Clarion Hotel Conference Center Shepherdstown

Unfortunately the room smelled of old cigarettes even though it was a non-smoking room. However, you could tell the wing I was in was at one time a smoker's paradise. The smell woke me up one night and air fresheners didn't help at all. A lot of rooms had an old non-smoking symbol still on them but my room and wing I was in did not. Smell still got into my clothes and when I got back to Arizona I had to wash all my shirts again. I asked for another room but the could not accomodate me. Look elsewhere for your stay. Not recommended.

The outside of the hotel was very nice but somewhat resembled a hospital.

The prices of the rooms were extremely pricey and they were very small and did not have a microwave or refrigerator.

ANd after watching t.v for a few hours on the first night, we started noticing bugs. Then we looked on the walls and there were 5 or 6 stink bugs on the wall. Then i noticed 2 or 3 on my bed. IT was very disturbing....so we moved to a different room. Then in the new room the wallpaper was coming off and you could see that they had stapled it together.. The next night the power went off for about 40 min. and it was really freaky.....but they did hand out glow sticks at the front desk.

But, The service was really good and the restaurant was very good and very reasonably priced.

But i would recommend Comfort Suits on the other side of Shepherdstown or the Bavarian Hotel.

After researching several hotels in the Harpers Ferry Area, we decided on the Clarion. It was the most expensive at $129.99 per night, but with tax, and extra fees it came to $286.00 for 2 nights. The room smelled horrible upon entering, although it was clean. I asked the girl at the front desk for some air freshener. She gave me a spray bottle with some clear liquid in it. I honestly think it was plain water. I sprayed my perfume instead, and we headed to dinner in the restaurant. I believe it was called Sebastians?(something like that)...It was 8:00pm when we entered and 9:30 when we left. Food was good but it took forever to get it and there were only 3 other tables with guests in the entire restaurant. The location of the hotel was good but they have a small (and I mean small) sign for the entrance. We drove past it the first time. You would think for a big hotel, the sign would be bigger. Thank God it wasn't dark out or we would have never found it.

You would be better off going to a Ramada Inn or Holiday Inn and save some money. I found it strange that the bathroom had no exhaust fan, and the phone in the room was disgusting and dirty. They did post little signs that said their room amenities were so popular, if you wanted to purchase anything you could, or if it was missing they would charge your credit card.

I think the towels were $20.00 and the coffee pot was $40.00. The hair dyer was $45.00 but had black electric tape all over it, and was filthy. i had to laugh, thinking who would want any of this dirty stuff? It honestly wasn't worth the extra money. We did drive around and next time we will stay at the Bavarian Inn and Lodge. That place looked really nice.

There needs to be better road signs for the Clarion. If I hadn't had good directions I would have never found the hotel.