Straitside Resort

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Comments: We stayed at this resort end of August, 2006, and found their Website advertising deceptive. On the positive side, the room was clean and housekeeping staff were pleasant. But the room was much smaller than anticipated (cramped would be a better word) with some broken-down pieces of furniture with stuffing coming out of seats. Looked like everything came from garage sales. Something was wrong with water pressure in bathroom sink, and water would make loud hammering noise when turned on. Site says "Web friendly", but that meant a phone jack in the wall where you could dial up to your ISP long distance (no ethernet or wireless). Room also had old wall outlets with no ground near the phone jack, so that claim was a bit of a stretch. After looking over the town of Sekiu the next morning, we decided not to stay an additional night (we were booked for two). Sekiu is okay if you go there just for fishing charters, but there is not much else there. It appeared that most people visiting the town for fishing brought their RVs. Our not staying the next night led to another discovery: even though the Website says an early checkout fee would be imposed, we were charged the full fee (rather than a percentage) for the next night even though we informed them of the decision to leave earlier in the morning. We suggest avoiding this resort and town unless you are chartering a fishing boat. As a tourist, your time is better spent elsewhere.

Reviewed By: Jon, 09/26/2006 07:02:54 PM