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The Hotel Laurance is a newly renovated,12-room boutique hotel. Each room is uniquely organized with comfortable beds, quiet air-conditioning and heating, Smart TV, high-speed internet and within easy walking access to the downtown restaurants and attractions. Each room has a full kitchen, perfect for a short-term or extended stay. The hotel has 2 event rooms that showcase it's historical appeal and modern conveniences. The hotel's front Parlour comfortably accommodates 60 people for a seated dinner and up to 100 people for a cocktail hour. There is also a smaller Keeping Room that is perfect for a more intimate dinner, ceremony, meeting or party.
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Free parking
Free High Speed Internet (WiFi)
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Pets Allowed ( Dog / Pet Friendly )
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Grade: 66 out of 100
11Restaurantswithin 0.5 km
12Attractionswithin 0.5 km
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I planned a fun girls trip to see the Luray Caverns in VA and stayed at Hotel Laurance. We stayed in a 2 bedroom suite with a stunning kitchen! This was the perfect hotel for our trip! The hotel was so charming and welcoming I would definitely stay there again!
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Date of stay: March 2023Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Response from Hotel Laurance, Other at Hotel Laurance
Responded 27 Apr 2023
Kelsey - we are so glad you had a lovely time. We hope that you and your friends will revisit again.
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I really enjoyed staying here. I stayed in a huge 2 bedroom suite. It had cozy but also upscale vibe. Very unexpectedly nice furniture and huge tv. The bed was also much nicer than any other hotel bed would be in the area. For the price you can’t beat it. I’ll definitely be back next time I need to travel through the area.
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Date of stay: March 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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This was probably the most relax I’ve ever been at a hotel. The staff was very friendly and super accommodating. The rooms were decorated gorgeously, (I’m definitely going to take some decor tips from them in my actual home). Considering reserving for my wedding next year!
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Date of stay: April 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Room Tip: Sooo beautiful! Well worth the price!
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Responded 27 Apr 2023
Thank you - we are glad your stay was lovely. We hope that you visit again.
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Stayed at this place while visiting Luray Caverns. The staff was very friendly and extremely accommodating. The hotel is charming and our room was beautiful and fresh. The bed was the comfiest I've slept in in a long time and it was great having a full kitchen. I would absolutely look forward to staying here again.
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Date of stay: April 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Hotel Laurance, Other at Hotel Laurance
Responded 27 Apr 2023
Thank you for your kind words we are glad you had a wonderful stay and of course, hope you visit again
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Stayed two nights with my husband for a weekend getaway and we were blown away. The hotel is so charming and everything was so clean and cozy! I felt like I was home but in a more upscale version of my home lol! Our room was so well cared for, the bathroom was spotless, the kitchen had everything we needed, the bed was amazing — the most comfy mattress ever, crisp clean sheets that smelled like lavender and a big soft blanket to curl up with in the closet! Overall, we could not have been more happy staying at the Hotel Laurence and will most definitely be coming back soon and bringing friends!!
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Date of stay: April 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Melinda Kramer, Owner at Hotel Laurance
Responded 7 Apr 2023
Thank you for such a nice review. We are so glad you had a great experience while staying at the hotel. Will will look forward to your next visit.
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Hotel Laurence The Hotel was Lovely, Charming, quaint and clean. The Linens were great quality and the staff were accommodating. We were traveling and at the last minute decided to stay in the area. We were happily surprised with the simple and quiet luxury of the Hotel Laurence. We will recommend it to friends who will be in the area. Thank you.
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Date of stay: October 2022Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Booked with our two month old. First morning: I found a mice dropping on the baby’s blanket. Then, I saw a mouse come in. We left ASAP. At home we found more droppings and chewed up stuff in our bags.
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Date of stay: September 2022
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Response from Melinda Kramer, Owner at Hotel Laurance
Responded 10 Apr 2023
We are very upset that there would be any implication of this sort at our hotel, we pride ourselves on being a beautifully appointed and clean hotel but also definitely up to COVID standards of clean. The management called exterminators immediately to confirm this but they wrote a response to the hotel that there was absolutely no evidence of this problem.
