Ramada by Wyndham 100 Mile House — Hotel in 100 Mile House

Had a wonderful experience at the Ramada at 100 Mile House. I was in town for work doing presentations at elementary schools in the region. While there, on my first night, I settled into one of the comfy beds with a glass of wine to watch one of the most recent episodes of Game of Thrones. During a particularly powerful scene, with tears streaming across my face, I jumped in elation which knocked the glass of wine I had resting on my laptop over onto the bed. It spilled everywhere. Feeling it soak into my pants and the sheets, I balanced the laptop on my knees while trying to gather linens while refusing to pause the episode cause Go T. Anyhow, next day I took the linens, primarily out of embarrassment, to a local laundromat being all like "maybe I can clean these and then not have to show that I trashed a set of linens in a hotel room and be that guy." No luck. Turns out getting wine stains out of WHITE linens takes more then the 1 dollar box of tide detergent from a laundromat dispenser machine. So, in shame, I returned to the Ramada, went to the front desk person and was like "Hey...are you a GoT fan?" to which they were like "Yeah! Have you seen the recent episode?!" And I was like "Yes! Have I ever. OMG Arya right!?" And they were like "Yeah!" And I was like "Okay...sooooo...you'd understand that while watching that episode, you might have gotten very excited, emotional, and even had a few jump scares." And they said "for sure." And then that gave me permission to tell my whole story without looking TOO crazy or like I was trying to hide a murder. In the end, they were totally cool with it and didn't even charge me for damages or anything. On the third day I was there, I also met one of the cleaning staff named Leia who stuck around to talk to me about my stay and who proceeded to clean even while we were hanging out. They said that it was their first day there, in which case we joked I'd been at the hotel longer (and probably had done more cleaning) than they had at that point. She was super kind. The whole staff was. Ultimately an amazing...

As I am typing this at 5am, I can hear the people upstairs talking, walking/stomping around, toilet water running through the pipes, and loud showers from upstairs. If the train nearby isn't blowing its whistle, it's fine. What I'm getting at, is if you're a light sleeper, it might be better to ask for the upper floor so you can wake someone else up instead of them waking you. I'm also pretty sure that my morning alarm could wake up the neighbours through the walls, even on a quiet setting. I could also hear doors down the end of the hall slamming shut as if they were next door, and if your neighbours have their heating/AC unit on. The unit isn't so bad, it is just a low hum.

Breakfast is sad. The only good things about it is the standard fruits (bananas and apples), toaster, and the waffle maker. Even then, I only took a banana, and opted to buy oatmeal from Save On to make my own breakfast. Seating is limited. Tim Hortons always has a drive thru line up that curves around the parking lot and on to the main road.

Make sure to look inside the coffee maker water compartment. Mine came with some residual moisture and white, slimy stuff on the bottom. I didn't look close enough to determine which I had the pleasure of almost ingesting. (Perhaps it would make coffee taste better, but I'll leave that up to someone else to determine.) Thankfully, there is a clean microwave in the room so I could heat some water.

I was here six months ago, and the "temporarily out of service" sign on the elevator is probably actually permanent. You have to carry your luggage up the stairs, so pack light.

And if you have allergies like me, I believe they allow pets on the bottom floor.

One of the few pluses is that the bed is fairly comfy, and there are no bed bugs. Front counter staff could use a refresher on how to smile (not a plus). There is ample parking, and easy to find. If you miss the turn off, there's another entry not more than 100m...

I stayed here only because my broken down car was directly across the street and I was waiting for it to be repaired. I did not plan on spending the night in 100 Mile House. For only a few dollars more I could have stayed at the Super 8, or perhaps better yet the Days Inn. All three are on the same block and are Wyndham properties. I guess Ramada is considered to be the most average of them all.

Well, if I were going to stay here again I would request room 301 with the big patio above the driveway. It is probably one of the more expensive rooms. Yes, the hallways are pretty worn out but some of the rooms are quite nice. Because of the circumstance of me having my car towed back to town in the middle of the night, I was in the lobby probably by 3:30 or 4 AM. I called Wyndham trying to get an EARLY check in but unfortunately neither they nor I was able to get in touch with the worker. There actually is not somebody who works at night, but rather someone on call who may be asleep in the back. That's fine given the difficulty in finding employees these days. But because of it I was not able to check in until around noon when I returned.

I was able to check out a few rooms on both the second and third floor because they had all just been cleaned; the first room I got 306 was worn and seems to be rented out a lot. I switched to 308 at the end of the hall on the third floor and it was a very good room with a better layout, view, and just generally felt less worn out. I saw a few rooms with the jacuzzis on the second floor and they also have small patios. The room directly across from 308 was slightly smaller with a king bed rather than two queens, and looked nice also. The breakfast was fair. I was happy with the service when I was able to receive it.

Again, if I stayed in 100 Mile House again I would request room 301 in this hotel or check out some of the other Wyndham...