We did not get to stay in the hotel so we can't tell you anything about how clean the hotel is. However, we do wish to warn everyone not to make reservations here. We made reservations here on January 17 for March 12-16. When I found a place closer to Big Bend, I called The Alpine Inn the next day (Jan. 18) and cancelled my reservations. I called out the 4 reservation numbers I had been given and verified that they would all be cancelled to which the reservations personel verbally verified they all would be cancelled. What a surprise we faced when we got home from our vacation and found that The Alpine Inn had charged us over $200 on our credit card on March 12. When we called to ask the manager to reverse the charges, he claimed we were charged because we were a "no show", that I had never called to cancel the reservations, and that they would not reverse the charges. Our credit card company is temporarily removing the charges while they investigate, plus our lawyer is writing them a letter of debt dispute so hopefully this will all be resolved. However, I wanted to warn any of you going to Alpine not to stay at The Alpine Inn, and recommend all of you learn from my mistake and get a cancellation number when you ever cancel a reservation. I have never had this happen before so didn't think about needing such a number.

The first room I got in this motel was not too impressive. The room had a musty somewhat smoky smell (even though it was supposed to be non-smoking) and then I discovered the noisy climate control system would only cool the room but not heat it. Since it dropped to freezing that night, I complained and was moved to another room. The second room was a bit better than the first. The climate control system seemed new, was quieter, and both heated and cooled the room well and the room smelled better. The main drawback was that someone had let in about a dozen flies into the room which kept me company for the night. Other than that, it was an average clean 2* motel room. It had a king bed, phone, tables and chairs, refrigerator, and microwave. The large TV got a lot of stations. The main problem was the amount of noise from people coming and going. There was noise until about midnight from both the nearby bar patrons and hotel patrons. At around 6 AM, the truckers started leaving. They let their cabs run for about 5 minutes in the morning so once they start you will not be getting any sleep. Plus, at $50, it was not a great value and you can pay just a little more for one of the better motels nearby. I would look for a motel with fewer truckers or better soundproofing.

Alpine Inn, 2000 E. Hwy 90, Alpine, TX 79830
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