Victoria hotel thread

Maybe the provincial government is going to buy it to house junkies!

Heck if the Province was going to pay you 3x what the property was worth then who cares about reviews!

it'd be one thing if this was the island travel inn.  at least it has low prices to go with its brutal reviews.  but by all appearances the ramada charges well over 200/nt.

https://www.tripadvi...d_British_.html

Avoid this dump at all cost. Filthy rooms, reeks of cigarettes, I HAD A DEAD MOUSE IN A TRAP UNDER THE BED! I was also billed $250 for allegedly smoking in my room! The room already smelled like an ashtray. AVOID!

under new Mangement. Stayed 2 nighs. Very poorly managed. rooms are run down and unclean. Beds need replacing. Located in a run down area of the city. Uncomfortable walking out in the evenings. Service staff are not friendly. All staff were Arabic and communicated in their language within themselves. It is uncomfortable for an outsider visiting Victoria B.C.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 20 August 2018 - 12:13 PM.

^Is there a preferred language I should use when talking within myself?

Not only were the staff Arabic, they insisted on using their Arabic numbering system on the room doors!

the mouse guy can't have it both ways.  if he found a live mouse he'd probably complain too.

"run down area of the city"  across from the newest condos/apartments in the city.  7 blocks from the empress

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 20 August 2018 - 12:48 PM.

It really feels like hotels in Victoria are either amazing or awful. Where are the normal, average hotels? We have maybe 1 or 2

It is kind of weird, isn't it? The Holiday Inn in Colwood is the only mid-range hotel to open in Greater Victoria in how many years? 

It is kind of weird, isn't it? The Holiday Inn in Colwood is the only mid-range hotel to open in Greater Victoria in how many years?

What about the one at Douglas/Hillside and the one across from Topaz Park? Or some of the smaller ones in James Bay? I'm not sure I'm getting our definitions here. So we're saying the Chateau Victoria is amazing?

Not only were the staff Arabic, they insisted on using their Arabic numbering system on the room doors!

most of my friends only stay in hotels with roman numerals on the room doors.

What about the one at Douglas/Hillside and the one across from Topaz Park? Or some of the smaller ones in James Bay? I'm not sure I'm getting our definitions here. So we're saying the Chateau Victoria is amazing?

I dunno, the mid-range seems to be served pretty well:

• 2 downtown best westerns
• Royal Scot
• Accent Inn/Hotel Zed
• 2 Days Inns, downtown, gorge
• Quality Inn downtown
• Comfort Inn by mayfair
• Victoria Regent
• Sandman

 

most of my friends only stay in hotels with roman numerals on the room doors.

When in Rome. But when in Arabia it spoils the atmosphere somewhat.

https://victoria.cit...0-room-complex/

UVic-partnered Broad Street condo and rental complex transitions into hotel proposal

https://victoria.cit...hotel-proposal/

Any chance that they'll abandon the ultra-suburban motel look?

Any chance that they'll abandon the ultra-suburban motel look?

My guess is that the new facility will be branded as a Sandman Signature and the design will be more 'urban contemporary' compared to the existing structure, which should retain its branding as a 'traditional' Sandman.

For reference, here's the new Sandman Signature at YYC. You can see the old Sandman Hotel behind.

Did anyone make it to the Burnside Gorge CALUC meeting Monday night re: the Sandman expansion proposal?  I would be curious to see renderings as the neighbourhood's letter to council indicates that the design is 'iconic'. 

Other details revealed:

• Architect is Paul Kwasnicky of Pacific Coast Architecture
• A 2-storey building along Gorge will be demolished (is this Chiba Sushi?  The liquor store is one storey and fronts onto Douglas)
• The liquor store will move into the new structure.

The neighbourhood CALUC endorsed the proposal; the letter is at http://www.burnsideg...l - 2019.06.pdf .

...the neighbourhood's letter to council indicates that the design is 'iconic'. ..

The design of the Sandman Signature property above is setting the bar pretty low for "iconic".

I assume that there will be an iconic feature at the corner, rather than a wholly iconic building. See the Sandman in Squamish, for example.