Roach Motel

This is a review I wrote for Expedia and TripAdvisor of where we stayed when we went down to New Orleans.  The trip was really fun (more details and photos to come soon), but where we stayed was not.  I already spent time today writing this review so it's just gonna be my blog post for today as well.

"Where to start.  We thought this would be a great place to stay because of all the good reviews we read online.  The only poor reviews we read had to do with the distance from the French Quarter and other fun NOLA attractions, which we weren't worried about since we had a car.  Anyway, the night we arrived, they did not have our reservation, but they still gave us a room because we brought our itinerary.  We got to our room and it was very gross.  The carpets appeared (and smelled) as if they hadn't been cleaned for years, and they're was a disturbing stain on the chair.  They're were also little bugs all over the walls and the sheets.  We did not sleep well mostly because the mattresses and AC unit were in very poor condition.  The worst part was our second night when my husband woke up to a big cockroach biting his neck!  He quickly flicked it off and killed it, and didn't tell me till the next morning because he knew I would not be able to sleep through the rest of the night had I known.  We cut our trip short by a day because we did not want to spend another night at Crescent Palms Motel.  We knew we weren't paying for a luxury stay, but we thought it would have been a lot more comfortable based on the reviews we read.  I know other guests have had a great, comfortable stay so maybe we just got a bad room (109).  We were thoroughly disappointed and will never stay here again."

All of my review is true.  A cockroach really did bite Newel!!!  We didn't know they bit, but Newel looked it up on his phone after it happened and it turns out they do if they don't have any other food source.  He didn't really sleep for the rest of that night.  As the Southerners would say, "Bless his heart!"  The good news is that we've recovered from the trauma, and we're able to laugh about it too.