Hotel Review - Howard Johnson Virginia Beach

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9 жыл бұрын

Where do I even start? Well, I had a reunion with friends to attend out in Norfolk back in February, and there wasn't room for me in the apartment. I had a few low-value Welcome Rewards nights (free nights form the Hotels.com loyalty program), so I used them on this place. I went in knowing that it wouldn't be great. After all, my personal rule for budget hotels is that they meet just 2 simple criteria: Safety and cleanliness. Unfortunately, this hotel failed at both. This meant that I had to change rooms TWICE, a new personal record for me. I took the whole thing with a sense of humor (in all honesty, I love making videos that document these sorts of issues). I've even added a runny tally of all the major issues with the hotel that appears on the left side of the screen. Hope you enjoy the video!
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@jeffbutterfield3158 5 жыл бұрын

I stayed here in December 2017 and was impressed with how clean and comfortable it was, especially compared to the Super 8 I stayed in Charlotte just a couple of days earlier. For the money especially ($32 a night!!) it was FANTASTIC. Sorry you got a bum room.

@Dfordium 2 жыл бұрын

The reason that coffee pot was so hard to put in was because it wasn't meant to go with that coffee maker. The pot is Mr. Coffee brand while the maker itself is a Cuisinart.

@gladfan1989 7 жыл бұрын

ROFL, that was hilarious. Especially in room #2. My first thought was "THE TV'S POSSESSED!!!"

@TheElevatorPlanet 9 жыл бұрын

I love that the "Observable Problems" list is the size of the whole damn screen by the end of the video.

@TheElevatorChannel 9 жыл бұрын

I actually had to make the font smaller twice to make it fit :D

@TheElevatorPlanet 9 жыл бұрын

***** Oh that's too funny!

@ArisBuliteanu 4 жыл бұрын

The Elevator Channel The climate control unit… The brand is actually a… gree

@wereswdfgrdesd 3 ай бұрын

@@TheElevatorChannel andrew has stayed here

@msj191961 9 жыл бұрын

Kind of crappy you had to move rooms twice, but hey, at least it gives you a somewhat different experience. At least you find humor out of this and make the best of the situation. I like that. I know some people who would leave the hotel in two seconds.

@robertsitch1415 5 жыл бұрын

I might have defrosted the fridge myself.

@theodorepfeffer7342 9 жыл бұрын

I once had an old Sony TV that did the same thing. I had to press the power button 5 times just to get the TV to turn off.

@alexola2621 8 жыл бұрын

19:41 The inn at the peachtrees broke that record :)

@emoryzayn2432 3 жыл бұрын

i guess it's kinda randomly asking but does anybody know of a good website to stream newly released movies online ?

@nicholasethan7730 3 жыл бұрын

@Emory Zayn lately I have been using FlixZone. You can find it by googling :)

@zainkendrick7165 3 жыл бұрын

@Emory Zayn lately I have been using Flixzone. You can find it by googling :)

@talonaugust8024 3 жыл бұрын

@Emory Zayn I would suggest Flixzone. Just google for it :)

@JoshCraver9000 9 жыл бұрын

This place reminds me of the Bates Motel.

@isaac24 5 жыл бұрын

Bates motel the 2nd!

@charlesraymond2751 8 жыл бұрын

wow I never seen that much frost before. i'm like it's not that hard to defrost the mini fridge.

@shadowduck02 5 жыл бұрын

My record is 4 rooms at an Extended Stay America in Sanford, FL.

@foodiethebeauty 3 жыл бұрын

"These mattresses look fairly new......ew." Hahaha!

@thejackdrees 7 жыл бұрын

I love the "observable problems" list. It makes me think that I would love to see a hotel tour where every time you have a complaint about something there or notice something wrong, that increases a counter as the video goes on. If you don't know what I mean, watch a Cinemasins "Everything Wrong with" video.

@whorton4 6 жыл бұрын

Must be owned by the Patel group. . . "Your night fucked or its free."

@TheDash456 Жыл бұрын

Large stain on the pillow. **ding**

@thejackdrees Жыл бұрын

@@TheDash456 Looks like these bedbugs went to the Prometheus School of Running Away From Things. *ding*

@TheDash456 Жыл бұрын

Scene does not contain a lapdance. *ding*

@twcguy5853 7 жыл бұрын

were you and Alex in a Nissan 350z

@CWAent 9 жыл бұрын

this is why people stay at good hotels like hampton inn or holiday inn

@22408aaron 9 жыл бұрын

I haven't ever stayed in a HoJo, but... I can kind of be glad now that I didn't lol! I have a mini fridge in my room, and I defrost it regularly, even though it doesn't frost up that much. It is kind of disappointing how a security flaw on the door goes unwatched. I guess it is because since people just swipe their cards and think it is unlocked it gets unnoticed, but that is such a problem, especially in a what appears to be a sketchy part of VA Beach outside. I have been thinking about it recently, and I am thinking that the reason why all of these hotels are so piss poor is because with 100+ hotels walking distance from each other, they try to compete with prices. $50 is cheaper than most hotels in Fredericksburg! But of course, most hotels in Fredericksburg are better than in VA Beach or Myrtle Beach or Pigeon Forge or where ever. Great review!

@TheElevatorChannel 9 жыл бұрын

I think this place is more focused on running as a low income apartment building than as a hotel. Many rooms have kitchens in them, and they advertise weekly rates on the sign in front. It's probably geared at people who want to live near their family members/significant others who live on base, but are there for too short a time to make an apartment practical (or for people who aren't financially able to get an apartment).

