Avis Huckleberry Cottage

This review is not a bad review of my property – this review is a result of me not giving into this guests threats and blackmail. Now obviously I don’t want to see a bad review of my property published online – but I would rather have an exaggerated and untrue bad review than let someone attempting to abuse their power as an RCMP officer intimidate me into giving them a free stay at the property and also pay for their breakfast. These wonderful people also vandalized and damaged the cottage during their one night stay – leaving wall to wall mess and garbage throughout the house and ripping the decorative cedar slats from the walls of the bedroom. In my ten years of running a bed and breakfast I have never had a problem like this before and I have been fortunate to not have any guests vandalize my place until now – which is why I didn’t charge them any extra for the damages and destruction that they caused. I only charged them for the original booked rate that they made for their reservation, but I have banned them from this property and all my other properties in the future. What is also ironic and important to point out is that these guests had my phone number and seemed to have no problem reaching me to ask questions about the how to use the brand new washing machine at the cottage and to send me a series of texts wanting a free stay and payment for their breakfast – yet they didn’t call or text to say that there were having trouble finding the B&B in the morning. If they had called, I could have walked to the end of the driveway and waved to them at the cottage so there would be no mistaking which house it is. It is also rather funny and concerning that a police officer couldn’t find the B&B even though they were given the street address, there is a giant sign on the lawn, and I have a big arrow drawn on the chalkboard wall pointing in the direction of the B&B to make it easy to find. Having breakfast at the B&B is not a requirement – I offer to bring over homemade bread and muffins, eggs, bacon, yogurt and fruits to the cottage if guests would like to cook for themselves in the morning…. Or guests can choose to walk the 30 seconds across the road to the B&B and have me cook for them. Eating at McDonalds when you’re in a rush and too busy destroying a house is a choice that these people made all on their own. For anyone who took the time to read this review and my response – I truly hope that you can decide for yourself who to believe, and that you also know that I am very proud of what I do, how I take care of my guests and the reputation that I have built over the years sharing my home and cottage with visitors to Prince Rupert. For more accurate reviews of my property and service, please take a look about what people have said about me with Tall Trees B&B also in Prince Rupert.