Inn Town Motel

So, the running joke through my whole trip to Waupun, WI, is that I am a city girl that hasn’t had much exposure to «country living». I cannot disagree with that. I mean, up until four days ago, I had only heard of «Piggly Wiggly» in movies and even then, I thought it was a bbq restaurant! (*cough* it’s a grocery store… ok)
However, city or country living, I do believe that if you exchange money for certain amenities, they should be in place.
To start off, I cannot say enough good things about the couple running this place. They were incredibly welcoming and chipper. If there was anything we needed — irons, restaurant recommendations, directions — whatever, they were there to help. That being said, the friendly couple bumped my review up to two stars instead of one.
We had booked a non smoking room. We were handed a key once we arrived that lead us to room #11. Now, being a former smoker, I’m not too sensitive to the smell of smoke. I know when it’s present, but it doesn’t bother me. We entered a room that had to have been smoked in (with windows shut) for years and years. This could be seen by the dripping nicotine stains that ran down the walls and the yellow tinted windows. Before puking, we returned to the office and asked for another room. We were given another room but were told that we would have to switch rooms halfway through our stay. What? Moving on.
We did not have hot water for the entire stay. Every morning for four days consisted of a 2 min shower underneath ICE COLD water. The other seven people we knew in other rooms did not have hot or even warm water either. Again, city or country living, when you pay for a motel room, hot water should be high on the list of things that need to be included.
Beyond those reasons for my rating, it was a compilation of other tiny things. Things that may not matter to others, but for me, lead to a fairly dissatisfied experience.