My initial conversation with marjorie was so nice and she seemed so reliable, I decided to book with her, when two other ranches that I had gone to were already booked.
I wish I had looked around more.
My fault, based on other places I'd been to, I assumed there would be some food, but no, nothing. That means you have to drive everyday to buy meals, because you have no fridge and no microwave, and no ice. One day I bought a bag of ice and laid it in the tub so I could have breakfast without driving. There's an old Mr coffee pot which makes horrible coffee and you have to ask for new creamers everyday. There are two pools, one of which, the warmer one was drained, during my visit and so I swam once and cleaned the top of the pool beforehand. I didn't feel as if I was staying at a hotel or ranch, but as if, I was staying at someone's cabin on an Airbnb.
It's my fault that I didn't ask about the food, but if I had a hotel or ranch, I'd lay out some fruit or cookies or something, because otherwise you're driving to Salida or Buena Vista everyday for meals. That's not very realistic considering you are coming there to get away.
The problem is there isn't any service at all at DVR and the bare necessities aren't provided, as they should be. Combo, shampoo and conditioner isn't going to work on my hair.
One time I walked in the kitchen looking for ice, which I was told I could do, and got ice eyes from the person in the kitchen, but no ice. The machine wasn't on. I know I asked for a teabag at 8 at night, but I figured somewhere there'd be a teabag, there wasn't, and so I left at 8pm to get one. I mean a tea bag isn't a speciality item, like I'd made some crazy request.
I left a day early and stayed at another hotel, and when I returned home, to the east coast, I'd traveled really far to visit, I wrote to marjorie telling her why I left and what I thought of my 4 day stay, actually it was 3 days, as I paid for another hotel the last night in addition to the $165.00 I had already paid, and she was responsive and not defensive.
She had purchased for me a pass to the hot springs which I really enjoyed and appreciated! She was friendly and kind. I just don't think she knows how to host people correctly and how to do small things to make it easier on the person staying at her place. If you serve no food, you could at least sell some basics and offer space in a fridge and use of a microwave. You should make fresh coffee everyday. How much would jt cost to buy a few bananas? You should assume people need more than two creamers in four days, and provide them.
Marjorie is a nice person, but she needs to step up her game. I would never stay here again, and this is the first time I've said that about a place where I stayed.
I'm not picky. I didn't mind skimming the pool, but when it was drained and the other pool was cold and shallow, it was annoying. I felt that the price wasn't warranted and had hoped she'd reimburse me for the last day, but she didn't. Oh well. read more