@22408aaron 9 жыл бұрын

***** I see. I certainly wouldn't stay here if they paid me. Did you have any bug problems? Looks kind of like the place, but I could be wrong.

@jordanskrzypchak9756 4 жыл бұрын

I love the sarcasm! 0:02

@Ih8kone 4 жыл бұрын

Is there an elevator?

@MrBootydaddy 9 жыл бұрын

Whoa thats a lot of ice in that fridge in the third room lmao.

@makeshiftlake3519 Жыл бұрын

12:34, the coffee pot says mr. coffee and the coffee maker says cuisinart at the bottom. So somebody probably broke the original pot and replaced it with whatever they had, that’s why didn’t fit right

@TheJohnDShow1 4 жыл бұрын

I checked their website and it looks like it's been renovated.

@jormuz100 9 жыл бұрын

the elevator channel you should not leave a door open?

@TheJohnDShow1 9 жыл бұрын

Did you do a bed bug check? I always do.

@TheElevatorChannel 9 жыл бұрын

Off camera, yes. But they're very hard to spot. Professionals usually use specially trained dogs to sniff them out because they're so small.

@jkbish1 2 жыл бұрын

The Ho Jos Restaurant on Key Largo in 1971 was beyond belief. I never returned.

@hotelchannel2824 9 жыл бұрын

Are you ever coming back to this place

@TheElevatorChannel 9 жыл бұрын

hotel channel Definitely not. I was actually in the area again since this video was taken, and I picked a different hotel.

@isaac24 6 жыл бұрын

19:53 no idea. Got me stumped.

@Adrianlover89 7 жыл бұрын

Can you review my carwash in Bronx New York?

@charlesraymond2751 8 жыл бұрын

that's like a hotel from the 80s. if it was in better condition, that's a kind of hotel that the Griswolds would be spending the night on the way to Wally World.

@TheJohnDShow1 9 жыл бұрын

Were you tempted to make a snow cone? Just kidding. I haven't seen that much ice either. The owner apparently doesn't take pride in their property.

@SennLens 9 жыл бұрын

Lol! Is this the worse hotel? In Malaysia, I have stay 1 hotel in Penang, no closet door and TV lost the antenna (which connect to the roof).

@drjustin84 7 жыл бұрын

Star Offtopic Channel Americans are very spoiled with stuff like this!

@SennLens 7 жыл бұрын

Same as Malaysia (but way worst than Americans did). And even I stay few of the most dirty hotels too. 1. I have ever stay at a beach resort about 40km from my hometown. About RM200 (equal to about $40++), no elevator. The best is the picnic side but the worst, only 2 TV channels which broadcast in analog (very blur and snowy picture at there). Plus, feels very sandy in room with my bare feet and no WiFi. 2. Another beach resort located Southern Kelantan (known as Tok Bali), have elevator with price RM300 (about $75++). Not too clean. The worst, the TV want to fell down to the ground. I contact the manager about the TV that I said but the manager doesn't care. 3. The hotel what I said above have change hotel name to Neo+ Hotel. Now with improve more clean and good quality.

@damiancooper3063 2 жыл бұрын

The fridge was starting to break as well

@ChloeLane1011 9 жыл бұрын

Well when you have a list of complaints as big as long as the screen

@isaac24 6 жыл бұрын

"I've even added a runny tally of all major issues...." I think you misspelled "running" with "runny" as in "runny egg" LOL

@shellyp9141 7 жыл бұрын

I love how all of the rooms were numbered one right after the other! I bet 258 would have been the winner... not!!

@mrbx359 4 жыл бұрын

2:17 The fridge has issues

@thealexpshow782 2 жыл бұрын

The coffee pot is for a "MR Coffee" machine and the machine itself is a cuisinart

@superluigi8362 5 жыл бұрын

My dad stayed here (Not This Locaction) 16 Years Ago.

@Ihdc1 9 жыл бұрын

there was no turntable in the microwave, strange.

@MisterMikeTexas 2 жыл бұрын

HoJo is now a Wyndham brand. Wyndham and Choice brands, it seems, are iffy.

@amittankpro 8 күн бұрын

Room 255 Tour 1:29

@andrewalsid1500 6 жыл бұрын

It's a Mr coffee cup in a cuisinart coffee maker that's why it dosent fit right

@stealth865 8 жыл бұрын

Shower curtains cost next to nothing! there's no excuse for a mildewy shower curtain.

@georgef551 9 жыл бұрын

Gives the Disney budget hotels a run for it's money.....in the lack of maintenance department.

@crazyboy72375 7 жыл бұрын

those TVs belong at a goodwill not in a hotel xd

@whorton4 6 жыл бұрын

Good will does not even take the older style Televisions anymore. . .

@nikospodas6201 7 жыл бұрын

THERE IS A HOWARD JOHNSOPN INN IN NASHVILLE TENNESEE

@claytonstoddart4493 2 жыл бұрын

12:30

@Southwest737 9 жыл бұрын

That....was....bad...wow.

@claytonstoddart781 2 жыл бұрын

12:31

@cprpromo 4 жыл бұрын

Green means "Go...to new hotel." A disgusting hottub seen by a flight attendant on layover in Jackson, Mississippi. hotelnightmares.com/green-means-go-to-a-new-hotel/