Spin Designer Hostel

I would first to start with the positive: - the hotel is very conveniently located right outside the city center of El Nido which makes it so convenient and accessible without being too exposed to the inconveniences of the night life downtown such as crowd and noise. - the staff is professional, efficient and friendly. I asked for different information and services and they were able to deliver it right away. - the common areas are open air and well maintained. You can lounge or work there. - they offer a nice free breakfast every morning. Now about the negative: - the place is extremely humid! You can feel it because it’s under the tree and it’s not very windy so the humidity accumulates quickly there. I could even see water falling from the walls of the room and dormitory building. - it’s full of mosquitoes so you better use mosquito repellent right away when you step outside your door room. I could see clouds of mosquitoes waiting just outside the bedrooms. - the room are quite dark, very humid as I mentioned earlier to the point that the bedsheets and pillows were wet. It doesn’t feel very clean as well so the atmosphere of the rooms is not very pleasant I must say. I understand this is a hostel but they could definitely improve that aspect. The bed felt dirty and they only provide a blanket that felt so humid and dirty. I would like also to raise a concern that I was bitten by bed bugs. This is not the responsibility of the hostel as bed bugs usually travel from one guest to another. But the fact the mattresses are probably not frequently inspected and because of the accumulation of humidity, it’s a perfect environment for the proliferation of bed bugs. I had a strong allergic reaction the last night I stayed there. Usually there is an incubation period of a couples of days. I woke up in the middle of the night and a very itchy feeling all over my legs. It was awful. It could NOT have been mosquitoes because I was constantly using a mosquito repellent and spray before sleeping and before stepping out of the room. After checking out of the hostel, I started to develop an allergic reactions with rushes all over my legs, neck, hands and ankles (basically of the body parts that were exposed while in bed). The itchiness is so strong and last for days which is radically different than with mosquitoes. The look of the bites is also different. It’s smaller, it’s very near and aligned to one another, like a cluster of bites here and there. Absolutely awful. I emailed the hostel to let them know about the issue right after I developed my allergic reaction few hours after checking out but they never replied. (I posted a pic of what I’m still experiencing after 48h in my neck. And this is the same but x10 on my legs, hands and ankles).

Hostel with a friendly and professional staff…but with humidity and bed bugs issues.

We got bed bugs, no hot water

Comfortable bed. Really good free breakfast. Bed bugs, so beware. Only stayed one night thankfully but woke with 10 clear bed bug bites. Work being carried out during the day and was very noisy. Left my brush in the shower and returned to the hostel but it had not been put in the lost and found, disappointing. No atmosphere