It's tough to rate a hotel that's 400 miles from nowhere with little competition. I didn't expect the Waldorf, nor did I expect a mom-pop dump. What I got was an average Best Western type motel, but in an exotic location, which in my book equals 4 stars, so I'll give it that. Anywhere else, the hotel would get 3... more

Made a last minute business trip to Barrow. King Eider was the 1st hotel I called that had a room available. When I spoke to them they were very pleasant and informed me of the rule that shoes must come off when you enter the building. Different, but OK, maybe it's a cultural thing. I can do that. I was... more