Wakita Court Motel — Hotel in Town of Queensbury

Wakita Court Hotel ||1130 Route 9, Queensbury, NY 12804||Note: Don’t confuse these “rooms” with Country Inn Suites. This place is like an annex to the building of Country Inn Suites. They lure you in with that name and when you get there they’ll tell you, “go downhill and take your car there too”. When you rent a room with Country Inn Suits, make sure it’s not one of the rooms at its foothill shed. Here you’ll get no breakfast, a 30 years old TV, no telephone, no central air conditioning, no hair dryer, no iron, no coffee, broken tiles on the walls outside, rooms stink horribly, broken plastic chairs...it’s a nightmare! This place ruined our trip. They had the guts to suggest that we get a refund and go somewhere else; knowing it was a long weekend and schools were closed for summer vacation and there were no rooms available anywhere within the 50 miles radius! ||||Misrepresented worn out rooms. We were lured into booking two rooms thinking it was Country Inn Suites because we got the booking confirmation from countryinn.com! This was clearly unfair (address is the same as Country Inn Suites but these rooms are out of Country Inn Suites building and at its foothill). These are like makeshift rooms without even a telephone that you can use to call for service! Smelly rooms with reeking mattresses. We tried to warm up milk in the microwave for our kids and blew the fuse! We were sitting in complete dark before they fixed it. (I used my cell phone to call them, there’s no phone in the room). We had to move from our original room to another because the smell was horrible in that room...mold plus filth! No breakfast, no iron, no hair dryer, no coffee in the room. If there is coffee machine, there's no coffee, if there's coffee, there's no sugar and creamer, if there's TV, there's no remote control, if there's a lamp, it won't work! This is our firsthand experience, all these things happened in those two rooms in two nights we stayed. These are some rooms built in a shed and probably in the 1910 or so. We were charged $154 ($139 + tax) a night! The rooms are not worth $30! On Google, 1130 Route 9 shows Country Inn Suites (which has good reviews) we thought Watika was an old name for the place because it shows both names, we didn't know we were renting a makeshift room with a 30 years old TV and stinking beds at the foothill of Country Inn Suites. First thing in the morning I jumped out of bed to take a shower because I smelled of the filthy mattress! And my family followed the suit. The management shouldn't have offered these rooms to a family with small kids. They knew we were with small kids. At the time of booking I asked for extra pillows for the kids to keep them from falling off the bed at night and on arrival reminded the receptionist again; didn't work. It was embarrassing the way I was told to go down the hill and park my car there too. If you don't mind all that...then the location is perfect...

I've read the other review and agree that the $154 room rate (including tax) is a total ripoff. I stayed in August 2013 and again a week ago (August, 2014). The first time I had a room at the Country Inn but they were overbooked and asked if I'd go lowbrow (my words, not theirs). They gave me a break at $90 a night (plus tax). This year they tried getting me for $143 (including tax) but I reminded them how I bailed them out last year and they gave me the room for $110 (including tax). ||Actually, I'd prefer staying there to up in the Country Inn where little screaming kids control the corridors and turn the place into a giant, noisy romper room. Yes it's an old motel down below (I'd say it was built about 1950) but it's solidly constructed and it had what I wanted-- a decent bed and comfortable pillows, an air conditioner (who cares about central AC?), a good hot shower and a color TV-- but no channel guide.||Free coffee was available up at the Inn, and so was internet access. As for a phone, who uses hotel phones anymore?||My room didn't smell and I didn't care about not having a hair dryer.||I was alone. It met my needs-- I was going to the thoroughbred track and rooms in Saratoga cost $300 a night and more.||The hyped-up kids were all asleep by 10 p.m. and the roller coaster right next to my room was shut down at 9 p.m. Believe me, once you've heard one roller coaster ride full of screaming kids you've heard 'em all.||But to reiterate, these rooms aren't worth paying more than $99 a night plus tax, no matter what time of the year. And yeah, they should ditch the cheap plastic chairs.||Decent deals are what earn loyalty, not chocolate...

I've read the other review and agree that the $154 room rate (including tax) is a total ripoff. I stayed in August 2013 and again a week ago (August, 2014). The first time I had a room at the Country Inn but they were overbooked and asked if I'd go lowbrow (my words, not theirs). They gave me a break at $90 a night (plus tax). This year they tried getting me for $143 (including tax) but I reminded them how I bailed them out last year and they gave me the room for $110 (including tax). ||Actually, I'd prefer staying there to up in the Country Inn where little screaming kids control the corridors and turn the place into a giant, noisy romper room. Yes it's an old motel down below (I'd say it was built about 1950) but it's solidly constructed and it had what I wanted-- a decent bed and comfortable pillows, an air conditioner (who cares about central AC?), a good hot shower and a color TV-- but no channel guide.||Free coffee was available up at the Inn, and so was internet access. As for a phone, who uses hotel phones anymore?||My room didn't smell and I didn't care about not having a hair dryer.||I was alone. It met my needs-- I was going to the thoroughbred track and rooms in Saratoga cost $300 a night and more.||The hyped-up kids were all asleep by 10 p.m. and the roller coaster right next to my room was shut down at 9 p.m. Believe me, once you've heard one roller coaster ride full of screaming kids you've heard 'em all.||But to reiterate, these rooms aren't worth paying more than $99 a night plus tax, no matter what time of the year. And yeah, they should ditch the cheap plastic chairs.||Decent deals are what earn loyalty, not chocolate...