Hotel Terbaik dengan Gimnasium di Saint John

Let me just say that this one of the most unpleasant experiences I have had in my 40 years of traveling. Upon arriving in our room on the 6th floor the fire alarm went off, my traveling companion went downstairs to ask if there was a fire to which the front desk person replied ”I'm new here”, a phrase we would hear many more times during our stay. Thankfully, no fire. The next morning at 6:30AM the alarms again went off. While in a state of undress and my friend in the shower a pounding on the door which had a do not disturb on it, I said ”just a moment” to which the pounding got louder, I then screamed ”just a moment!” It was at that time the door was forced open thankfully the bar lock was deployed and these men could not enter. I put on a coat and to my surprise found an angry looking fire chief and maintenance worker at the door. (This was at least 2 hours after the fire alarm had gone off.) One of us had been the victim of a violent crime in the past and this was extremely terrifying, we reported the incident to the front desk who was covering ”for management”, she stated she would report it. We heard nothing from management and reported it again the next day, the gentleman at the front desk approached me later in the day and stated ”they won't do it again”. We, as of this writing, have never heard from the management of this hotel. I personally am loyal to another chain and am not used to this type of treatment. Upon checking in we were told by the man who checked us in that the restaurant had ”great food”, to that I say walk a few minutes to Tim Horton's if you decide to stay here. The room was clean, bed was comfortable, but you had better be ready to wake up at 7AM because construction workers start pounding early.

We booked this hotel on-line, listed as a member of the Choice Hotel line (and therefore with member benefits), but with the name Saint John Inn. When we arrived, we could see the original sign was covered with a fabric one and the “new” name of Saint John Inn on the sign. It will be a Rodeway Inn when they get all the transactions done. It is pet-friendly. The room was adequate. It was on the ground floor with a patio door to the outside. We never could figure out how to take off the lock to open the patio door however. It did have a microwave and fridge with a freezer compartment. While there was coffee in the lobby, there was no breakfast (COVID?). One of the doors by the office (but in the hallway) to the outside had a sign saying EXIT only, yet, it didn’t latch so people could come and go just by pulling it open and bypassing the desk. The staff was friendly and helpful in their recommendations for food. The “high-speed internet” wasn’t high-speed at all. And there were no security/password measures to use the internet. When we arranged for the room, on-line, we went to the website, which said that people who stayed during the week could get a $5 Tim Hortons or Starbucks gift card or other options, just for staying. We registered for one of them. But when we asked at the front desk, they didn’t know anything about it. There was even a poster stating about it in the hall way, but still no recognition of the offer. All they could do was give me a phone number to call, which gave me another number to call for customer relations. They didn’t know about it, but ended up transferring me to a fellow who tried to sell me a 4 day/3 night vacation package to stay at one of their hotels and listen to the time-share sales pitch. Probably won’t stay there again.