Let's see - where will I begin? Upon our arrival at Domaine du Lac Champagneur:

The bedrooms of the cottage were tiny and everything black and filthy (mattresses, pillows and bedding especially). There were even socks and lingerie lying around in some of the rooms (I suspect the rooms weren't cleaned at all in some time)

In fact nothing in the cottage looked liked it had been updated or cleaned in a very long time (bathroom, floors, kitchen cutlery, dishes, BBQ, kettle, etc). None of us wanted to touch anything! I've stayed in hostels that were cleaner!

The furniture was from another era and was stained, smelly and broken. There were nails sticking out of spots in the floor and on the hand railings in many places (a real safety concern for the young kids we had there).

There were ants crawling all over the baby crib. Several of us got allergies from the mildewy smell emanating from the stained walls and ceilings. The roof was leaky: One night when... more