I am starting to have some issues with Choice Hotels. It useed to be that their different brands had predictable levels of service---Clarion was an old-style motel, Quality a little better, Sleep Inn and Comfort wth full amenities, and some upsacel in Ascend and Cambria. Lately, I can't predict if a Qulaity Inn will be better than a Comfort or if it will be a 1950s stye exterior-door motel with no elevators. So we are enjoying a stay in Huron, where this Comfort Inn isn't quite what I'd expect in that brand. What was disappointing--no business center. No pool. Extremely slow wi-fi. Old-style magnetic-strip door key cards that don't always store a code, and exterior doors that get locked tight at night and they key card won't admit you (and the back door, which overlooked the Huron River, doesn't have a key card reader). Our road-side room gets a lot of exgerior noise--I'm not a light sleeper, but I was awakened in the middle of our first night by some loud metallic sound outside, sounded like a pile-driver. Photos of the property suggested that there was a furnished back patio with stair access to a small beach, but that furniture is gone and what s at the bottom of those stairs is concrete. On the plus side--staff was really good and responsive to our needs.Rooms are nice and spacious with a big soaker tub in the bathroom. And best of all, it is right on the river's edge, and by luck we were here on the night of a supermoon with gorgeous weather--the reflection on the river was almost breathraking. Readers should understand that I award a rating of 4 to any chain hotel that meets the chain's standards as I expect them--5 means even better, and lower rating--disappointment Here' there are some missing pieces and other points of excellence which balance each other out.
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