Arberland Cheap Vacations

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Quaint German Hotel. Great restaurant. We had a fantastic dinner the night of check-in. Unfortunately, we did not stay as we encountered what looked like cockroaches in our room and when we approached the front desk were told "they are not cockroaches" "they are wood bugs from the garden". In this day and age with the internet giving identification capabilities instantly I read "cockroach" and was on the way out. The girl at the front desk then gave me a room in the front of the Hotel w/o a "Garden Room" window. This room had been smoked in and with my asthmatic condition I could not stay especially when I found the same bugs under my nightstand. Come to find out (when I got back stateside) these are Ectobius vittiventris. the Amber Wood Cockroach, Amber Forest Cockroach, or Garden Cockroach. Which are not a storage pest, and completely harmless to humans as they feed only on decomposing plant. Without window screens and no A/C they will be there. I went back the next morning (after finding a great clean bugless hotel at midnight a short drive away) asking for a refund and was summarily dismissed and denied. I did not stay in the Hotel nor eat the "great breakfast" I paid for. Had the management (very combatant) not been insistent the bugs were not cockroaches; and better informed me, I would have stayed and not lost close to a thousand dollars!

Clean rooms. Good bar.

A wonderful stay in Munich This was my first stay at the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski München, and it will now be my go-to stay in Munich. The location in the center of the City is fantastic. The hotel has a wonderful combination of old-world elegance and modern comfort. What I appreciated most was the exceptional service. Everyone I encountered was friendly, gracious, and genuinely interested in making my stay enjoyable. I especially want to call-out Aires at Reception. The attention to detail really made a difference. This is fully driven from the top-down by the GM, Holger, who I had the pleasure of meeting through a friend who lives part-time in Munich. And there is a cigar lounge for guests - with floor to ceiling filtration! While I did not have time for the spa, it is one of the top spas in Munich. My room was beautiful, comfortable, clean, modern and quiet, and the entire hotel has a warm, sophisticated atmosphere. It was also a pleasure simply coming back to the hotel after being out for meetings and hosting clients during Oktoberfest! Overall, this was a memorable stay, and I would very happily stay here again on my next visit to Munich. A truly special hotel and an experience I would highly recommend.

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Quaint German Hotel. Great restaurant. We had a fantastic dinner the night of check-in. Unfortunately, we did not stay as we encountered what looked like cockroaches in our room and when we approached the front desk were told "they are not cockroaches" "they are wood bugs from the garden". In this day and age with the internet giving identification capabilities instantly I read "cockroach" and was on the way out. The girl at the front desk then gave me a room in the front of the Hotel w/o a "Garden Room" window. This room had been smoked in and with my asthmatic condition I could not stay especially when I found the same bugs under my nightstand. Come to find out (when I got back stateside) these are Ectobius vittiventris. the Amber Wood Cockroach, Amber Forest Cockroach, or Garden Cockroach. Which are not a storage pest, and completely harmless to humans as they feed only on decomposing plant. Without window screens and no A/C they will be there. I went back the next morning (after finding a great clean bugless hotel at midnight a short drive away) asking for a refund and was summarily dismissed and denied. I did not stay in the Hotel nor eat the "great breakfast" I paid for. Had the management (very combatant) not been insistent the bugs were not cockroaches; and better informed me, I would have stayed and not lost close to a thousand dollars!