WhyHotel by Placemakr, Columbia

For some reason the fire alarms went off at 10:30 Monday or Tuesday night. Several went to their cars. When the alarms stopped, we returned to our rooms. No explanation was ever given for the event.

Terrible water pressure and runs out of hot water so fast! Barely any pressure at all, made showers very difficult. Tried to take a bath and the room ran out of hot water before I could fill up the tub. The remote didn't work and the bed was not very comfortable. Very cheap furniture.

Property is amazing! But they tried to charge my card $530 upon checking out without any communication as to why.

Pros: nice place overall, pretty generic but much exactly as advertised, plenty of room for two adults in a small 1BR apartment. Stocked with the basics in the kitchen (cooking utensils, pots, plates/utensils/glasses/mugs/flatware, coffee maker, kettle), bed was decent, bathroom was fine. The community it's in seemed nice - didn't take advantage but there was an ice rink, a few restaurants, walkable; in hotel a sizeable and accessible gym and nice outdoor pool/lounge area. Small cons: Big walk-in closet, but seemed a weird waste of space, and had no hangers at all. Would have been nice if it had been furnished with a mirror, maybe a dressing table or chair for getting ready outside the bathroom. No shelf or holder in shower for "stuff" like shampoo/soap - had to leave shower stuff on the floor which was a little weird. Towels were pretty meh and not enough of them, definitely suggest BYO bath towels. The building was not well marked as containing Why Hotel/Placemkr - after wandering between the two buildings a bit, asked a very nice gentleman we asked took us through to get to the hotel part - not sure we would have found it on our own, it was very confusing (probably not helped by the construction) and the sign on the door identifying it as WhyHotel was a small decal. Overall though, a pleasant if bland place to stay for a few nights at a reasonable cost for what you get, would stay again if in the area.

The area rug in the sitting needs to clean. Very disappointed to see stains on the rug. Also, the front desk guys are very lazy. Asked for hotel cart when checking out 8 am and they refused to find the carts for me. They made excuses about carts go missing or someone might have them. From 8 am- 12:30 pm no signs of carts. This is a hotel and should have carts available. I had to make 10 trips back and forth to back my car. Not please!!!

My credit card was changed a day early and I was told it would only be charged when I checked in. I wanted to pay with a different card than the one on file, the one on file has a very low limit and a very high interest rate, I don't use it. So that hurt me financially. NOT HAPPY.

Iam from the area so the atmosphere was what I expected but the hotel itself is not well run and seems to be managed by teenagers or very young 20 somethings; several issues during our stay. Will not return

I enjoyed my stay so much, I wish I could've extended. Matter of fact, I wish I could move in. It was a really great value for the price. You get a full kitchen on top of amenities you find at a nice hotel for a price that beat other hotels in the area. You get access to a 24 hr gym that was well equipped and there was also a beautiful pool (though it's way to cold to be swimming now, I'm sure it's wonderful in the summer). The location is prime, near all of these mouthwatering restaurants, you could very well do a food tour. AND THERE WERE EVEN MORE RESTAURANTS COMING SOON. If I find myself back in this area (which I'm now hoping I do), I'll be looking to stay here again.

I wish I would have known before booking that it’s was a $35 per night cost for parking. Also the unit size was much smaller than what was shown when I booked. It’s nice but misleading.