Had Stan posted the facts that you just posted - then this topic wouldn't even be being discussed right now.
trying to stay on topic, is it "realistically feasable" to take another forum members opinion or appraisal of an establishment or management of same as his/her opinion without attacking it or the person expressing their opinion. simply if you know the establishment or personel, and disagree, do just that, voice your opinion as it may be helpful to the OP in making their decision. i like it, i don't like, this is why, real simple.
i didn't not respond to OP initially, as i thought Stan's assessment of management was the same as i felt about the pantawee. some time ago, i had visited, was shown and viewed the pantawee and was very displeased with the way i was treated, and all i did was view the rooms in the complete oposite order i asked, was shown rooms i had no interest in and made my assessment that the place wasn't worth staying at, because the rooms were below standard for price and attitude of staff/management is something i didn't want to be exposed to. which is what i got from Stan's post, management has a major 'people/customer relationship" problem. i really didn't need to know all the personal life story of the management, his neighbor, i simply took stan's opinion as just that. as it agreed with mine, fine, if it had not, than enough said, so many yea's, so many nays. i'll base my decision on that, and if not sure, check it out personally. which is what i did a couple years ago, as i heard great and not so great reviews.
some may think the character of the management is irrelevant to you stay, this may be true, until you have a problem, then that character has to be dealt with. the character, opinion and behavior of the manangement also trickles down to staff. i thought stan's advice was thoughtful and would be helpful to OP. he did not say he stayed there, liked or disliked the accomodations, as i believe that would be an unknown to him. he express what he knew as dependable 2nd hand info and explained as such.
then the thread went sideways.
thoughts and opinions are mine, but staying on track, i wouldn't stay there for free.
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