Sleepy Hollow Motel — Hotel in Town of Amnicon

Hospitality is in short supply at Sleepy Hollow.

I was traveling with my spouse, 1.5 year old and dog. We were on our way home from central Wisconsin when my son began hysterically crying in his car seat. We could not calm him down so we found the nearest place to pull off to calm him down and feed him.

The Sleepy Hollow Motel was conveniently right off the highway. It has a very well landscaped parking lot. I quickly got my son out of the car seat and set him up with his mom in the shade under a tree. I began walking the dog back to the car and I see the owner approaching me with an aggressive walk.

He shouts “Are you aware this is private property?” I explained to him why we were there. He ignores my explanation and fixates on my dog. “So you let your dog do his business then?” With his unwelcoming attitude, I could tell I was going to get nowhere. To end the interaction as quickly as possible and summarize his purpose of approaching me, I asked “So you want us to get the “f” out of here?” He responded “with that attitude, yes.”

As my wife was feeding our baby in the shade I informed her, “Let’s go we aren’t welcome here.” I hurry my family into the car and leave. But not before the owner snapped a picture of my car.

Private property owners have every right to choose who can come on their land, but from a public facing business that specializes in hospitality, I would expect more.

UPDATE: The response provided by the owner asserts lies. No trash. No dog poop. If the owner believes I shouted, it was merely in defense to the owners approach.

Either way, when your first instinct as a hospitality business owner is to be upset by the presence of a young family, there is...

I was traveling with my spouse, 1.5 year old and dog. We were on our way home from central Wisconsin when my son began hysterically crying in his car seat. We could not calm him down so we found the nearest place to pull off to calm him down and feed him. ||The Sleepy Hollow Motel was conveniently right off the highway. It has a very well landscaped parking lot. I quickly got my son out of the car seat and set him up with his mom in the shade under a tree. I began walking the dog back to the car and I see the owner approaching me with an aggressive walk. ||He shouts “Are you aware this is private property?” I explained to him why we were there. He ignores my explanation and fixates on my dog. “So you let your dog do his business then?” With his unwelcoming attitude, I could tell I was going to get nowhere. To end the interaction as quickly as possible and summarize his purpose of approaching me, I asked “So you want us to get the “f” out of here?” He responded “with that attitude, yes.” ||As my wife was feeding our baby in the shade I informed her, “Let’s go we aren’t welcome here.” I hurry my family into the car and leave. But not before the owner snapped a picture of my car. ||Private property owners have every right to choose who can come on their land, but from a public facing business that specializes in hospitality, I would...

Unless you're on the run from the law, which I'm fairly certain the unexpected visitor with the smashed up car that strode in at 3am in the parking lot was, I would not stay here. They advertise having Wifi, but if you're not close enough to the office, you will not get it. We called the number to ask why it wasn't working, and the man who answered the phone said it wasn't stated that they had wifi, ok, write it off, no problem. He calls back at 11:30pm saying that there will be a room closer to the office the next day that will be close enough to the office for wifi so the Missus can send in her homework online, so we were impressed by their level of commitment. We were leaving for breakfast and were told that our new room would be waiting for us, then got a call saying "sorry, that room was booked for over a week". He gave us a solution to the problem he created, just to tell us that our solution was impossible due to the room he called us at 11:30 AT NIGHT being open, was somehow booked for a week. I sincerely hope that the massive spider I didn't kill in the bathroom, finds it's way to hang out in your office. Cherry on top, they have TVs smaller than monitors for computers that have a few local channels, and I the sounds of the neighbor snoring and the trains constantly coming in and out is super soothing and easy to...