Saturday, August 7
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Montreal Part Two - The Hotel Shit-ille
[journal]
We stayed at a hotel called L'Chantille Suites and it cost us $1000 for three nights. Yes, don't rub your eyes, do a double take, or any of that shit, I said $1000. It came with two queen size beds, french doors seperating the bedroom from the living room, kitchen, bathroom, and closet. Split between four people, I put in my part of $250.
Ideally this place would live up to what I thought I'd get. Realistically we got a kitchen that used to be a second closet: a sink, cupboard and two elementals; a bill if you didn't wash your own dishes; two small beds; one crappy phone that charges you for local calls; one coffee machine that charges you for extra coffee; one cramped bathroom that didn't provide toothpaste, conditioner -- wait I'll just say what it did provide: shampoo, toilet paper, and two towels. As you can tell I hated this place.
When I went down stairs to ask for a bandaid the guy first asked me what room I was in. To me this meant one of two things.
1. It was extra charges for bandaids
2. If I was not a resident of the hotel, I would not be provided with a bandaid to stem the flow of my blood.
When my friend who signed up for the place told them how he was informed parking was free, they gave a French sneer to indicate that no such thing is true. He said, "We have indoor parking. Yes. But it is not free" .
Across from us we had friends that stayed at the Best Western. It was cheaper, more spacious, brighter, and more accomodating. When they asked the front desk for entertainment info, the concierge gave them line by pass tickets and free admittance. When we asked our hotel, they asked if we liked Latin music (keep in mind my friend is wearing WWF t-shirt and he's a hockey player, and I'm a skinny Vietnamese guy) and then gave us a map and circled places. Okay, I'm done complaining :)
PS If Lui, the person who rented the place is reading this, I am not blaming you. False advertising, I say! I'm only half blaming you. :) Pictures go up in a week, when I'm back at home again.
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