Carvins Cove Natural Reserve Vacation Packages

The hotel property is very run down. The room was not terrible, as clean as they could get it considering how run down it was. So many things were held together with duct tape, including the air conditioner. Coffee machine was dirty, coffee supplies were mostly not supplied. there were clean towels each day but one tube of shampoo and two tiny soaps for 4 days. Breakfast was white sliced bread and cold cereal. Juice machine didn't work. There were weird green lights that shone in the window all night.

We very much enjoyed our stay at the lodge but did have a couple of concerns worth sharing. The staff was generally friendly and helpful as we needed ice for my wife's medicine to stay cold and the ice machine in the lodge was failing for the time that we were there and staff provided it from the kitchen. The room was clean however many other parts of the lodge were lacking in that regard. The window sills adjacent to the tables out on the balcony must not have been cleaned for weeks at best and is a good example. The service at the restaurant was decent however both days we stayed the breakfast was delayed from opening and not all of the food options were ready. It was almost like staff was too late each day to be ready to open. The iconic parts of the hotel were very well marked and very well kept and that is essentially what made the stay worth it.

A nice, clean hotel closeby both the interstate and the local university. Brand new property since July 2026. Pros-professional, courteous staff, clean rooms, good continental breakfast, and a very clean property overall. Cons-electricity went out in room the night before check out. Probably because it's a newer property in the area, IMHO. Breakfast should be until 10 am, not 9 am. Other than that, no major problems, and still, one of the better hotels in the area.