A Sentimental Journey B&B — Hotel in Gettysburg

Positive|The rooms are nice - the period charm is nice. Our king sized bed was large and comfortable. There was a nice patio which was nice (despite the "blankety blank" next door neighbor planing wood for two flipping hours - outside - 10 ft from the patio) ample seating in the room and living room on the first floor outside the door. They have a Roku in every room. I watched a movie on Amazon Prime and had zero issues - super fast. However, my guess is the Roku is hardwired into the internet in the building - see below. We had a huge suite which had a kitchen and our own bathroom. It was nice and if you are staying multiple days, you can use "your own" fridge, toaster, microwave and other stuff to make meals. Parking is in the rear of the building which you wouldn't know ahead of time, but there is ample street parking when you arrive. Our suite had a rear entrance - all other renters will need to pull their suitcases around to the front, but its like 50 ft total so....||The not so nice.|This is not my idea of a B&B. I've stayed at lots of B&B's - this is not a B&B - its essentially a period hotel or boarding house.|1) In the same building is their ice cream shop. This is where you check in. So if there is a line for ice cream, tough, there is only ever one person around. You are then given a ring of many keys. Why? Because the owner doesn't live on site. If you have an issue, you either walk next door and wait for them to help or call and they will come to the house. I checked in and wasn't given the WiFi password. I had taken my shoes off and didn't want to go outside, around to the Ice Cream parlor, and ask while barefoot. When I checked in, I remembered an interior staircase, so I went upstairs, found the door, and came down. Apparently this was not what I should have done. The owner was NOT happy that I had used that stairs as its "not allowed" for some arbitrary reason - she mumbled something about safety - but the stairs seemed fine to me. Of course I was not told not to use this stairway when I checked in and it is not marked "do not enter" so the owner was apparently rude for no reason.|2) The WiFi is absolute crap. I looked in Trip Advisor and this has been noted in their reviews going back almost 10 years. You'd think they would fix it. I am an engineer who works on computers for a living so it isn't me. If its that Gettysburg's internet sucks, note this on your site or when people check in so they aren't pissed. Half the time I got service that was so slow I could barely do anything and the other half of the time the WiFi service was completely unavailable. I mean you are on a trip - you should be expected to be able to stream a movie or simply check you email or Facebook. I was only checking my email and it sucked. Considering they have a Roku in every room I have no idea what the issue is - there were only two other renters in the bldg so it wasn't that. Internet was actually better the next day when everyone was in the building so go figure.|3) The 2nd "B" in B&B is breakfast. The owners live offsite and make no attempt at breakfast. So they have the kitchen upstairs that's "stocked" with "breakfast items" and you can have whatever you want. Generosity? A+ Delivery C- What they provide is every kind of junkfood breakfast item imaginable - bags of cereal (I didn't see any milk), a dozen different kinds of Little Debby snacks, bagels/toast/english muffins, 10 different kinds of snack cracker/granola bar and a Keurig. The Keurig did have about 30 different flavors, and they had four different creamers in the mini fridge so that was nice, but if you actually want something substantial for breakfast besides coffee - tough crap. It wouldn't kill them to have some banana, apples, oranges, and the like so that we could eat decently, but that's not what the owners have in mind.|4) This might sound like a nit, but the A/C is not good. Its a period house - I get it. Having a window A/C unit is probably the best they can do. I get it. However, the window they selected is right behind the bed so you head is literally inches from the unit. So when the A/C or just the fan is on, it is blowing RIGHT ON YOUR HEAD. When we first got there the room was stuffy so I turned the fan on - it was not a great experience to lie on the bed with this on. When the unit is not on, you have an open window RIGHT BEHIND YOUR HEAD where you can hear every street noise or sounds the neighbor makes - like planing wood for 2 hrs. Luckily the night we were there was cool so I didn't have to have the unit on and "only" got to hear road noises all night. That being said, with only a very small amount of effort, this room could be flipped around with the bed where the love seat currently sits and the TV and end tables swapped. Then the wall unit is 15 ft from you - along with an open window and all the outside sounds - and it blows into the room and not directly on you. I figured this out 2 min and I do construction so it isn't a hard task - seems like the owners do not care.||So that's essentially the issue here - everywhere you turn you get the impression that the owners don't really care about taking care of their visitors beyond providing a room. Everything is an "extra" and they aren't really interested in the extras that go with having a B&B and that certain something that B&B owners cater to their guests. You aren't a guest at Sentimental Journey B&B - you are a boarder. If that's good with you, then great. It was NOT what I...

Arriving early Tuesday morning as newly weds we were able to get into our room Barbara had everything ready for us in an envelope on the fire place. Our bed and breakfast was right in the heart of Gettysburg. The 1920s is the style of the inside of the house it felt like we were there in that era with the vintage decor. Our room was easy to find right up the stairs we walked into our room with the same decor The antique style metal bed frame with a perfect mattress both of did not have any back pain. When I walked into the bathroom and I saw the bath tub with the feet I freaked out that is the bath tub I want in my own house. For noise we really didn't hear anyone very quiet. Oh and there is a 24 hour kitchen so you can get food or drinks anytime you like. Barbara also owns the ice cream store next store I got the chocolate coma really big scoops so good. Your are able to walk everywhere the cemetery is close by as well as restaurant. You will have to drive a bit to get to little round top but you can walk to devil's den and and walk to the other memorials which will bring you right back into town. Restaurants to eat: Dobbins house Tavern very good food. Tommy pizza the best that my husband and I have ever eaten. Gettysburg Eddie's awesome service and food. To shop Gettysburg souvenirs and gifts the gentlemen at the counter is extremely nice and has plenty of stories. Also has information with maps that you may need to know what's around town. They also have the candle light tours that was fun the tour guide is a ghost hunter professionally and is a history major. This was a perfect honeymoon ever we were able to stay for another night in the same room LA Belle Epoque. Hope this helps to enjoy your vacation in Gettysburg. We so did and will return.

Always and forever The...

We stayed in the king suite on the first floor, which had its own kitchen. This colored our entire experience, unfortunately. The B&B is a beautiful, inviting property, generally very well maintained and clean. The owners are friendly, welcoming, and responsive. The location is amazing - we didn't move our car for almost the entire stay and walked to the battlefield, various restaurants, etc. Although a full breakfast isn't served, they have a well-stocked, self-service, retro kitchen on the second floor that is open 24 hours.

All of that said, our bedroom had twin glass doors that faced the entry room to the entire B&B and the front door. The glass is covered, just barely, by opaque but not light-blocking fabric. The doors don't entirely close properly, although they do effectively lock. The result was that we felt we had no privacy. We could perfectly hear other guests as they arrived and left. It felt like visiting family and sleeping in the living room - which was kinda what it was, minus the comfy family part. I think at a minimum, hanging heavy, light-blocking curtains over the entire set of doors could help provide a better sense of privacy.

I'm assuming the rooms upstairs are more private and I recommend avoiding the 1st...