and operate an old motel in the middle of West Virginia, where the closest competitor is numerous miles away, you can be lazy and not give a damn about your guests and property or choose to invest money and time to provide guests with a decent experience. The former is true of this motel.
A lack of poor planning our part, resulted in us choosing to stay at this Quality Inn property during a recent road trip from Pittsburgh to Charlotte.
We paid $115 (includes taxes) for a double room (#254) on a Friday evening.
Upon check-in, we received a nearly illegible map of the property indicating which building our room was located. In all seriousness, the front desk must copy and recopy copies of the map over and over again. Please stop doing this.
Once we found our room, we were greeted by a large cobweb and spider hanging out near the entryway. We slowly entered to a hot, humid, and stuffy room. We quickly turned the AC on to clear out the stagnant air.
The room was filled with outdated furniture and linens, sitting atop a very noticeable dirty carpet.
The pillows are half the size of a traditional pillow.
The bath tub was leaking water.
We later learned that it is a rule of the hotel to leave the toilet seat up to indicate that it had been cleaned. While the seat was left up, the toilet had visible human waste on the inside.
There was a huge strand of hair in the sink. We also found a huge gray hair underneath one of the pillows in the bed.
We also found that in the case of an emergency, leaving the room quickly would have been an issue as the safety latch would get in the way when opening the door. To exit, we had to hold the latch against the wall and pull open the door.
I contacted the front desk, notified the hotel clerk of the issues, but was not offered another room. Given it was late, we sucked it up and slept decently in the bed.
The significant other checked out the continental breakfast the next morning. He only returned with a half cup of what we both believed might have been coffee, although the stench was repulsive.
I stopped in at the front desk before departing, hoping to speak with a manager, but she wasn't to arrive until closer to 10A. The front desk agent, a young gentleman, was very friendly and considerate (basically the only good thing at the hotel). I asked for a return phone call from the manager, but ended up calling several hours later and spoke with her. She was very friendly and understanding, although quick to call out that no house keepers have long gray hair. But, honestly, I didn't care. There is a reasonable expectation that a room is going to be clean. I asked for a full refund, but she noted that she'd rather me speak with the hotel owner when he returned on Monday. I agreed to that, but noted I'd call on Tuesday since I was travelling.
I also contacted Hotels.com shortly before speaking with the manager. They opened a case regarding the situation, but noted that they would have to speak to the hotel before issuing a refund.
Fast forward two days. I received a voicemail from the manager noting that she spoke to the motel owner and he agreed to offer a full refund. I am very appreciative of the refund, but it was the right thing to do.
I will not return to this motel and would not recommend it to any other future guest.