I paid for a room with two beds at the Elk Run Inn for four nights for hunting season this year. Because it was hunting season, and because the inn was not entirely convenient for one area I was hunting, my friend and I elected to camp out on the third night, leaving only a couple articles of clothing in the room and food in the refrigerator. When I returned on the fourth night to finish my stay, I found that the owners had rented the room to another set of hunters, had thrown away my food (they told me that they had a pair of socks they found in the room, but I never got them back), and denied that there was anything but the socks in the room!!!! When asked why, having paid for four nights in the room, the room was rented to someone else after only three nights and my possessions were removed from the room, the owner laughed at me, told me hunters check out all the time without telling anyone, and that she assumed I'd left. Why that matters, I have no idea, and why she didn't call my cell phone, for which she had the number, I also have no idea.

Of course, what the owners want to do is get double paid for their rooms. They look for reasons not to honor their side of the contract ("you didn't leave enough of your stuff in your room, so we'd assumed you'd left") so they can charge the first customer for the room (there is a 4 night minimum during hunting season, even if you don't use the room), and then rent it out again for part of the same period, to get double paid for the room. Of course, they know that customers have very little recourse and that all lodging is fully booked during hunting season so they probably won't lose many customers. My recourse is telling every person I know who might consider patronizing that awful establishment that this is common practice. Watch your back (or more particularly your food) with these people. Horrible experience and I will never return. But with such awful treatment of their customers, I doubt they'll be in business long, anyway.

I am the owner of Uni's Gifts, Layton, Utah. I stayed at the Elk Run Inn for 2 weeks while conducting business in the Craig area. My stay at the hotel was absolutely perfect. I have stayed at rooms , in other cities, that have kitchenettes or limited cooking facilities and have found the full kitchen at the Elk Run Inn to be excellent. The ownwers, Randy and Cindy, went out of their way to help me in any way they could. I would highly recommend this hotel for business travelers. They have free wireless internet that I have used everyday to check and answer my email. Most reestaurants and grocery stores are within walking didstance.

I travel through Craig alot and found that the Elk Run Inn has the best rooms for the going rate. Very clean have a kitchenette in every room. They are conveniently located downtown close to supermarkets and restaurants.

We were very pleased with our stay at the Elk Run Inn. The convenience of having the kitchen facilities, at the same price as other hotels in the area, was terrific. The location was perfect, being right downtown, close to shopping, groceries and even the library. If you travel through Craig, we recommend that you try it.