My wife and I usually stay at Hampton Inn across USA, because it’s a known business model with properties having comfortable rooms with great free breakfast. This boutique property, The Old Carrabelle Hotel, measures upto that standard of cleanliness. On top of it, the rooms are cozy, but a bit small though. The bathrooms are actually big and the shower was a delight. More importantly, we could flip a switch and make coffee and tea in the hallway, and relax in a long beautiful front balcony that extends pretty much around the house. That sure beats any Hampton Inn property. This property is several decades old and it’s a big task to maintain it to function that well. Our compliments to the owners. Breakfast was coupon based, and we could order anything we wanted, discounted to $7 each, in a two minute walkable pastry and sandwich shop. We could go anytime of the day with the coupons !
To be fair to Hampton Inn properties, we did miss the beautiful lounges and front end hallways they have. But why not enjoy a little piece of heaven by giving those things up?