Valparaiso · Chile
Hostal Po
Relatos de percevejo
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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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Análise do ambiente
A sala comum do último andar do Hostal Po é o evento principal: uma cozinha e lounge compartilhados grandes sob claraboias enormes, com plantas, jogos, livros, TV, instrumentos e espaço suficiente para cozinhar, trabalhar ou acabar entrando em conversa. Tem uma sensação aconchegante e artística de Valparaiso, mais do que energia de hotel polido. A localização é um ponto enorme, perto do Cerro Concepcion e Cerro Alegre, arte de rua, mirantes, cafés, bares, lojas, supermercado, metrô, ônibus e Palacio Baburizza. O prédio abraça as cores da cidade com murais e uma planta de casa antiga; quartos privativos podem ser espaçosos, e camas de dormitório podem ter lockers grandes embaixo, luzes e entradas USB. O lado social pode funcionar lindamente quando o lugar tem a mistura certa: refeições compartilhadas, drinks, música, jogos de tabuleiro, noite de pizza caseira e equipe que ajuda com dicas da cidade ou convida viajantes para planos locais. Nem sempre é um party hostel acelerado, porém. Em períodos mais quietos, parece mais uma base chill com cozinha forte do que uma cena pronta de fábrica.
Sinais para conferir
- Os banheiros podem ser muito pequenos, e a limpeza em banheiros e chuveiros tem sido desigual, incluindo mofo em alguns casos.
- Alguns quartos são barulhentos por causa do trânsito da rua, paredes finas, pisos de madeira ou atividade tarde da noite.
- A cena social varia muito; pode ser quieta, e eventos organizados não são confiáveis.
- A disponibilidade e o profissionalismo da equipe podem ser inconsistentes, e água quente nem sempre foi confiável.
- Não espere café da manhã nem terraço externo.