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The Ranch At Death Valley
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Beautiful property in a wonderland of scenery.
User: MARGARET P from: San Diego, California
Trip Type: Couples
Published Date: Apr, 24, 2024
Travel Date: Apr, 1, 2024
Rating: 5
Wonderful property. Lots of greenery and open spaces. Loved sitting on our private balcony every morning to enjoy a cup of coffee and watch the birds. All the major sites are only a short drive away. Now if someone could figure out the food options it would be perfect. Based on the reviews we brought an ice chest full of stuff to eat for our 3-day stay. A questionable $60 steak didn’t seem like a good idea. How about some fancy pasta dishes, meatloaf, hamburgers/hot dogs/fries? I understand the logistics here make for big food service challenges so dump the fancy food and make good home style dishes.

Great stay!
User: joyousneesler from:
Trip Type: Couples
Published Date: Apr, 22, 2024
Travel Date: Apr, 1, 2024
Rating: 5
So pleasant here! Great staff, nice grounds, spring pool lovely (towels provided). We were going to stay at a more expensive property nearby, but recent review was horrible and when I called them to inquire, felt more like the reviewer was correct. Stay at the Oasis for better stay at less than 1/2 the price of nearby fancy hotel.

Death Valley romantic trip is not as good as planned.
User: Mike T from: Uffington, United Kingdom
Published Date: Apr, 22, 2024
Travel Date: Mar, 1, 2024
Rating: 2
Sorry everybody, If you have a choice try not book this place. We stayed for two nights and had a powercut for one afternoon 1:30 and into the early evening 7:30 of our stay. During the outage (and afterwards) the pool was closed, you needed a phone torch to go the toilet, no air conditioning (you need that here), hot water ran low, there was no hot food and no communication from the staff or even an apology. All we could buy from their store (which did have power from a generator) was an overpriced fairly limp sandwich which was our evening meal that night. To add to the situation they even refused to give us a refund for that night after we returned home and took it up with our tour operator instead choosing to deny that the powercut even took place and that their staff had agreed to refund that night when we checked out the following morning. I suppose we must be lying as they surely are accusing us of that indirectly........ If you do go to this place you will find dated but clean and comfortable accommodation. However, I would also advise taking a camping stove, your own food and be prepared to cook it in the car park. That is unless you like congealed overcooked buffet food priced at £35 dollars plus tax each or relish the task of booking a table in the smallest restaurant in the world where you need to book a month in advance to get a table and where the food is even more expensive. Budget for $90 plus tax each inc drinks. I could not quite believe other reviews until I went there myself. My advice would be to stay at Stovepipe Wells or at least drive there to eat where the food is reasonably priced and actually really good from our experience..........
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Disappointment at Death Valley accommodations
User: JoAV606 from: Chicago, Illinois
Trip Type: Couples
Published Date: Apr, 21, 2024
Travel Date: Apr, 1, 2024
Rating: 3
We were here years ago, and loved the small cabins. Now those cabins are upgraded and expensive. We opted for the standard hotel room. We were in the 800 numbered room building. Way in the back by the horse stables. Room was on level of a Motel 6. I’ve actually been in better room at a Motel 6! TV didn’t work, toilet paper holder was missing and the paper was on the top of the toilet tank. Two of the four lights over the sink were missing the shade and just had a bare light bulb. After our first full day we asked why we didn’t have housekeeping clean our room. We were informed that they don’t clean until after the third night. If we need anything just call the operator. We were told that it is noted in our brochure. Have no idea where that is, and nothing mentioned on line or told when we checked in! The food at the Last Kind Word Saloon was good but over priced. The food at the 1849 Buffet. The buffet was just ok and over price for what was offered. If you stay here look into the deluxe room. They have a better location to everything and are away from the horses and maybe their tv works

An unexpected surprise!
User: MaryBeth T from:
Published Date: Apr, 21, 2024
Travel Date: Apr, 1, 2024
Rating: 5
We booked for two nights and had the misfortune of having a flat tire about 3 hours away that could not be fixed until the next day. We had kept calling the hotel giving them updates and had to tell them that we would not be there for our first night. When we arrived to check in the next day for our 2nd night the hotel had credited our first nights costs AND upgraded our room for the second night at the same price we had already paid. What an unexpected surprise to receive such special recognition because of our vacation hiccup. Don’t see that happening very often these days!
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