The Inn at Death Valley, Death Valley National Park

May 22, 2018

2018 is a bad time to stay at the ranch

Los Angeles, California

First the park is a big place and if you want to see the best spots it's too much if you are staying outside the park. That leaves you little choice. We took the ranch over the pricey sister place, Oasis. You arrive into a major construction site and they've moved some of the services to temporary places. The general store...all I can say is I've seen bedrooms larger. No beer or wine. We headed to the cafe and didn't see anyone eating food. They had some pre wrapped sandwiches and maybe a salad bar. I'd rate 7-11 a better choice to eat at. At least the tiny bar had cold beer on tap but they were out of stock on 50% of the tap beer. I tried the skulpin beer and it was pretty good. The deluxe room was a basic room with nice French doors that left you a nice view of the lawn and the pool wasn't far but you couldn't get to the pool through the French doors as you had no way to lock them as they had a deadbolt. That means a longer walk as you had to walk around the building to get to the path. The room's fridge had an annoying knock that you could hear every 10 minutes probably when it shut off. As a light sleeper it was a choice of taking an ambien or unplugging the fridge or both. So I made the mistake of unplugging the tv instead of the fridge and the noise continued. My bad. The patio for the room with rocking chairs is great BUT you’ll be fighting off at least 10 flies. We had 2 nights booked bailed out early. Can’t think of anything good to say about the place until next year when the construction is finished. 2018 is a bad year to visit.

May 20, 2018

Fly

Province of Trapani, Italy

Cool place ever everybody just wanna go there, to see the high life and fresh air too to my own opinion I wish to be there next time never know what can actually happen chilling right alone cool for me really?

May 20, 2018

Amazing hotel in the middle of Mars

Before we took our trip out west, we went online to see what was available. Not much we soon discovered. After flying into Las Vegas from the east coast, visiting some of the Death Valley sites and trying to get out of the heat (it was 104 degrees) we checked in early at the hotel. At first, we went to the Ranch reception area and I was ready to move on. It was terrible and not what we saw online. After a couple of minutes, we were told that we had been upgraded and had a room in the "main hotel". We didn't upgrade ourselves so we supposedly figured the hotel did it themselves. When we got into our room, man were we surprised. It was beautiful. Nice balcony, over looking the beautiful gardens. We sat out there and enjoyed our bottle of wine. The restaurant was also very nice. Our lunch was more than we could eat and our dinner was quite tasty. However, my husband's duck could have been better. Be advised that the dinners are very expensive and all items are al a carte. There have many poor reviews about this hotel. Perhaps they were staying at The Ranch which I must say was a little scary. If I had to spend a night there at the price a room costs per night I would have moved on. But our free "up grade" made our overnight stay one to remember. I would highly recommend The Oasis at Death Valley. But remember to ask for the main hotel, not The Ranch. You won't be disappointed.

May 20, 2018

Normally a delightfull oasis in the middle of the no where but not at this time.

We have been staying at the Ranch at Death Valley for many years every time the same time, the first week in May. The resort is under a major renovation of the shops and restaurants, Which means you only have a large cafeteria tent for food and drinks or the expensive Inn up the road. I recommend the Inn. What was most disappointing is they raised the prices for this year even though the construction is a major inconvenience, We kept hearing from the staff that the construction company is way behind on completion so if your going any time soon only expect a clean room and the use of the pool.

May 19, 2018

Good for backpacking holidays

Milan

Great location if you want to experience a night in the desert, but you should go somewhere else, at least until the renovation is over. You drive in through a building plot, it looks as if a room is being used as a temporary reception, with two or three small desks. Worst of all the rooms resemble a huge army barracks. Rooms and bathrooms spacious, and despite all the efforts of the cleaners they look very tired and you wonder when the carpet or the curtains were last cleaned. If you really want to stay ask for a room in block 9 with a view over the golf course, better on the first floor. Otherwise your window will be just overlooking and being overlooked by the guests of the next block. Simply no privacy. We avoided the restaurant. Nice pool and very green desert golf. Struggling with wifi.

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The Inn at Death Valley