Presque Isle Inn & Convention Center

The staff were sweet. As a young man I cruised timber on GP land, western border of Maine and Quebec, we stayed in old lumber camps and the first one we were driven out by flees! The center didn’t have flees!!! No visitors information, no restaurant info, the drapes were used by a diesel mechanic to clean his hands etc. I’ve had more pleasant stays in canvas military tents.

Hotel is currently an overflow for the Homeless Shelter. This began in 2020 for the health and safety of folks lacking housing. As of August 2022, there seem to be housing insecure folks heading to the area BECAUSE of this option. Unfortunately, this has attracted a rough crowd to our town AND this HOTEL is also renting rooms as vacation designations for families… The rooms are dirty, unclean, unkept. There is no security. It is scary to be in the parking lot at night. And sadly - tourists coming to the PI area have NO IDEA and think they are booking a hotel room in a (formally) decent, long-standing lodging establishment.

Wow…where do I begin? I was here for work and stayed one night. As soon as I pulled into the parking lot, I knew I’d made a mistake. It was an incredibly pot hole filled lot with a great deal of very uncouth individuals. As soon as I parked, a woman came screaming out of the hotel, swearing up and down about something and aggressively left the parking lot in her car. On the building walls in front of where I parked, was a charming sign that said something to the tune of, “Park at your own risk”. Immediately, I was regretful of my decision to stay here, but everywhere else was booked or over $200. As soon as I left my car, I had creepy stares from creepy men. As a smaller woman traveling alone for work, that is not ideal and made me feel very unsafe. I entered the hotel after eventually finding the entrance, and needed to ring a bell to get the receptionists attention. She came out after quite some time and was not very pleasant. She didn’t smile once and acted like I was bothering her by being there. Totally understand that it might be a crappy job, but oof. I’ve had to work as a receptionist before and smiling is the least you can do. She gave me my key card and vaguely instructed me as to where my room was. I then walked down the labyrinthine hallways that smelled of cigarette smoke and general unpleasantness. There were some sketchy people wandering the hallways that made it seem like staring was normal. Cool. I then make it to my room and open the door to somehow an even more unpleasant smell than the hallways. Imagine cigarette smoke overlaid with an overly floral, cheap smelling deodorizer. Quite nauseating. I turn on the light near the door and expected a typical white light to turn on. You thought so too? Nope! A bright purple, neon like light awaits you near the front of the room. The room was outdated and lacked any sort of informative pamphlet regarding hotel info, hardly had any outlets and just felt unclean. I open the bathroom and see that the toilet has been used and not cleaned and unfortunately, it contained solid waste. There was also an insect crawling on one of the walls in the room. All throughout the night, there was chatter in the hallways - the walls and door were very thin. One of the locks looked like someone had aggressively swung open the door trying to break in. I decided to bring in a blanket from my car and sleep with that, on top of the sheets, with the top blankets pushed back to avoid any uncleanliness. I left as soon as possible the next morning (6 am) and will never be back. I recommend, as in STRONGLY recommend, that you never come here. The prices are not worth it. I wish I had just slept in my car in a campground or spent the night in a tent. Would’ve been more comfortable and a far more enjoyable experience.