Whitcomb Hotel San Francisco

The Whitcomb Hotel was booked by the university and we paid the cost. We didnt have a say in it & was excpecting a rather modest but clean hotel like a travel inn.

Pulling up to the hotel however, all you could hear was gasps of excitment and disbelief from 38 students. It looked amazing from the outside (so very posh!) and we just could waite to get inside!.

Pulling up we were greeted by a usher in top & tails, with a bowler hat on! Who the escorted us into the lobby. The Lobby, that has a class of its own. Filled with ellegant mirrors & beautiful light features & fittings and dark deep red old leather recliners. Heaven. We also had another shock in store, the hotel has a built in StarBucks! (I myself am not that overly excited by coffee, however some of the other students were in heaven).

We were given our room keys, and the hotel had managed to organise that all the students & staff where on the same lever (7). Which was a sign of good organisation and care. Good service!

I opened my bedroom door and was greeted with the most amazing double bed I have ever laid eyes on. If it would have fitted in my case, there is no question that it would be mine. With pure white sheets & a deep red throw it was devine. The room had two double beds (as we shared), a large desk & chair, a recliner chair & TV (which had normal channels + movie channels that you did have to pay for). The bathroom was delicious & had a marble walk in shower with jet settings. (This would have also been doing in my case if I had had my way). The room also contained a large chest of drawers, two bed side tables and a walk in wardrobe. Everything a girl could wish for.

We found out that the cost of a double room a night was $89 (which is about (£75) with the current rate (AAAAArrrggggg),I have never paid that much for a hotel in all my life. So a weeks payment works out at $534 plus tax! (In the UK we dont have to add tax, it was the annoying part of the US). However, it was worth the money. It was a treat.

The one downside about the hotel room, is that it did not contain a mini fridge, so that you could keep any drinks cool that you had purchased. However, on each floor lever there was an Ice room, where you could fill an ice bucket up free of charge.

The hotel holds functions, while we stayed we saw over 4 functions in 6 days. This, if you dont mind is very intreasting. However, if you wanted a peaceful, relaxing setting, this ISNT the hotel for you. It is the very opposite. Within the hotel lobby, they have an Internet Cafe that charges $10 per hour, aswel as having a mini shop that holds sweets & crisps & sells postage stamps. DONT get your stamps from there, they charge $2 for a 93p stamp that you can get from the post office that is just a street away. Downstairs also was home to a first class restraunt (which charged $15 dollors for a bloody mary, o.0 < my face when I asked the price & then just said id have a coke).

The hotel is also opposite two theaters, which have reagular performances of various acts. Plus various food facilities & shops.

All the staff are very friendly, some speak little English however. We were made to feel welcomed & nothing was too much trouble.

If I could afford to, Id go there again. So who knows! :)

I really liked this hotel.
The lobby area was really nice. Staff were friendly.
Rooms were very clean and the beds were really comfortable.