Name: Banff Y Mountain Lodge
Address: Spray Avenue 102, Banff, Banff, Banff, T1L 1A6, Canada
Rating: 6

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Banff Y Mountain Lodge

Banff

Banff is expensive in the summer. After searching many places, prices were $400 to $500 or more per night.  I found YWCA and Reading many reviews I was a bit worried. Some rooms you have to share a hallway bathroom with others ( which was not for me) but they did have rooms with private bathrooms in your room. Some pictures I seen showed very plain, nothing fancy, minimal accommodations. We knew what we signed up for but were still a bit worried. 
Check in seemed normal, friendly service, quick and easy. Parking can be limited at certain times of the day and we had to park around back. . We were in a one bedroom on the 3rd floor facing the back of the property. Room was basic with a  double bed, a nightstand with lamp, a desk/table with 2 chairs and a fan. Bathroom was very small. With toilet sink and small shower. Everything was clean. The room had newer flooring. There is no a/c, but many hotels don’t. But while we were there it cooled off at night and we had the windows open and did use the fan one night. Hôtel is close to town, you can walk over the bridge and you’re in downtown Banff.  You can walk along the river to Bow Falls. I was happy with the stay. It saved us money. It was clean and close to town. Wifi worked well. We were barely there, only to sleep and shower.  Other reviews said something about strange people roaming around, but we barely seen anyone at all.  Front desk had extra bear spray for us to use. I would recommend this hotel to anyone trying to save some money, that just wants a clean no frills place to stay close to everything.

Close to town and saved us some money!

The YWCA Hotel was perfect for what we needed. It is difficult to find a place to stay in or around Banff that does not cost the Earth. The YWCA is a budget accommodation which many other that have left reviews seemed to have forgotten! I would not pay attention to a number of the reviews that have been left. I would also recommend reading the website, as you will see where the profits are spent...to benefit those who are in need. 

We never had any issues with parking, there was always room at the property in the mornings and evenings.

Yes, the rooms are basic but you are staying in one of the most amazing areas in Canada so you really do not spend much time at the hotel anyway. The property is located a short walk from the center of the town, just over the Bow River. The Bow Falls are are short walk from the hotel, which is a must visit. 

A great budget stay in Banff 

We stayed here for four nights during our stay in Banff. It is in a great location and we always managed to find parking on the premises (although we always left and came back early!). Following booking the accommodation we saw the negative reviews that people had written about the place, which made us slightly apprehensive. Following our experience, there really was no cause for concern - we never experienced anything or anybody unpleasant. It is important to remember this is budget accommodation. We stayed in a private room with private bathroom. The room remained cool throughout the day and evening and the bed was fine. The shower was a little temperamental, but perfectly usable. Staff were always very friendly and approachable and we had no problems during our stay. Would recommend for a budget option in Banff.

Don’t pay attention to the bad reviews

Location is superb. Easy to get to Banff AVE by foot in a couple of minutes. The room is super basic. It's a bed for the night & nothing more. No carpet in room. No TV. No basic extras that you'd expect in a room like a hairdryer.
Bed mites are a problem here. Bed sheets and room cleaning was done every two days. Share bathroom was smelly.
The hotel feels a bit weird/errie, especially in middle of the night, going to the shared washroom/toilet via the corridors. Strange sounds. Maybe it's haunted!
In terms of guest services, it is very poor & I found staff to be clueless and they never interacted with their guests.
YWCA is deceiving, it's not a hotel and should never advertise as a hotel on accommodation booking sites.
Banff is beautiful! However, I can't say the the same for YWCA Banff hotel.

YWCA Banff Hotel

This is a hostel with a few double rooms (the solution we chose) so I did not use common services including the kitchen. The room itself is medium size, discreetly clean, rather dated, a normal bathroom but with a really small shower size.

A cheap hostel from Banff...

We stayed two nights in this hotel, nothing exceptional, very small bathroom, spacious room, unfortunately not even a small fridge, the structure is quiet, I would say that the only really positive note is the location in the center practically and maybe it's the reason for the very high price.

I mean...

Customer service simply doesn't exist at this place. Our dedicated fridge space was never cleaned out, ever. Nobody is ever at the front desk. The room was not the one we were shown we'd be given. Issues with payments, Terrible communication. Wifi wouldn't even load a YouTube video.

Simply don't stay here

We stayed for a total of 5 nights. Our room was a private room with a double bed and a private shower. It was clean, tidy and toiletries were regularly topped up by the cleaner. The front desk staff were very helpful with giving information about the town of Banff and with responses to our questions about our booked tours with Brewster tours. It was quiet at night and close to some great tourist locations like the Buffalo nations museum and food joints like The Silver Dragon. All in all, I would definitely recommend this hotel and we'll be returning here in the future. There was laundry facilities that you could use and a kitchen with ovens, cooktops, microwaves and fridges for guests to use as they needed. The heating was also great in our room, not once did we feel cold during our February stay.

Great service, Amazing views

We were there for one night and it was perfectly fine. You can walk into Banff in less than three minutes. There are parking spaces behind the hotel. There is coffee in the lobby in the morning. Unfortunately, it was relatively bright and very warm. There was no way to lower the temperature except to open the window, very energy efficient.

Fully sufficient for a short stop

Well located for the price. The rooms and bathrooms are clean but the kitchen is a real nightmare :/ We ended up eating in the hallway. There are also many rooms/living space, employees rooms but the guests can not use them and they are pretty much empty ....

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