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I open with some philosophy on hotels and guests: when you pay a lot for a hotel room, you expect a lot. This seems pretty straightforward. When I pay a lot I expect two things: 1) guest/customer focus, and; 2) attention to detail. Neither was the case at Hotel Laurance. So, the cost for this room, final, with the taxes, was just short of $550. For one night…in our case about 14 hours, actually. Now, having just booked upcoming stays in Denver and Boulder, I can tell you that the Marriott in both of these metro locations is nowhere near $550/night. And this room is in Luray, central VA. While a nice weekend destination and it being the opening of the delightful fall season, Luray just isn’t a white-hot metropolitan destination of destiny, adventure, and romance. So given this cost at this location, I expected a unique and personalized experience. First, is the Laurance really a hotel? No, it’s not. I did a couple of quick searches for definitions and it seems a hotel is “an establishment providing accommodations, meals, and other services for travelers and tourists.” So Laurance makes it on accommodation, but not on meals, or on other services. Definitely not a B&B, as there is no breakfast here. The name sounds awesome, but you do not get a hotel experience at Hotel Laurance. From the online booking site: “Each room has a full kitchen…” Nope. Ours did not. The same site says the rooms have a microwave and fridge. Nope. If you book here, you’d better call ahead and find out. I had no direct interaction with the staff, none at all, just a couple of text messages the day of our stay that gave me the door code to the building and to the room. And there was a little note in the room wishing us a pleasant stay. That’s all, the entirety of our interaction, including after our stay. That’s not customer focus. The room card said the “office hours” are 0800-1400, and the hotel book said there was staff on-site until 1700, but we saw no one, not even housekeeping. No staff at all, the entire time we were there. The only other folks we saw were guests, two of whom asked me if I could assist them. There was a phone number to call, but it was written as an “after-hours emergency” number. I note that the use of “emergency” here is a discouragement to call. If they really welcomed calls—that would be proactive customer focus—it would read more like: “If you need anything, anything at all, please call…” Arrival and Parking: It’s right on one of the main streets through town, close to the Luray old-town center, easy to find. Free parking on the side and in the back, where there is an entrance. We had a handicap spot right out front, and there was a nice ramp to a secondary door for accessible use—nicely done. This venue is in a renovated, cool historic building—nice. Inside there is a common room/lounge, and an outdoor deck. There is a small coffee/tea stand in the main hallway; there is no lobby, just the hallway. There was also a keurig-style coffee service in the room. The room did not have a fridge. The Room: first impressions are everything, and our first impression was the overpowering REEK of mothballs. Not just a strong smell; I could feel it in my eyes. I could literally taste it in my mouth. A thick, pervasive smell of camphor. Well, we’ll just open the windows…uh, no, you can’t open any of them. We tried having the room door open, but being on the first floor right outside a main stairwell, foot traffic of other guests resulted in zero privacy. I eventually managed to set the room temp on the A/C control to 64 so it was going full-blast. That made the smell tolerable by the time we returned from dinner…but had the room chilly for the duration of our stay. Not customer focus…I mean, does anyone from the staff come into this room and think to themselves, “Say, that mothball smell is JUST where we like it…?” Any staff noticing this and thinking that it might not be acceptable to guests? The room was nicely appointed, clean. It was obvious a lot of thought and care had gone into the design and furnishing of the room. That’s fine, that’s proprietor focus. But a number of little things showed lack of guest focus. There was a nice chandelier above the coffee service table…hung at about 5’10. Me at 6’4”, my face was right into the lighting. Lack of customer focus. The bed was quite hard/stiff. Me, I like that. My partner, not so much. There’s only one night stand, when there should be two. There are no USB ports for device charging anywhere in the room. Lack of guest focus. Our room did not have a closet, only a small armoire, small, as in I was taller than the armoire. There was no dresser. There were no luggage racks in the room, and no clear place to put luggage, so we ended up using the bench at the bottom of the bed and the loveseat across the room. I found a previous guest’s left-behind makeup in a drawer of the armoire. Lack of attention to detail. There was no table in the room, save for the one filled by the coffee service. Lack of customer focus. The bathroom offered no counterspace whatsoever. None. There was a low small cabinet directly behind as you stood at the sink, and that was it for any kind of bathroom space. The toilet had its own little room, but also with no counter or shelf space whatsoever. Lack of guest focus. The shower was large and worked well; there was no tub. This is a trendy shower that opens directly out with no door or curtain, so we had to be careful of the slippery tiles for the inevitable water outside the shower area. Wi-fi: strong and consistent. The room card gave us the code, but it didn’t work for “Laurance Guest.” Took me a while to figure out that for whatever reason they’d provided the code for “Laurance Staff.” Turns out the other guest card note said to use the Staff login. Lack of attention to detail. There was no phone in the room. There was a large TV, with working cable, a good selection of channels. The remote was nice and responsive/quick—nice. Security: we noticed other rooms had door peepholes, but ours did not have one. Our room did not have a deadbolt only a door chain. Shocking lack of customer focus. Receipt: the printed welcome note says it will be emailed to me. It’s now more than a week after my stay, and I still have not received this email. I see that the charge posted to my credit card immediately on the day after our stay…but no receipt to the guest, as promised. And maybe just simple follow-up note, something like, “Thank you for your stay with us. Please come back.” For a 12-room “hotel.” Nope. Lack of both attention to detail and customer focus. Bottom Line: you get what you pay for…usually. Sometimes you don’t, and unfortunately this was the case at Hotel Laurance. The eye-watering mothball fog made it so much eaiser to notice all of the little things that should be a given for such expense. For the price it should have been much, much better. We will not be returning and I do not recommend you stay here.…
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Date of stay: October 2022
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Room Tip: Save your money--don't stay here.
