I and my family (6 siblings, spouses, children, grandchildren) spent 4 nights/3 days at the 1785 Inn in June, 2024. It's a lovely facility, in many ways. The space worked generally quite well: meeting spaces, pool, etc. This is largely true despite the unseasonably hot weather we experienced during the 4 days we were there.
It was very helpful to be able to do a âself-tourâ in advance of the arrival of our entire group, so that we could easily plan who would be staying in which room, etc. This reduced the amount of potential chaos with a group of our sizeânear the facility's limits.
Some negatives: (1) Sizes of beds are regularly mis-labeled on the plans of the facility. Many rooms have beds labeled âqueenâ when in fact they are only 54â wide, which makes them not queen but full size beds. (2) We had problems with one shower, which only ran hot; this was fixed the day after we reported the problem. The large commercial refrigerator was not working properly; and it was not fixed during our stay, which was a potential problem, because we did all of our own cooking.
What most concerned me, as the organizer of our group, was that in discussions with the owner/manager about our concerns, he was very defensive. This, coupled with the over-the-top warnings in the rental agreement about violations of this or that policyânone of which we violatedâtended to create a sense that guests generally are viewed with suspicion. This created an unnecessary negative mood.