Valparaiso · Chile
Hostal Po
Segnalazioni cimici
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Confermato 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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Confermato 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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Confermato 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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Confermato 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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La sala comune all'ultimo piano di Hostal Po e' l'evento principale: una grande cucina e lounge condivisa sotto enormi lucernari, con piante, giochi, libri, TV, strumenti e abbastanza spazio per cucinare, lavorare o scivolare in conversazione. Ha un feeling cozy e artistico da Valparaiso piu' che energia da hotel lucidato. La posizione e' un grande punto forte, vicina a Cerro Concepcion e Cerro Alegre, street art, miradores, cafe, bar, negozi, un supermercato, metro, bus e Palacio Baburizza. L'edificio abbraccia il colore della citta' con murales e una pianta da vecchia casa; le private possono essere spaziose, e i letti in dormitorio possono avere grandi armadietti sotto il letto, luci e punti USB. Il lato sociale puo' funzionare benissimo quando c'e' il mix giusto: pasti condivisi, drink, musica, giochi da tavolo, una serata pizza fatta in casa e staff che aiuta con dritte sulla citta' o invita i viaggiatori in programmi locali. Non e' sempre un party hostel a tutto gas, pero'. Nei momenti piu' tranquilli sembra piu' una base chill con una cucina forte che una scena integrata.
Segnali da controllare
- I bagni possono essere molto piccoli, e la pulizia di bagni e docce e' stata irregolare, inclusa muffa in alcuni casi.
- Alcune camere sono rumorose per traffico stradale, pareti sottili, pavimenti in legno o attivita' notturne.
- La scena sociale varia molto; puo' essere tranquilla, e gli eventi organizzati non sono affidabili.
- Disponibilita' e professionalita' dello staff possono essere incostanti, e l'acqua calda non e' sempre stata affidabile.
- Non aspettarti colazione ne' terrazza esterna.