Greenbank Guest House — Hotel in Main Island

We've all seen the great reviews for the Greenback from professional travel sites and independent travelers but with the exception of one review I read prior to our trip in reviews on Tripadvisor, no one is mentioning the obvious mustiness in the rooms. It is clear as soon as you open the door for your stay. We left the windows open during the day and evening to try to help the situation, but it didn't work too well. An air conditioner or dehumidifier would do the trick but after all of these years, it hasn't been purchased yet. I used a blow dryer for 2 hours the night before our departure to dry all of our clothes that we had worn as well as those hanging in the closet. Not a good situation.||Reinhardt is an excellent maintenance/housekeeper/go-to employee on the premises and his kindness and efforts are appreciated. Seems to work 24/7.||The views are just as seen on the ads - waterfront. Pretty nice being that close but not the beautiful blue color.||I sent some questions to Melanie prior to our stay and received incorrect info. I was trying to get accurate info because it was difficult to find through various sources. One question pertained to the bus stop. The bus stop closest to the Cottages is about a 12 minute walk to Middle Rd and is only Bus #8 to Hamilton, not #7 as she thought. ||At this time of writing, the taxi fee from the airport is $37.40 plus tip (if driving on Middle Rd - more if on Harbor Rd). The fee is based on mileage and is government controlled. Not the $50 Melanie said.||The Salt Kettle ferry is a few minutes walk, but has limited hours. The last run from Salt Kettle is 6:25 on weekdays; and 5:05 on weekends. If we wanted to eat dinner in Hamilton, we had to take the bus back to the Cottages.||You are not allowed to bring beach chairs on the buses. Although, Melanie told me you were able to.||Bermuda is an absolutely beautiful island, and we will be back for sure, but we will stay in an alternative lodging due to the terrible mustiness in...

We've all seen the great reviews for the Greenback from professional travel sites and independent travelers but with the exception of one review I read prior to our trip in reviews on Tripadvisor, no one is mentioning the obvious mustiness in the rooms. It is clear as soon as you open the door for your stay. We left the windows open during the day and evening to try to help the situation, but it didn't work too well. An air conditioner or dehumidifier would do the trick but after all of these years, it hasn't been purchased yet. I used a blow dryer for 2 hours the night before our departure to dry all of our clothes that we had worn as well as those hanging in the closet. Not a good situation.||Reinhardt is an excellent maintenance/housekeeper/go-to employee on the premises and his kindness and efforts are appreciated. Seems to work 24/7.||The views are just as seen on the ads - waterfront. Pretty nice being that close but not the beautiful blue color.||I sent some questions to Melanie prior to our stay and received incorrect info. I was trying to get accurate info because it was difficult to find through various sources. One question pertained to the bus stop. The bus stop closest to the Cottages is about a 12 minute walk to Middle Rd and is only Bus #8 to Hamilton, not #7 as she thought. ||At this time of writing, the taxi fee from the airport is $37.40 plus tip (if driving on Middle Rd - more if on Harbor Rd). The fee is based on mileage and is government controlled. Not the $50 Melanie said.||The Salt Kettle ferry is a few minutes walk, but has limited hours. The last run from Salt Kettle is 6:25 on weekdays; and 5:05 on weekends. If we wanted to eat dinner in Hamilton, we had to take the bus back to the Cottages.||You are not allowed to bring beach chairs on the buses. Although, Melanie told me you were able to.||Bermuda is an absolutely beautiful island, and we will be back for sure, but we will stay in an alternative lodging due to the terrible mustiness in...

What a gem of a spot! We are a family of four traveling with two teenagers for a week, so we were looking for a more affordable place where we could make some of our own meals. Melanie gave us two adjacent rooms, both with kitchenettes. One with a king bed and another with two twins for the boys. Perfect. We used the kitchenettes to make breakfast each day and sandwiches/lunch to take with us on some days. The rooms are basic but clean and functional. What more do you need? The waterfront location with the dock was great. We ended each night with dark n' stormies sitting on the dock, taking a swim with a pool noodle, watching the amazing sunsets, and feeding the fish. The Salt Kettle ferry stop is a 2-minute walk, and you can get to the bus walking (uphill for some, but not bad) 10-15 minutes depending on where you're going. If we'd felt safe doing scooters that would be the best option because the ferry only runs until about 6pm and 1x/hour-ish, so not as convenient as we would have liked. But with two teenagers and left-side driving we opted against that. We ended up cabbing quite a bit. That's my only complaint about Bermuda - the public transportation is a bit oversold since the government dialed back the ferry service in particular and the busses can take far longer to get somewhere than cabbing it. That said, this is a great spot in the middle of the island. If you want to really explore and see Bermuda this is a terrific home base. Melanie is also terrific, as is Reinhard the helper onsite. Our flight was delayed arriving and when I emailed her to say we were still coming, she emailed back with good suggestions about how to manage getting groceries and dinner, both of which we accomplished easily despite being delayed, tired, and a bit frustrated. We would stay here again in a hot second - we don't go back to a lot of places (there are so many places to go!) but we will likely return to Bermuda and to Greenbank. Thanks for...