Hampton Inn Charleston-Historic District

Staff were wonderful. Hotel was beautiful with a great outdoor courtyard and pool area. In a good location. Would definitely stay again.

Beds

The staff were very kind and helpful.

Proximity to parking and everything, popcorn and iced fruit water all day, pool had great shade room was perfectly freezing when we arrived! Let us check in an hour early

Comfortable beds

I loved the fact it was across the street from the music hall. Went to see a concert there. Breakfast was delicious.

Clean, helpful desk attendants, close to tourist bureau and free city transportation.

Die Lage im Historischen District war super! Perfekt um die Gegend zu Fuss zu erreichen. Der E inkaufsmeile war 1 Strasse entfernt.
Draussen unter die Schirme zu frühstücken war sehr schön- schöner Gartenanlage mit Pool

I am genuinely confused and hoping that Hampton Inn sees this and can explain;

The hotel charges $43 per day for parking. I accepted and went to park in the garage, but noticed the maximum daily parking rate posted in front of the garage is $24 per day. I also confirmed this with two garage employees, all the signage in the garage clearly states a $24 maximum daily charge, and the parking ticket itself also says the maximum daily charge is $24. When I went back to front desk and questioned, every front desk employee I spoke with told me parking in the garage was $24 every 12 hours and that it’s cheaper to park thru the hotel than with the garage directly.
?????
I asked them to remove the parking from my room and I’ll take my chances with the ticket in the garage 🙄

For context, we arrived Friday around 4:30 PM and left Monday around 6:00 AM. We parked the car for the weekend and wanted to walk everywhere, so we were not taking the vehicle in and out of the garage.

When I checked out of the hotel, I was charged $129 for the parking on my hotel bill. I asked them to remove as I hadn’t used hotel parking bc just parking in garage was cheaper. Again, employee argued with me that it was not cheaper. I showed her my receipt for $88 I had just paid for the whole weekend.
Crickets.

In the end, I “saved” $40 — enough for two tickets to the Dueling Pianos show (which was a lot of fun), a ticket to the aquarium, or admission to the Black Fedora Murder Mystery show, which was also very enjoyable.

I’m sharing this because I think other guests should be aware of the parking situation before staying. If you are planning to park your car for several days without moving it, the public garage signage clearly advertises a $24 maximum daily rate, which may be a much better option than hotel parking charges. (Again, if u r not taking car in and out)

But to me, the staff was deceitful, and when u think about $40 times the other number of people getting scammed? It adds up.

The hotel stay itself was fine. It’s run down and can use a “face lift”. But, rooms were a nice size. Our room had a fridge and courtyard access which led right to the pool. Helpful on a hot day.
Breakfast was nice to have. Location was good too.

location. front desk staff were friendly and professional

Fint hotell med perfekt läge för besök av Charleston downtown. Rummet var rent och sängarna bekväma. Lobbyn trevlig och de hade en jättefin uteplats där vi åt frukost och njöt lite på kvällen efter besök i staden och innan vi gick upp på rummet.

Location

Si

This was a great location for exploring Charleston! The room was spacious and comfortable, and the staff were great.