Open Arms at the Edge of Town Hostel & Inn — Hotel in Luray

Cute convenient well stocked mindfully created and maintained simple simple hostel in a family home, owned and run by the amazing personable helpful kind generous Allison! Very reasonably priced, with laundry available too ($5/load). It is not fancy, and none of the sheets match, but you find out that when hearts & needs match, that's much more important! And it sure beats staying at Skylands on the nearby famous Skyline Drive through the Shenandoah for $200+/night! It's 7 minutes from Luray Caverns, the Singing Tower, and Luray's museums and food establishments. As or more importantly it's very reasonably close to all the fantastic trails up on the near Skyline Drive and the Shenandoah Mountains. There were three twin beds in the small room I shared with two other and there are some people who stay there longer time, but everyone was respectful and and managed to share the one bathroom on the second floor without any issues. At the end of the day a place to sleep, cook, store food, do laundry, and socialize with personable people was a fantastic deal.

A smart business woman and thoughtful hostess, Alison takes about every form of payment I can think of, cash, credit, venmo. And she has many supplies hikers and travelers might want, available at cost, and also includes all kinds of dishes, plates, pots and pans, oils, spices, and and condiments, and use of the stove in the kitchen and the living room TV that make it so homey to stay at Open Arms. And I must say that if you arrived without supplies, common sense, basic manners, or wisdom for life, Open Arms will teach you a thing or two, because Allison has signs on literally everything, to keep things running smoothly for all the guests and...

Open Arms is a great Hostel with an amazing owner/host. Allison Coltrane goes above and beyond for her guests. The rooms are always clean with fresh linen. She collects the hikers dirty clothes as they come in cleans them and folds them. You simply ask and the items you are looking for are usually available or She helps you get it. She makes daily runs to town for resupply. Guests have full use of the kitchen and most of the house. It's like making a trip home and seeing a friend. I simply do not know how she does it all from morning until night. I have stayed here several times. Last year with my granddaughter while hiking the AT and This month while Backcountry hiking. The perfect place to take a zero. I will be back to stay again. Highlights: Clean comfortable rooms. fans, air-conditioning, heat : depending on the weather/season laundry showers full kitchen use shuttle service resupply runs WiFi small in-house resupply refrigerator games/ TV/ DVD accepts and holds hiker boxes/mail Dog...

Allison was incredibly helpful during our recent visit to Shenandoah National Park! We are day-hiking the AT a few miles at a time and needed a shuttle from our end point to the start since we traveled down from CT and only had one vehicle. She was easy to reach via FB/cell to coordinate locations/times, and she even helped us decide to re-route our hike NOBO for a more enjoyable experience. She brought her two pups along for the ride which was a very pleasant surprise for us as we had to leave our furbaby at home for this trip. Though we did not use her hostel services, she spoke very highly of the guests she has hosted in the past, so would certainly consider her if we needed somewhere to stay the next time we are back hiking in the area. 5 stars,...