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2.5 of 5
4229 Stuhlman Rd., Vernon, NY 13476
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Ranked #1 of 2 hotels in Vernon
3.0 of 5 stars 48 Reviews
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Binghamton, New York, United States
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Worst customer service I have EVER seen!!!! Rooms were dirty with bed bugs!! No hot water!!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 December 2011
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My wife and I went there on Christmas Eve with the intentions of staying till December 27, 2011. We booked the room a few days in advance and spoke to a girl by the name of "Tammy." Which if you do book a room there, which I don't recommend, do it through Tammy, because she is very pleasant to talk to and really is the only one there that knows what she is doing. When the room was booked, we told Tammy that we would be paying cash for all 3 nights but would not be doing so till about 11:30 pm that night of arrival due to we had other people that was arriving late and was splitting the bill. She said no problem. So we gave her our debit card number to hold the room even though when we got there we were going to pay cash. When we got there, it was not Tammy behind the desk, for which I will not mention who she was, but hope you never get her, cause she is the one that caused the problem with our bill. She told me that she needed our card that the room was booked under to put a "HOLD" on it but nothing would come off the card. WRONG!!!! She charged our card $295.70 when after our coupons should have only been $151.72 for all 3 nights. This "HOLD" was not suppose to take any money from our account but because it did, caused us to have an overdraft charge on our checking account that has never had an overdraft, ever! They told me that it will take 5 days for the "Extra" charges to be credited back to our account and they would not pay the overdraft fees of $70.00 when it was their fault. When we approched the supervisor the next morning, he was absolutly worthless. We talked to him at 7:00 am and he said he was going to call the general manager and get back with us. Come 11:30 am, we still did not here from him, so we called him. He said that the general manager would not do anything about the situation. We wanted to speak to him, who he was not there, and the supervisor in charge would not disturb him on Christmas anymore. But you know what, it was our Christmas that was being ruined.
We stayed on the second floor, and all we heard all night was doors slamming. When we first checked into the room, we had to call maintenance cause the toilet was leaking. They sent housekeeping up to mop it up. Then there was hair all over the floor and on the hair dryer. The piece of floor molding between the bathroom and hall was cracked in several places which had very sharp edges and you could possibly be cut if you hit your foot on it.
When we went to the continental breakfast, which was not bad, the girl does a really good job with that, there was other customers up there telling us of their experience they were having. One lady was being moved from the fourth floor to the third floor, cause her room had BED BUGS. We were talking to this women when the manager brought them the new room key. So we know what she was telling us was true. We got on the elevator to go to breakfast and there were other people complaining that they had no hot water and they had to switch rooms, cause due to the holiday, they had no one there to fix it. Now mind you, the hotel was far from being booked to capacity. They only had 16 rooms booked. We were so upset, we checked out the Christmas Day when we planned on staying till Tuesday.
I HIGHLY DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS HOTEL TO ANYBODY!! VERY, VERY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND NOT CLEAN UNLESS YOU LIKE BED BUGS AND HAIR FROM THE PREVIOUS PERSON IN THE ROOM ALL OVER THE PLACE.

Signed,
A very unhappy couple who had their holiday ruined by people who really did not care!!

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  • Stayed December 2011, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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12 reviews 12 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
“Good value”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 December 2011
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Spent the night last Friday at Vernon Downs Hotel and was very pleasantly surprised. I've visited before to gamble and enjoyed it so the wife and I received an offer in the mail for $79 dollar stay and booked it. Room was very nice. Microwave, refrigerator and coffee maker. Very clean and comfortable. Small sofa and desk in the room. We will definately return.

  • Stayed December 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Somerville, New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Great little find!”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 December 2011
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As I always like to stay at smaller places, I decided to stay at Vernon Downs Casino Hotel vs the Indian place. I had heard from some friends of mine that they had made some upgrades to the facility and had new bedding in the rooms. I went ahead and stayed there on the Dec 3rd for 1 night. What a GREAT LITTLE PLACE, not to mention it was $95 dollars cheaper than Turning Stone. The lobby had a fireplace going and very nice new furniture and a brand new computer area to check my emails. I was met by some very nice front desk people who were caring and informative. I checked went up to my room and found it to be very large, clean and had a nice new bedding which was very comfortable after hours in the car. Went to Mr Gs restaurant which is off the lobby going to the casino and the food, service, price AWESOME. Casino was smoke free, clean and friendly staffed. Didnt win but didnt expect to..
Great Value and worth the Trip

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  • Stayed December 2011, travelled solo
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Complete disappointment !!”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 December 2011 via mobile
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I was in town for a week for a federal class and chose this hotel with high expectations since it is connected to a tourist attraction and its online pictures and reviews. The room was filthy, the shower was appaling, not to mention the complete lack of water pressure and the mildew covered shower curtain. The lamp shades were broken, my door did not lock when I shut it and a security officer walked in in the middle of the night. The pool has peeling paint and the hot tub has dirt and mold in the corners with missing tiles and the jets don't work. When I came back from class there was cheetos and a soda bottle in my room and the front desk did not believe me. The drinks in the restaurant tasted like they had soap in them and no alcohol. The soap they provide in the room made you feel like your skin was coated in rubber. The only compliment I have is that the bed was decent, there were no bugs and the staff that checked us in were great. I highly suggest you make another selection.

  • Stayed December 2011
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Utica , NY
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37 reviews 37 reviews
Reviews in 14 cities Reviews in 14 cities
20 helpful votes 20 helpful votes
“getting better but still bad”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 November 2011 via mobile

room haven't been upgraded at least since 1998, yes that's correct. The rest of the property is changing and upgrading but they still don't get it. The employees are miserable and you an feel the vibe. Casino employees are worse still. Very unfriendly.

  • Stayed October 2011
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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Address: 4229 Stuhlman Rd., Vernon, NY 13476
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