. "2"^^ . "3"^^ . "2"^^ . . . "2017-09-19T00:00:00"^^ . "I went on Hotwire and scored a $65 room which turns into $84 with fees n'stuff. \n\nI requested a room near the pool since it was Labor Day and the place was looking dead. The woman at the front desk noticed my Hotwire booking and put me a good walk away from it in a dark room - call it 2 blocks. I'm happy because it has a small 'living room', mini kitchen, and a nice bedroom for this price it's great even if they're not excited about booking through hotwire. I have a funnier story about my Alamo rental car through Hotwire and the guy literally said \"Hotwire doesn't care about their customers, but we at Alamo do\" LOL. I think him being out of country missed the memo on how to nuance that. \n\nBeautiful place, nice big waterfall in the center, Excellent Breakfast, good Coffee. \n\nI went to the restaurant to grab a bite and the barkeep, Tracey, told me immediately that if I wanted to get a \"manager's reception\" drink then I needed to order it on one side of the bar, because in no uncertain terms was she going to go the extra 2 feet to deliver this free cocktail. Another hilarious travel moment. She then told me all about how much she didn't want to be there - well Tracey, I don't want to be here either. She went on and on about how she should have called off ahead of time and then told me about ordering a free drink at the other bar several more times. I ordered an IPA not on the manager's reception list and ordered some food. She was a little bit nicer, still complaining, at least it was conversation I suppose. \n\nThe manager's reception food was a pile of crackers, some of those tasteless veggies you buy from the grocery store and 3 huge plates filled with dip. A Chili dip, Blue Cheese, and French Onion. They ought to change the name to the Janitor's reception - makes more sense and no offense to Janitor's around the world. \n\nAfter the meal I went for a swim in the pool. There were several lights out so very dark like swimming at night, and the water was cloudy with chemicals. Even after a scrubbing shower I smelled like the pool. Glad it was there - better than no pool. \n\nWith experiences like these it's hard to rate - kind of sucked like they're going out of business, however, a good bed for $80 n'nat."^^ . "1"^^ .