Valparaiso · Chile
Hostal Po
Reportes de chinches
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Confirmado Hostelworld
Not a great experience... After the second night I found bed bugs in my bed and of course alerted the staff. Their solution was to spray antibacterial spray on my bed and then they proceeded to blame me for the situation even though I keep my things away from the bed. They did not give the option of a new bed (until two days later - the bunk over the infested bed) or a refund. Other than that some of the staff were nice, the kitcen utensils were not clean and the bathrooms extremely small.
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Confirmado Google Maps
I had a horrible experience at this hostel. I participated in an Asado Night the first day I arrived; I came down with Bacterial Tonsillitis (accompanied with a fever) 24 hours later. I was bedridden for three days. I noticed that I kept getting bites throughout my body. When I informed the hostel staff (who party just as much as the guests), they said they were mosquito bites. It wasn't until I was woken up around 3am (on a Sunday) because of the noise upstairs that I checked my sheets with a flashlight. Low and behold, BED BUGS. I had over 30 bites on my legs alone. I tried to sleep on the wooden bench in the living room until I could talk to the staff. The manager, Miguel, probably had the worst attitude of anyone I've encountered in the service industry. He claimed they were just a type of Chilean fly and asked me not to warn anyone else. He was utterly rude, unapologetic, and misogynisticic. What a nightmare...
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Confirmado Google Maps
One word: BEDBUGS. Stayed in the room one night and a lot of us were bitten. Thought they may have been mozzie bites but a guest in another room said that when they used the reception computer they saw an email complaining about bedbugs in the room we were allocated. This means the management knew the room was infested but still rented the room out. When we complained to the manager and said we were moving to another hostel he said we had to pay for the upcoming night because we hadn't let him know before 2pm. "If you told me before then I could have rented the room out to someone else".....! Awful. Much nicer hostels in town.
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Confirmado Google Maps
INFESTED WITH BEDBUGS!!! Terrible hostel and management. The room we were staying in was infested with bedbugs and we ended up covered in bites, upon telling the manager he told us we needed to pay for the night we stayed and the next one because we were booked in and apparently told him too late in the day for him to rent the room out again!
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Análisis del ambiente
La sala común del último piso de Hostal Po es el evento principal: una gran cocina compartida y lounge bajo lucarnas enormes, con plantas, juegos, libros, TV, instrumentos y espacio suficiente para cocinar, trabajar o caer en una conversación. Tiene una vibra porteña acogedora y artística, más que energía de hotel pulido. La ubicación es un punto fuerte grande, cerca de Cerro Concepción y Cerro Alegre, arte callejero, miradores, cafés, bares, tiendas, un supermercado, el metro, buses y el Palacio Baburizza. El edificio se mete en el color de la ciudad con murales y distribución de casa antigua; las habitaciones privadas pueden ser amplias, y las camas de dorm pueden tener lockers grandes bajo la cama, luces y puertos USB. La parte social puede salir preciosa cuando se junta la mezcla correcta: comidas compartidas, tragos, música, juegos de mesa, una noche de pizza casera y staff que ayuda con datos de la ciudad o mete a viajeros en planes locales. Eso sí, no siempre es un hostal de fiesta a fondo. En momentos más tranquilos se siente más como una base relajada con cocina potente que como una escena incorporada.
Señales a revisar
- Los baños pueden ser muy pequeños, y la limpieza en baños y duchas ha sido irregular, incluso con moho en algunos casos.
- Algunas habitaciones son ruidosas por el tráfico de la calle, paredes delgadas, pisos de madera o actividad nocturna.
- La escena social varía mucho; puede estar tranquilo, y los eventos organizados no son confiables.
- La disponibilidad y profesionalismo del staff pueden ser inconsistentes, y el agua caliente no siempre ha sido confiable.
- No esperes desayuno ni terraza exterior.