Corner Inn九份住宿I 小角落民宿I 機車租借I日夜間導覽

The room was comfortable and everything worked as it should. There were lights and plugs on both sides of the bed. Wifi worked well and it was possible to control the room temperature. There was a communal kitchen area with hot water and tea/coffee available. I especially liked the balcony with the sunset view over the water. While I like the idea of an eco hotel operated remotely, to me this was not a successful example of that concept--neither the eco part nor the remote part.

Be sure to read the email received after booking (If you can't read Chinese this may be a challenge). That is where you find out you have to download an app in order to gain access to the property and communicate with the manager (who operates remotely). As the cameras and video screens at the door did not seem to be working it took quite awhile to even gain access to the reception area, and it was all rather confusing. Once inside, the manager (who was also watching us on video) texted that he wanted to see us change our shoes and that we should film a video of putting cash in a safe and send it to him as proof of payment, apparently because he preferred not to accept the credit card. I think he indicated to booking.com that the card information was incorrect (which it was not) as I got a message and re-entered it on the website. He did later charge the card successfully, but I still got another message from booking.com that my reservation was canceled (after I stayed there) because of an invalid card. All in all I felt the experience was creepy and weird. Check in aside, two other things stand out: First although the room is perfectly nice, the door has gaps around it so you hear everything that everyone says in the hall and kitchen area. Second, they provide each person only a small hand towel--fine if that's all you need, but not fine for a very large person, or someone who wants to dry their hair, etc. It seems counter to the eco mission to run a hair dryer for an hour... This is the worst experience I have had with a place on booking.com