Cotopaxi Lodge

Está más alejado de lo que se dice de la puerta Norte del parque Nacional y no está muy facil de encontrar y el ultimo tramo del camino es regular. ATENCION!!!!!: la dirección que indica booking te lleva a otro lodge alejado de este.

Trop isolé au miliei de cham0s agricoles avec barbelés. Sans voiture vous êtes totalement á la merci de l'hotel avec des surprises et de nombreux suppléments non annoncés : repas 30 usd par jour, déplacement Vers le lodge 50 usd aller et retour, tours organisés obligatoires car impossible de faire les choses á pied. Dortoir ok mais pas de cuisine á disposition. Ce n'est pas un hostel.
Détail important : le cuisinier dormait sous la cage d'escalier fans un cagibi sans fenêtre. Une honte pour le prix que nous avons payer au final.

Directional signage needs to improve

La carretera

Nulla

Lunch and dinners should be larger in sizr because of the price paid is significantly more than you'd pay in the town further out for the same food.

This isn't a "didn't like", but renting out bicycles to guests so they can cycle to the park rather than walking if they don't have / don't want to use a car would be very helpful.

Nothing to say to be honest

The road to the property from main road is very rough and the approach to the property also a little rough.

The issues started after I arrived home. I received a message from the owner asking for payment for the stay and an unpaid lunch.

My companion thought she paid in the morning for the lunches before we left. When I returned home, I was surprised to be informed that 1 lunch out of 2 in fact had not been paid.

Why would the staff only charge for one lunch when we are both in the same room?

I was never once asked to pay at the property for my stay and the lunch. During the conversation, the owner “reminded” me I did not pay when in fact he never asked for any type of payment or present a bill until after we checked out and left the premises.

The bill and payment link from the owner sent to me after I left was for a tour company for a tour that we never used or ever heard of to pay for the night stay with no indication of what the payment was for or what I am paying - only a total.

I never disputed the charge for the night stay only that proper documentation is given to make sure other surprises don’t pop up. It took three attempts for a satisfactory itemized bill and even then I had to make a concession.

This is the first time I have left a hotel/lodging and the bill not have been settled.

Die Anreise auf eigene Faust war sehr schwierig da die Straßen sehr schlecht waren und die Beleuchtung schwach war. Der Besitzer bietet aber eine Abholservice ab Machschi an welche ich höflich abgelehnt habe da ich bereits einen Fahrer mit einem geländegängigen Wagen engagiert habe.

- Zimmer war extrem kalt ! (Keine Heizung)
- sehr unangenehmer Geruch im Zimmer durch offenen Kamin (auch ohne Feuer permanenter Geruch nach Lagerfeuer und dann auch aller persönlicher Gegenstände)
- WLAN hat einen Tag nicht funktioniert (kein mobiles Netz in der Gegend verfügbar), sodass wir Buchungen etc. nicht durchführen konnten
- Frühstück könnte ansprechender sein (Verbesserungsvorschlag: Kaffeemaschine statt Instantkaffee)
- in Summe für den doch nicht unerheblichen Preis ein schlechtes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis