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Reviews of Trade Winds Inn

3 out of 5
Trade Winds Inn
6 Park Drive, Rockland, ME

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 307 out of 873 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 269 out of 873 reviews" "
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Rating 4 - Poor. 82 out of 873 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 53 out of 873 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lost power during latest storm. Heat, hot water and shower was great after camping at home for a few days. Construction contions and will be a nice improvement.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jessica

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had to walk through a door marked staff only which was like a storage / maids room to get to the hallway that led to our room. Also the tv didn’t have a remote nor would it work when we used the buttons. Check in was through a kiosk and the person helping had broken English. Could not ask about specifics about the hotel like pool hrs ect. Really not impressed
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

4/10 Poor

Susan

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Building was under construction, no elevator, main stairs were blocked, had to go through worker's hallway filled with stuff, garbage in the entryway, etc.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Missy on 6 Mar 2024
Susan, I am so sorry for the construction mess. I hope that you will come back and see us when all of this has been completed. Thank you for your feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Frances

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Missy on 2 Feb 2024
Thank you Frances! Please come back and see us this summer when the renovations are complete.

4/10 Poor

Randall

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
We were unaware that the hotel was Under construction. Not a great value with the condition of the property. A lot of marijuana smell inside.the hallways. Room clean and neat. Manager very nice and helpful. Hopefully once construction is finished the hotel will be a better value.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Missy on 26 Jan 2024
Hi Randall. Thank you for your feedback. Construction is always a difficult process. We recently installed specialized smoke detectors in the rooms to help with guests smoking and vaping. I am glad that the staff was helpful and your room was clean as it should be. I hope that you will come back and visit us again this summer when you can see all that we have accomplished. Thank you again.

6/10 Okay

Stephen, Old Town

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Missy on 3 Jan 2024
Stephen, thank you for your response. Let us know where we can improve. We are currently under renovation and are working hard to provide our guests with a top-notch hotel experience.

6/10 Okay

Pamela

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service
Hallways had a very strong small of marijuana.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Missy on 3 Jan 2024
Thank you for your feedback Pamela. I am sorry that you were not happy with your experience here. We recently installed specialized smoke detectors to help determine who the offenders are in our non-smoking facility. We are in the process of totally renovating our hotel. I hope that you will come back and see us when it is complete. Again, thank you for your feedback.

2/10 Terrible

Arthur

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was very dirty. There was hair on the bed that wasn't ours. The toilet was broken, and it smelled like crap in the room. We didn't even stay the night and left. Do not recommend.
Response from Missy on 31 Dec 2023
Arthur, I am so sorry that you had such an unpleasant experience. Our housekeepers work very hard to keep our rooms clean. The hotel is very old and we just started the process of completely renovating the building. This will include brand new plumbing. It is our hope that by the summer, you will find a brand new and much improved hotel experience. Again, we apologize for your experience and sincerely hope that you will give us another try in the summer. Thank you again for your feedback, it helps us see where we need to improve. Happy Holidays!

4/10 Poor

M D

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
deteriorated
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Missy on 30 Dec 2023
We want to let you know that we appreciate your feedback. We recently purchased this hotel and have been preparing for a major renovation since the purchase. This week we started construction. We are putting in an addition featuring a new and improved front desk area. All of the rooms and hallways will be completely renovated. We would love it if you could visit us again this summer so that we can provide you with a new and improved hotel experience. Thank you again and Happy Holidays!

4/10 Poor

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property needs some serious updating. I checked in on line and when I got there, needed to check in again and it was very confusing. You could use a kiosk with a "remote" person that had a very hard accent to follow and was very loud so everyone in the waiting area could hear everything that was being asked. My room was clean but very cold and took a long time (many hours) to warm up. Don't think I would stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Missy on 30 Dec 2023
Gary, Thank you for your response. We purchased the hotel in August and have been preparing for major construction since. Construction started this week. We are doing a complete overhaul on the entire hotel. The kiosk is on a trial basis and we appreciate your input. We would love it if you would come back and see us this summer and let us know how we are doing. Happy Holidays!

4/10 Poor

virginia

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service
The room was very nice. There was never anybody at the front desk you had always have to wait 15 to 20 minutes breakfast was included. There was no practice three days the other days it was very limited. The entrance to our building was always dirty with leaves the floor needed swap, the manager, however, was friendly and apologized for the inconvenience of no breakfast, and that they were remodeling
Response from Missy on 12 Feb 2024
Good Morning Virginia. I am so sorry for your difficulties. Since October, we have updated our staff to ensure that our desk is staffed, breakfast is on time and complete. We are working hard at the remodeling and hope to have it completed by late spring. Please come back and see us this summer so we can provide you a top-notch hotel experience. Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. It helps us see where we need to improve.

6/10 Okay

Jaremy

Response from Missy on 13 Feb 2024
I am sorry that you were disappointed with your stay. Since you stayed here in October, we have been working hard to improve. We have new staff, and are renovating the entire hotel. I sincerely hope that you will come back and see us this summer when we can show you what we've done to improve. Thank you for your feedback.

4/10 Poor

Amanda

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bruh
Okay, first off the service was very good, there was even a very cool robot girl who checked people in. But we go to our wing to see our room, As soon as we walk in it smells like Maryjane and cigarettes, and it was very filthy, We walk up to our room and it is very cramped and many hallways twisting and turning. We are about to get the room and two people who that are clearly on drugs come and talk to us, we’ve heard this is a big problem (get it together). We finally walk into the room and the smell of cigarettes hits me like a train, it’s filthy and smells. There was a creepy earbud on the ground probably listening to us snore. The shower was basically only one temperature and the room looked nothing like on the reviews it was cramped and we thought we’d get a despise because it looked so old we thought there was absetos. There was 3 pillows on one bed like what’re you doing put 4 weirdos. Both of the pictures on the wall was crooked, and the bed was leaning, just clean er up.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Missy on 29 Jan 2024
Hi Amanda. You are a local so you know the struggles this hotel has had in years past. We recently purchased the hotel and have been working hard to transform this into a beautiful property. We are currently under construction, doing a complete overhaul on the entire property. We appreciate feedback as it helps us to improve. Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Pool was closed
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Missy on 31 Dec 2023
Thomas, thank you for your feedback. I am so sorry that the pool was closed. I believe the pool was closed because a guest had broke a glass bottle. Unfortunately, they had to bring in a pool cleaner to clean the pool and the area surrounding it to ensure no one was injured. Thank you again for your feedback.

10/10 Excellent

patricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Missy on 15 Dec 2023
Thank you Patricia! We are glad you enjoyed your stay.

2/10 Terrible

Laura

Disliked: Staff & service
No way to contact them. Was sent a text message with door codes to access my room.
Response from Missy on 31 Dec 2023
Hi Laura, we want to let you know that there is always someone available at the front desk from 7am until 11pm at night. The text message is a program that is automatically sent through our booking program. We prefer for guests to come and check in with us at the front desk so we can confirm your registration. Some guests prefer to go directly to their rooms. Either way is fine. I am sorry that you felt there was no one available to assist you. During the overnights, we have a kiosk with a live agent to assist now as well as a phone in the lobby that you are able to call our on-site staff. Thank you for letting us know, your feedback is appreciated. Happy Holidays!

10/10 Excellent

kristen

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

2/10 Terrible

Kevin

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I got SCREWED ROYALLY ! Had a personal injury The Morning of booking. In hospital all day. Got the option to pay for room when I arrived Much later in the evening. Gave out the room and DENIED REFUND !
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Missy on 15 Dec 2023
I am sorry that you feel this way. You never called us until the next day (check-out) to let us know you weren't coming. I told you that we would be more than happy to provide you with a refund, all you had to do was send us a copy of your discharge papers to show you were actually in the hospital. We did not give out your room at all. We held it for you not knowing whether you were coming or not. In the future, I would recommend letting a hotel know in advance, not when you were supposed to be checking-out.

8/10 Good

William

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Erik

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
The room smelled like an ash tray. The mattress pad had a fold in it. There was pubic hair in the tub. The mattress was very good otherwise. House keeping could do a better clean up and pull the bed pad tight.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Jessica

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Jay

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Terrific location, clean room. worn and dirty common areas. broken amenities clearly not to be fixed soon ( ice machine, vending ) unresponsive to emails.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Missy on 15 Dec 2023
Jay,I am so sorry for all of that. We are actually getting ready to do a complete overhaul on the hotel. That will include setting up the new ice machine. We do have an ice machine in the dining room that is accessible 24/7. We hope that you will come and see us next summer when we have finished all of the renovations.

8/10 Good

Shirley

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A bit old and disheveled but very comfortable
We hadn't stayed here since it had new owners. I believe it has been refurbished although the room we had obviously was not part of that. There were dings and chips on the floors and paint and old ?cigarette burns on the edge of the tub, but it was very clean throughout. The staff were very pleasant and helpful.. Our room had a small balcony with table and chairs that looked toward the bay. and our bed was comfortable. There was a restaurant a few feet away with great food. I would have loved to stay longer. It was well worth the money.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Missy on 15 Dec 2023
Thank you Shirley. As you know, this hotel is very old and in need of some updating. We are starting renovations here soon and by summer you will find a new and improved hotel experience. I hope you will come back to see us.

2/10 Terrible

Travis

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
#1 the room was expensive for how small and visibly old it was. #2 the whole place smells of bleach, #3 the water got stuck on hot and burnt my scalp and I couldn’t turn it down.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Missy on 15 Dec 2023
Thank you for your input Travis. I am taking all of these reviews very seriously. Our rooms are one of the least expensive rooms in this area. You are right, this hotel is over 60 years old. It has been slightly renovated throughout the years so some of the rooms may be more outdated than others. We are currently getting ready to do a complete overhaul on the hotel. It is my hope that you will try us again in the summer when we can provide you with a new and improved hotel experience.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The place was dirty and service was almost nonexistent.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Patricia

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
common areas, hallways carpets are stained and shabby. The air conditioning unit in the room many of the buttons were pushed in and difficult to turn the unit on and off or regulate.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Missy on 15 Dec 2023
Hi Patricia,I am trying to reach out to everyone who has posted reviews in the last month. I just received access to the messages or I would have responded sooner. You are right that a lot of things are old in need of update. Not all of our rooms are like the one you experienced. However, we are in the process of doing a complete overhaul at the hotel. I would like to encourage you to try us again in the summer when we can provide you with a new and improved hotel experience.

6/10 Okay

Christopher

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Rockland
I had 2 rooms. The standard double had a fridge freezer with mold. The toilet had a bad tank valve and constantly ran water. The ac/heater had a sticker that said it was controlled by t h e wall thermostat. The room did not have a wall thermostat. The other room was a handicapped room. My mom was too afraid to use the shower due to it beeing too slippery. Bed was high for a handicapped person to get in. She had to use a chair to get on the bed.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Frances

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

GASTON

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Ok but dirty
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Daniel

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Sarah-Beth

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Easy check in
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Robert

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Emilie

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ellie

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Missy on 15 Dec 2023
Thank you Ellie. I am glad that you enjoyed your stay!

4/10 Poor

Kathryn

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

ROBERT, Raymore

Travelled with family
Our room smells like a drug house. Tobacco ashes are all behind the couch. We tried to air out the room to no avail. Had we not been tired we would have tried to find another place. This place is a disaster.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don’t stay here
Given a room that was not ready or clean. When we called about it we were told she was busy with customers. We walked all the way back with luggage to front desk. You have to put in a long code in to get into the building and then enter a code to get into your room. Sheets dirty and some towels so worn. Don’t expect breakfast either. We got there at 8 am. 3 bagels were left, some eggs and sausage with a limit of 2 per person. Not at all what they advertised. Thoughtless front desk
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

John

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We booked (and paid) for our stay back in April 2023 and our stay was in early October 2023. Upon checking in, we were informed that they had no credit card on file and hadn't been paid. We proved that we had paid for our stay through Expedia, but they insisted on payment again! Manager stated he would credit us the second charge when he could locate the payment (which we later found out went to the prior owner of the hotel back in April 2023). Well, it has been a week, vacation is over, and not a peep from management of Trade Winds Inn. Also - continental breakfast was a joke! Worst hotel experience we have ever had, and we are both in our 70's! Stay away from this place!!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Marc

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Eric

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was underwhelming. The bathroom transition flooring was a piece of baseboard. This was heavily worn and falling apart. The room felt dated. The staff was not friendly, though they did help out while being vocal about their displeasure in doing so. Overall, below average, can’t recommend.

4/10 Poor

Cindy

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Our room, the halls and elevator strongly smelled of smoke, though I was told it was nonsmoking. Filthy, mold on pullout bed, took an hour for the shower to drain.

4/10 Poor

Annette

Travelled with family
They did not have our reservation in their system. someone did not complete the reservation. They had our names but not the rooms reserved. athey found a couple of rooms for us. We went to dinner and they gave away my daughters room . Took her luggage out of the room. It took a couple of hours to get her another room. The manager had to come in. The hair dryer did not work in our room. There was no breakfast as the person who handeled that did not show. While waiting to check out 3 more people came in complaing about their rooms. We aske for a receipt and they had us for 3 rooms not 2 managers was suppose to call me but never did. So far no charges for the extra room has showed uo
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Joelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The property is dated. The hallway smells very badly of cigarette smoke and the carpet is very dirty. The rooms were very clean but the carpet was dirty, smelled of cigarettes, and the mattresses very uncomfortable. The beds were very small- supposed to be a full and I would say half way between a twin and a full. The location, parking, and staff were great. The staff who clean the hotel are doing an exceptional job but the actual carpets and mattresses need to be replaced.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

nagesh

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Poor cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Janice

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The only good thing about this property is the excellent location near the Strand and museums. But the room was very old and has obviously not been maintained. Instead of key cards you had to punch in a code to get into the hotel and room. Ours did not work and we encountered many other guests who said the same thing. The room looked like everything in it was decades old including the rug. There was no stopper in the bath tub and the water was warm not hot. The price was shockingly high considering the state of the room. The only positive was location and very nice staff who tried to help out where they could
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

John

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Service/staff owns good, property was a little worn out.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Phyllis

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Jana

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023