We've all had our share of "nightmare hotels" and we here at quarter-life vices are no exception (to our friends who were with us at Hundred Islands, 2006, you know what I mean). So as we continue to travel, we slowly begin to be more discriminating on the hotels/ inns we will be staying in. After a day of walking, hiking, swimming, snorkeling and shopping, it would be good to come to a nice place with no roaches or gross bathroom to welcome you. Before you say that we sound very picky, we say you probably haven't experienced being at the room at the back of the kitchen with no space to walk on and ta-da! with a very gross bathroom (that hotel in Pangasinan, I'm looking at you). It is one thing to be aware and have knowledge that you'll be getting very modest accommodations but it is certainly unacceptable to get startled at the striking contrast of your real room with what's in the promotional photos. Can you say, false advertising? We are all for budget hotels, places where you get value for money for sure but most times it is hard to reconcile your budget with your expectations. Sometimes, though we get lucky and we find a hotel that is almost perfect, we want to cry (or it is probably just that time of the month). That's just what happened to us when we stayed at Hotel Sixty3 in Kota Kinabalu.
