D an I traveled all day yesterday; flew to Houston and then on to Ft. Lauderdale, arriving around 10:30 PM. The weather was lovely, breezy and 60ish and we enjoyed the feeling we'd finally arrived, had one night to spend and then.....off on week long cruise. Although we were hungry (no food on airlines these days), that was the only vaguely uncomfortable feeling. We figured we'd find someplace to catch a quick bite before turning in for the night.
Nothing in this room of ours worked properly; from the lock on the door to the bathroom sink. A funky musty smelling cramped space with an air conditioner that required a stiff kick periodically to quit making a grinding sound, a bag of a prior guest's food in the microwave, and burned out light bulbs were but some of the wonders of room 127. If this was an inexpensive room for the night, I'd (maybe) understand but this was not the super cheap deal of the season by any means. We've staying in Comfort Inns in Washington that were no four star resorts but were at least well maintained and functional.
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| Loose hardware on the locking mechanism |
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| 5 minutes after the water ran in the sink |
This is our third stay in a Ft. Lauderdale hotel; next time we'll finally get it: no more overnights in places adjacent to the cruise terminal.
Bon Voyage!
Kate,
ReplyDeleteThis calls for a big long KLM letter with photos. Go for it. Have good days on the cruise.
Sounds truly terrible! Here's hoping the cruise is a drastic improvement.
ReplyDeleteUgh! My bus-and-truck theatre touring days were filled with crappy hotels - like the one they booked us into in Buffalo that turned out to be the popular choice for hookers to entertain their johns in - no wonder the company manager got such good rates! And once driving through Idaho on I90, my husband and I stayed in a place so creepy we really were afraid for our safety - we were traveling with our dog, which at least gave us some assurance.
ReplyDeleteRecently, we broke up our return trip from Paris with a night stayover in Atlanta at the airport Sheraton, a tired and frowzy joint in need of a makeover. Quite the let-down after a first-class ticket on Air France!
Hahahaha this did give me a good laugh. Reminds me of my past blogging about my ghetto room at 'il paradiso' aka The Paradise in Florence. My fav part about the post is the leftover food from previous guest in microwave. I wish you took a pic of that ! Did you complain about thE service at all?
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