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Reviews of Happy Bear Motel

2 out of 5
Happy Bear Motel
1784 Killington Road, across from Sushi Yoshi, Killington, VT

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 64 out of 278 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 82 out of 278 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 62 out of 278 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 41 out of 278 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 29 out of 278 reviews" "

7.2/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.2/10

Amenities

6.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Basic accommodations but clean and comfy. But soon will be 5-stars with all the renovations they are doing
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

JT

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
New owners and renovation activities are underway.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Colin

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean quiet cozy staff was very nice close to the mountain,restaurants and music, definitely plan on coming back again
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Linda

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
One of the most basic motels in Killington - but also one of the most reasonable. We ended up here due to a trip being planned last-minute. The motel is old and worn but clean. Front desk staff was extremely friendly. Fantastic shower pressure a big plus!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very clean
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great. Folks running the property were A . Will stay again.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Arnold

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Patrick J Lennon

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location and price. However, motel is filthy and reeked of moth balls. When I got home, I even had to wash my luggage and toiletries to get rid of smell.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Laurel

The owners are quite nice, so I give their friendliness five stars the property is extremely outdated almost rundown. The furniture is dated. The bedspreads are stained. The rug is dated the room, smelled like smoke, and it’s a non-smoking room. They need to invest a couple of bucks in simple things like new pillows. I just close my eyes and went to sleep with a towel over my nose because it smelled so bad Put some money into your property. It doesn’t cost much.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

David

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Sam on Jan 20, 2024
Thank you ,

8/10 Good

Paul, Paoli

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Owner is extremely nice and accommodating. Overall a good experience if you need a room for the night and a decent breakfast in the morning.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Raj on Jan 18, 2024
Thanks

2/10 Terrible

Nick

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very unfriendly management. Bugs found in the room. Should have been given a refund. Not worth it.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Raj on Jan 14, 2024
Dear sir you are not giving fare review you did not ask for refund and one more thing in our property there is not bed bug if you are not happy then i am sorry Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Patricia

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
wife rude to me about parking
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Janice, York

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Maureen

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
I was concerned about the happy bear motel because of the 2 star rating, however i was very pleasantly surprised. Would absolutely stay here again. Very clean friendly office staff and very conveniently located. Just needs updating with decor. Best sleeep I've had in quiet sometime.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked the room a lot with the additional space for closet. It was a neat location next to Yoshi's. I hiked to Pico Peak but didn't reached Killington Peak in the rain. I have a neat photo of a stream and berries on the AT.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Allison

Traveled with pets, Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I booked a night here specifically because I was traveling with my kids and dogs. I searched “dog friendly” After we arrived and checked in, we were notified that dogs are not allowed there and we needed to leave. He argued with us and took the room key from the door and shut the door on us, saying that it’s “not his problem”. I asked for a refund and some formal notice and was provided with a printed price of paper to take a picture of stating that the dog policy changed as of Jan. 1,2023…. We would have been there Aug. 18…. I would think that is plenty of time to update all web resources. We went to the Days Inn in Rutland instead, where it cost an extra $50, but the kids got to use the pool and we got fresh waffles for breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Jane

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Sam Patel . on Aug 14, 2023
Thank you So much .

10/10 Excellent

Alec

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Edward

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Sam on Aug 14, 2023
Thanks.

6/10 Okay

Vincent

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Raj on Apr 18, 2023
Thanks

6/10 Okay

Glenn

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Mike on Mar 16, 2023
Thanks for staying with Happy Bear Motel

6/10 Okay

Eva

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room smelled like smoke. Had to sleep with the window open.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Mike on Mar 16, 2023
we will definitely upgrade the things Thanks

8/10 Good

Michael

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from Mike on Mar 16, 2023
Thanks for staying with Happy Bear Motel

4/10 Poor

Sarah

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, staff pleasant. 1970 decor, fixtures, old, bathroom pretty gross, toilet had black ring of yuck under rim, smelled like smoke even tho it's a smoke free room.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Mike on Mar 16, 2023
we will definitely upgrade the things Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Sam on Jan 27, 2023
Thanks

8/10 Good

Susie

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Sajal

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Raj on Aug 10, 2022
Thanks

6/10 Okay

Casey

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
great to have an affordable option in Killington
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Raj on Aug 8, 2022
Thanks

6/10 Okay

KATHY

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lower budget motel. You only get what you pay for.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Raj on Aug 12, 2022
Thanks

8/10 Good

Peter

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Raj on Aug 10, 2022
Thanks

8/10 Good

roger m

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Affordable
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from Raj on Jul 29, 2022
Thanks

4/10 Poor

Brian

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is very run down. The included breakfast was a jar of peanut butter and some jelly packets. There were long and short black hairs in my bed from someone else since I have no hair.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022
Response from RAJ on Jul 16, 2022
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Aaron

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from Sam on Jul 5, 2022
Thanks

6/10 Okay

Theodore

Traveled with group
just a bed
It was just a room for the nite. The tv wouldnt work. The hot water was not hot at all
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from Sam on Jun 30, 2022
Thanks.

8/10 Good

JoAnne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The owners were very nice & friendly and the room was clean and it was reasonably priced.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from Sam . on Jun 21, 2022
Thank you so Much ,

10/10 Excellent

christopher

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to the restaurants and slopes
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022
Response from Sam on Mar 7, 2022
Thank you very much .

8/10 Good

Alyse

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
In a great spot. great staff. No Bolt on door. Very dirty
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Sam on Mar 1, 2022
Thank you very much , Have a nice Day . Thanks .

6/10 Okay

Allyson

Traveled with group
Decent place to stay in a great location. Close to restaurants and the night life.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Raj on Feb 28, 2022
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Terry

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
If your coming to enjoy outdoor activities and just need a place to sleep, this is it.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Sam on Feb 27, 2022
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy check in, easy access to mountain. Noisy but its a motel, so what do you expect? For the price and the location I would highly recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Raj on Feb 15, 2022
Thanks

6/10 Okay

Justin

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

2/10 Terrible

Christopher

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had to clean bathroom myself when I arrived with my own cleaning disinfectant. Was disgusting—hair on bathroom ground all around and used toilet with residue on seat. Absolutely disgusting. TV didn’t even work! And management knew because they said what are you in room 4?! Management was unsympathetic after notifying them about family emergency and having to return home 15 minutes after arrival and 3.5 hour ride. Lied to me about owner not being there and only being named RaJ when I asked for his full name to speak with him. Said nobody has ever left their hotel early for an emergency when I asked what has happened I. Past. This place should not be on Killington access road…..out of place.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Raj on Feb 14, 2022
Thanks,

2/10 Terrible

faddy

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nasty
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022
Response from .... on Feb 14, 2022
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4/10 Poor

Craig

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022