Emily Boone Home Hostel & Guest Home

Louisville

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Category	Other
Address	102 Pope Street, Louisville Kentucky, USA Map
Price	$10 per night per person in U.S. Currency plus 20 minutes of chores (vacuuming, dusting, sweeping).

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Description

Features

Kitchen
24 Hour Free Hot Showers

Ratings & Comments

1.3 Average from 4 Ratings

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Comment by Channing, Nor-Cal

November 2009

Ok, so not so great
Emily Bonne's Guest home was pretty much what I expected for 10 dollars a night. I slept on a pad, Japanese style. I scrubbed the shower that had been rusting since 1950. Rust is ok. Minerals sminerals. Ms. Boone was out of town during my visit, but I would certainly enjoy the chance to give her a face to face "thank you." 10 dollars verses like 40 dollars. you can buy a lot with that extra thirty dollars. booze (drive thru style in the vull), food, and grass (sub par in the vull). Let's all get over ourselves and admit the mystic in ms. boone's basement. or maybe it's all the lead in the pipes?

Comment by ML, USA

July 2008

"Turn Back Now"
That line from Stephen King's "It" was what went through my head when I pulled up to this place. I'm by now a fairly savvy and calloused traveler, so when I saw the accommodations, I had no problem saying no thanks and walking out. I've spent a lot of time traveling around Central and South America, actually seeking out the dingiest/cheapest hotels in various countries, but never, I repeat never, did I ever see anything like "Emily Boone" even in the worst (think Managua or Ciudad Guatemala). This place should be shut down immediately.

Comment by Womryl

April 2006

Ditto! THIS IS NOT A HOSTEL. Emily Boone's "guest house" is her garage. It is a cement floor. Dark, dank, and cold. In fact, it flooded while we were there. There were bikes hanging above our heads. The "futons," are old egg crates, like the kind you used in college and then THREW OUT. These get put on the ground. The cold ground. But not to worry, she has a large selection of dirty 50 year old blankets to choose from. She woke us up at 7:40 am and our "chores" were WEEDING HER GARDEN. She only told us this when we arrived, and you have no choice - you have to abide by her schedule. The shower is made of cement - perhaps something from wartime barracks? You enter through the garage door. ALSO, and this is important - as two women, we assumed anyone else staying there (in the same open room) would be women. But no, there were two strange men there. Nice men, but nonetheless, that was sketchy. Emily Boone, "a well-known local eccentric" I would guess is well-meaning, but not particularly nice. Trust us. It's worth the extra $20 apiece to stay at the travelodge. Don't make our mistake.

Comment by Melissa

March 2006

This is not a hostel. The "hostel" is in the basement/garage. It is not heated and the "futons" are disintegrating egg-crate cartons from the 70's. You sleep on cement floors and are warmer when you walk outside. The second night I slept upstairs in Buffy the cat's room -- in the morning I was locked out of this room and had to climb through the doggy door to get my things. Also, if you don't like huge, smelly, oily dogs running over your things, don't stay here. Finally, the twenty minutes of chores -- rather than wanting me to clean up after myself, she wanted me to clean up after her dog. Ridiculous experience!

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