Ugh.
Argh. Not too happy right now...
I didn't make reservations for a hotel in the Soo because we've never really stayed here before - and I wasn't sure which hotels were good. I figured we'd just look around when we got here, and pick one.
We ended up getting a room here at the Water Tower Inn, which is "supposed" to be one of the nicer hotels. The lobby is super nice and there's 2 restaurants, a bar, a giftshop, pool, hot tub (and an outdoor hot tub).... just seemed pretty awesome when we walked in. The price was $120 (which is steeeeeeeeeeep! For us anyway - we usually pay $100 or less for hotels around here). It's more than we wanted to spend, but we checked with the other hotels and they were all around the same price, so we came back here.
Anyway, seems that the reason their rate is so high is because of all the "amenities" here, as the rooms are freaking SHIT! It didn't look TOO bad when we first checked in, so we dropped all our stuff, and went out to eat and walk around a bit. Just now as we're getting comfortable in here we're noticing how crappy it is. The "queen" bed is a double (no biggie, but still), the bathroom is small, the TV is a tiny 13".... so not worth $120 + tax! I don't think I've ever been more disappointed with a hotel (I had to write about it! Haha).
It's clean... I'll give it that, but it's tiny, and everything in it's tiny and not what I would expect for $120. I think the rooms are so expensive because we're so close to the US border - which we never thought about before - but I guess we'll be travelling just to Thunder Bay from now on. We checked 4 hotels before we came back to this one and they were all this price! Gah.
Anyway, I think I'm going to complain in the morning. I don't ever complain about stuff (I mean, in real life, HAHA), but I'm just annoyed at the price of this CLOSET!! Not enough that I want to be switched to a new room (because we unpacked everything right away, and I'm just too lazy now), but I don't want to pay full price. I checked online to see if there were any cheaper rates I could show the front desk person in the AM, but all I can find are prices even HIGHER than what we're paying. Geesh! I wonder what I should say..... PETE!!! Any ideas???? ;)
Anywho, time for bed. I've been up since 5:30am and it's been a longggg day. We're sleeping in tomorrow, getting our doors, and heading back to Marathon around noon probably (it's a 4.5 hour drive).
I didn't make reservations for a hotel in the Soo because we've never really stayed here before - and I wasn't sure which hotels were good. I figured we'd just look around when we got here, and pick one.
We ended up getting a room here at the Water Tower Inn, which is "supposed" to be one of the nicer hotels. The lobby is super nice and there's 2 restaurants, a bar, a giftshop, pool, hot tub (and an outdoor hot tub).... just seemed pretty awesome when we walked in. The price was $120 (which is steeeeeeeeeeep! For us anyway - we usually pay $100 or less for hotels around here). It's more than we wanted to spend, but we checked with the other hotels and they were all around the same price, so we came back here.
Anyway, seems that the reason their rate is so high is because of all the "amenities" here, as the rooms are freaking SHIT! It didn't look TOO bad when we first checked in, so we dropped all our stuff, and went out to eat and walk around a bit. Just now as we're getting comfortable in here we're noticing how crappy it is. The "queen" bed is a double (no biggie, but still), the bathroom is small, the TV is a tiny 13".... so not worth $120 + tax! I don't think I've ever been more disappointed with a hotel (I had to write about it! Haha).
It's clean... I'll give it that, but it's tiny, and everything in it's tiny and not what I would expect for $120. I think the rooms are so expensive because we're so close to the US border - which we never thought about before - but I guess we'll be travelling just to Thunder Bay from now on. We checked 4 hotels before we came back to this one and they were all this price! Gah.
Anyway, I think I'm going to complain in the morning. I don't ever complain about stuff (I mean, in real life, HAHA), but I'm just annoyed at the price of this CLOSET!! Not enough that I want to be switched to a new room (because we unpacked everything right away, and I'm just too lazy now), but I don't want to pay full price. I checked online to see if there were any cheaper rates I could show the front desk person in the AM, but all I can find are prices even HIGHER than what we're paying. Geesh! I wonder what I should say..... PETE!!! Any ideas???? ;)
Anywho, time for bed. I've been up since 5:30am and it's been a longggg day. We're sleeping in tomorrow, getting our doors, and heading back to Marathon around noon probably (it's a 4.5 hour drive).