Back from a 10-day vacation

[Dan Druff]

Obviously a troll question, but I'll answer anyway:

Zero.

Only actual complaint on the entire trip was in your home country.

The hotel we stayed at in Waterton was $239 Canadian (which is like $227 US), and was a very mediocre place. However, I knew I was paying for the high season and not the hotel, so obviously I didn't complain about that. (I will say, though, that this was by far the worst "value" hotel of the trip, despite the fact that it was high season EVERYWHERE.)

Anyway, the room also had a few essentials missing such as towels and sugars for the coffee, but again, this was just a minor inconvenience and I didn't complain.

However, when I went to take a shower and there was mold all over the curtain (and I don't just mean one spot of mold -- I mean mold spots all over the place), that was the final straw. I complained at the front desk when I checked out, and they first offered to discount the room, but then asked if I would like lunch at their sister property instead, which I accepted.

Where did you stay in Waterton?

I'm going for a little trip next month & was considering Waterton Park but from what I could gather there are no real quality accomodations in the whole park. Everything looked rather rustic which is great if that's what you're looking for. I decided to bypass it & go straight to the Cranbrook area to start off. Staying here for 2 nights instead:

http://www.steugene.ca/

You'll notice , it has a golf course & casino not that had anything to do with choosing it.

I stayed at the Waterton Glacier Suites. It wasn't rustic. Was just your typical motel, though the rooms were a bit bigger. Aside from the mold, the biggest problem was that it didn't have central air, so the "living room" area was hot, while the bedroom was cold. It looked a lot different in person than it did on the website.

It seems that a lot of hotels in Waterton are poorly rated or ridiculously expensive.

Keep in mind that Waterton has two main scenic roads, and one of them is closed right now. Red Rock Parkway is open (and it's beautiful), but the other one (I think Akamina or something) is closed because of the damage sustained from the Calgary floods in June.

Also, the area has an obnoxious entrance fee policy to where your admission expires the next day at 4pm. I had planned upon staying until about 5pm (which I did), and obviously I didn't pay a second entrance fee, but technically they could have ticketed me or something if they noticed. You are forced to post your entrance ticket in your window.

The US National Park system is a lot nicer about it. You get 7 full days for the price of one, and that only applies to re-entry. So if you enter Yellowstone and stay 10 days, you still only have to pay once, provided you don't leave the park during days 8-10.