We were so excited to stay at the alpaca farm. I took my two daughters (11,9) and my niece (9) on a trip to the arc and thought it would just make the trip even more cool to stay at an alpaca farm! They were so excited. When we got there, the smell of the apartment was the first thing I noticed. It was kind of mildewy/musty smell. But I figured it’s a basement and sometimes they smell mildewy. Then I started noticing things. The freezer had red stuff spilled all over the bottom (I messaged the owner right away about that so she didn’t think it was ours.)
The girls kept calling me into rooms to kill spiders. There were webs all over the place. Still, I just wanted the girls to have a fun trip, so just going to deal with it. The swimming pool was great, the owners were very nice and polite. Their dogs and cat were very sweet. Then we went back into our apartment for a bit to take a nap and we’re surprised that they allowed their dog to bark nonstop for two hours straight. I couldn’t believe it…It was nonstop. We went back out to go swimming and we were surprised when the pool, we thought was ours privately to use for the weekend, had like 8-10 people show up to swim.
The final straw came when we were going to bed. The girls were upset because the pillows smelled sour. Then came an AWFUL SMELL!! The place started to have a septic-like smell that was so bad that the kids were wanting to leave then (11pm) then the dog started to bark again. I just couldn’t believe what was happening.
I stayed up till 1am looking for hotels. I got up super early, cleaned and packed everything up in the morning before our ark trip (wanted to be there at 9am) and checked out a day early not even knowing where we would stay the next night. I informed the homeowner about it and have heard no response. I lost out on the money I paid for the second night, and then having to pay for a hotel, all the food I had to throw away that I had bought for our weekend there. I would hope to get a refund for at least the night we didn’t stay, but not expecting that due to the fact that there has been no response to us even leaving.