ALL HOTELS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL

When you get into a hotel room, you lock the door, and you know there is a secrecy, there is a luxury, there is fantasy. There is comfort. There is reassurance.

Diane von Furstenberg

Maybe for her and the places she stays. For the rest of us, not always.

Back into cold weather. Brrrrrr

Today we took as a much needed relaxing day.

Lazed around half the morning. Took a drive to Old Orchard Beach

https://oldorchardbeachmaine.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Orchard_Beach,_Maine

and Saco.

https://www.sacomaine.org/community/saco_overview.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saco,_Maine

Ate at IHOP (not great).

Back to Beachmere Inn https://beachmereinn.com/accommodations/and more relaxing.

As this is about my travelling adventures I thought I’d take some time to discuss where we stayed these past few days. Remember these are my thoughts. Others may react quite differently.

Four Days, Three Hotels

Day 1

Quality Inn, Bristol TN

• Not easy to find. But another time we’d go in the proper way, not the back way. Lol
• Reasonably priced
• Clean
• Nice bathroom
• Queen bed but seemed extra large, super
• Comfortable mattress – not too hard – not too soft – just right (like Goldilocks and the Three Bears)
• Soft pillows but they didn’t smuch down too much and lose their shape
• Bed linens were so comfortable I just wanted to wrap myself up in them and snuggle under them forever
• Fantastic night’s sleep
• Complimentary breakfast was the standard fare but certainly enough variety to suit us. Richard got to make a waffle.
• Would stay there again.

Day 2

Quality Inn Arena, Wilkes Barre, PA

• Easy to get to
• Reasonably priced
• Mostly clean. Small pile of gritty dirt in the middle of the floor.
• Clean bathroom: toilet and shower. The sink was in the main room. Weird.
• King bed
• So disappointed in the bed. Very hard.
• Bed linens ok. Not nearly as nice as Day 1’s. Pillows were awful. Flat and hard.
• Not the best sleep.
• Complimentary breakfast. Similar to Day 1’s.
• A plus is that we could walk to Perkins Restaurant as it was right across the hotel’s parking lot. For that reason I’d stay there again. Maybe try a room with a queen size bed to see if it was more comfortable.

Days 3 & 4

Beachmere Inn, Ogunquit, Maine

• Expensive
• Clean
• Had a suite in the Beachmere South building with a fabulous view. Not impressed that the main bedroom was right inside the front door. There was a nice large main room but there were also two single beds in it.
• Bed was comfortable but for me not as comfortable as Day 1’s.
• Bed linens were lovely as were the pillows.
• Disappointingly the restaurant was not open Monday morning. Complimentary breakfast is only available Tuesday and Wednesday but the restaurant doesn’t open until 7:30. Too late for us as we’re out of here at 6:30 tomorrow morning.
• Cold in our suite and couldn’t get the thermostat to increase the temperature. Maintenance came but all he did was move one of the single beds out from the baseboard radiator to let the air circulate and it didn’t help. Dressed warmer and under a blanket.
• We’ve previously stayed at the Beachmere quite a few times but in a different building, The Victorian. That suite was much, much nicer but I did love that our suite this time had an outstanding ocean view from our main room.
• Over the years we’ve found that the service has gradually deteriorated. Sad when that happens. In past years (pre Covid) a complimentary breakfast buffet was offered every morning including the most extraordinary homemade granola. Not any more. The rooms are more run down. They’re showing the wear and tear. The front staff don’t seem to be up to the same standard. Before they were very professional, classy, like you’d see in the movies. They made you feel like you were a valued guest. Now the service is like any other cheaper hotel chain, minimal. C’est la vie.
• Five Star Hotels – Rick Moranis

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