Resort, Shmesort: Princess Port de Plaisance
This week’s edition of Resort, Shmesort is brought to you by the Princess Port de Plaisance Resort and Casino in Philipsburg, St. Maarten/St. Martin. According to its website, this hotel is the “most luxurious, full-featured resort” on the island, a “five-star classification.” Here’s what TripAdvisor members have to say about it:
But the icing on the cake was the leak from the bathroom in the suite above us causing it to rain buckets and falling sheetrock into our master bathroom.
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This resort advertised a beach that was a joke it is man made and about the size of a large back yard.
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What we did not like: 1) although we knew it was the slow season, the couple of times I called before we arrived, no one thought to mention that every restaurant and bar on the grounds would be closed (except the French Restaurant); 2) the rooms were outdated and dirty, ie - stains on furniture, fans that did not work, tiles missing from the bathroom; 3) the pool - broken umbrellas (and although we requested new ones be brought up they never arrived), hundreds and hundreds of tiles missing from the pool; 4) the staff - very unfriendly and unaccomodating - even though I don’t think there were more than 30 people staying at the resort!
Hookay - I’ll be at the locally-owned B&B up the road, thanks.
