Name: Boende Visby
Address: Wallérs Plats 7, Visby, Visby, Visby, 621 56, Sweden
Rating: 6

Smoke-free property

Heating

Terrace

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

No elevators

General

Non-smoking rooms

Fridge

Family room

Locker

Shower/Bathtub

Shower

Linens

Rooms

Luggage storage

Services and amenities

Coffee/tea for guests

Microwave oven

Kettle

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

English

Languages Spoken

No parking

Parking

Beach/pool towels

Pool and beach

Fax and copy machine

Business

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Personal protection equipment for staff

Extra decontamination measures

Contactless check-in and/or check-out

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the hotel

Room amenities

Visby Ferry Terminal

Visby Airport

Boende Visby

Visby

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

12-beds

13-beds

14-beds

15-beds

16-beds

17-beds

18-beds

19-beds

2-beds

20-beds

21-beds

22-beds

23-beds

24-beds

25-beds

26-beds

27-beds

28-beds

29-beds

3-beds

30-beds

31-beds

32-beds

33-beds

34-beds

35-beds

36-beds

37-beds

38-beds

39-beds

4-beds

40-beds

5-beds

6-beds

7-beds

8-beds

9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

I was there alone as a prelongation of a business trip. The hotel is not manned so you get your key from a lockbox (you get a code via email). All that went smooth despite my worries. Their communication was friendly. The room was alright. It was spacious but very cold, which was only made worse by the stone floor. The bathroom was especially cold. The kitchen was alright but maybe because i didn’t really cool there and only made tea and coffee. Just by looking at the equipment some of it felt a bit dirty and I wouldn’t have called it “spotless” anyway. Good, but but perfect. For the money, however, it’s ok as it is very central and convenient. 

It was alright! 

Things that I didn’t like: Loose, shaky toile seat. Broken toilet seat rim. Dirty vents. Dirty windows. Smell of frying oil. Terrible pillows. Dusty tv (back). Slow communication. Charging too much and not apologising (though repaid).

What really annoyed me: Peep peep peep ound 24/7 from the kitchen (or storage?) behind an emergency exit door every 30 minutes for 30 secs.

The thing I liked: Excellent location. 

Central but that’snit

I have stayed at Boende Visby several times and I have always thought that it was ok for a budget hotel. However, during my last stay I woke up in a bed infested with bed bugs. I immediately called one of the owners and he was understanding and apologetic and tried to find a solution. After several hours, I was told I could move to another apartment and they would make sure to have all of my clothes cleaned, dried, and folded at the end of the day (to minimise a potential spread). When I came back from work in the evening, I was greeted by a paper bag containing all of my scrunched up, wet clothes. With no clean and/or dry clothes for work the next day, I checked-out and demanded my money back. Boende Visby agreed to this but their handling of this was horrendous. Booking.com had to get involved, Boende Visby refused to answer my messages, and after 3,5 weeks or angry e-mails, phone calls, and text messages, I finally got my money back.

I would like to believe I am a reasonable person and I understand bed bugs can happen at the best of places. However, I was told by one of the hotel’s staff that they had had the same issue the previous week in the same apartment. So apparently they knew about the bed bugs, did not sanitise the room, rented it out again, and flat-out lied to my face when they told me this had never happened to them before.

As for me, I got between 200 - 300 bites which caused an allergic reaction which needed medical care. I lost valuable work time and sincerely hope you will spend your money elsewhere. Do NOT stay at Boende Visby!

Boende Visby

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Meals

Internet

Languages Spoken

Parking

Pool and beach

Business

Kids

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