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Response from Melinda Kramer, Owner at Hotel Laurance
Responded 7 Apr 2023
Thank you for your review and we apologize for any inconvenience. We are glad that you found the room clean and well appointed. As you mentioned, we do take care of how we design and furnish our rooms so our guest can have a positive and comfortable experience. For our guests convenience, we provide self check in after hours to accommodate late night travelers. We hope that if our guest have any issue or need anything that they will not hesitate to contact us. We do apologize if there was a strong detergent smell in the room. We take seriously sanitizing and disinfect surfaces. We follow strict CDC guidelines for how we clean and disinfect the facilities. We might suggest that if you find yourself in a similar circumstance, that you contact the hotel management for your personal safety. We would have been more than happy to move you to another room that would have been more to your liking if we had known. Not sure if you are referring to our hotel or some other stay, but we do not have room rates as high as the nightly rate you mention. Maybe you are confusing this review with one of your other many reviews. We do appreciate customer feedback so we can continue to improve on providing a positive guest experience.
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Impeccably clean with friendly service and amply supplies with all facilities for a comfortable stay. The old building has been carefully modernised without losing its charm. We stayed in Oliver Room (room 1) which had a welcoming and freshly decorated bedroom with very comfortable bed and linen. There was also a sitting area and small kitchen, with coffee machine and plentiful supply of coffee pods. We met the staff on arrival who were friendly and welcoming - be aware that it is only staffed until mid-afternoon, but there is a number to call if any problems.
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Date of stay: October 2022Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip: If you arrive on a Monday, as we did, be aware that some local restaurants may be closed.
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Response from Melinda Kramer, Owner at Hotel Laurance
Responded 7 Apr 2023
Thank you for the positive review, it is our goal to maintain high standards and offer an enjoyable experiece for our guests. We hope that you will stay with us again in the future.
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We stayed two nights in the Shirling room which comprised sitting room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. There are no other facilities provided. However local restaurants were fine (though not fine dining). We had dinner at Mimslyn Inn and Il Vesuvio. Food was tasty at both and the Karaoke at Il Vesuvio was fun. We had breakfast at the Quality Inn which was a typical US diner, great value and tasty. Whilst there we had a problem with our hire car. Manager Jackie and Jen at the Laurance Hotel could not have been more helpful. They found a garage willing to look at the car at short notice. The Marlow Ford Dealership in Luray was really helpful also. They didn't have replacement tyre and the lady who tracked down a replacement tyre at another garage on our route deserves a special mention.…
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Date of stay: September 2022
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Room Tip: Really close to Luray Caves which are well worth a visit.
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PRICE RANGE
US$342 - US$423 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
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NUMBER OF ROOMS
12
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Frequently Asked Questions about Hotel Laurance
Which popular attractions are close to Hotel Laurance?
Nearby attractions include Warehouse Art Gallery (0.5 km), Shenandoah Moon (0.2 km), and Hawksbill Trading Company (0.4 km).
What are some of the property amenities at Hotel Laurance?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include free wifi, free parking, and airport transportation.
Which room amenities are available at Hotel Laurance?
Top room amenities include a kitchenette, air conditioning, and a flat screen TV.
What are some restaurants close to Hotel Laurance?
Conveniently located restaurants include West Main Market, Circa '31 at the Mimslyn Inn, and Speakeasy Bar.
Does Hotel Laurance have airport transportation?
Yes, Hotel Laurance offers airport transportation for guests. We recommend calling ahead to confirm details.
Is Hotel Laurance located near the city centre?
Yes, it is 0.5 km away from the centre of Luray.
Are pets allowed at Hotel Laurance?
Yes, pets are typically allowed, but it's always best to call ahead to confirm.
Is Hotel Laurance accessible?
Yes, it offers wheelchair access. For specific enquiries, we recommend calling ahead to confirm.