Beggars can't be choosers and I understand limited options in Anderson, but this hotel is not worth the hassle. We booked through a third party web site, online, for a good price (less than $100) because we were on a budget. We were only staying one night, just sleeping and showering I n between wedding events for some friends in the area.
When we checked in, we were informed that there would be a $100 hold placed on our card for a deposit. More than the room rental itself. We were told this was hotel policy. Ok, I've never been charged a deposit at the Days Inn all the way up to the Marriott, but fine, so much for the budget. In actuality, they never placed this hold, but we limited our spending all weekend, assuming they had/would.
We got to the room and it had obviously been smoked in, but it didn't smell too bad. It did make me concerned about the status of our "deposit."
We apparently had neglected to list that we were going to have four adults in the room, our fault. However, the way the staff handled this was totally unprofessional. The second couple went to the room after we had checked in, but while we were away at a wedding rehearsal. We had given them a key, but they forgot the room number. The hotel gave them our room number, without their names being on the room.
When we came back we were told that the front desk, "wanted to see us." Of course, they wanted us to pay the difference between two and four people. We were told this was, "for toiletries," despite the fact we asked for nothing extra than they were willing to give us for two people and one of our group left before breakfast the next morning. We requested no extra towels, toilet paper and no one touched the mini shampoos or lotions. We even brought our own hand soap because we just did. The difference between 2 and 4 adults on the booking site was $7, fair enough. The hotel wanted to charge us $20. Again, "hotel policy." They ended up charging us $18. I hope $11 was worth promoting this excellent review.
Over all, the room wasn't terrible. Stuffy, but whatever, it was in our budget. One of our group works for a pest removal company and he gave the room a through search and found nothing. So, two stars for no bed bugs.
However, the staff was unprofessional and unreasonable. They also apparently have policies that don't seem to exist in most other hotels.
Their breakfast also stunk. Limited choice and poor quality. Also, very small breakfast space so people were walking all over each other.
Holiday Inn Express just opened in Anderson. Charge via third party website was $25 more than this lovely place. After the 2 person up charge, it would have been $7 more, $3.50 per couple. People of the world, stay away from this hotel. Go to the Holiday Inn Express.
Actually, there is an interesting looking cemetery next door to the hotel, so if you're into that kind of thing, stop by on your way to the Holiday Inn.
Seriously, don't stay here. The slightly lower cost isn't with the aggravation. read more