On August 30th 2010, and after three months of renovations, the Lead Dog Inn opened it's doors.There is a great demand for hostels in Whitehorse. Whitehorse is a popular destination for tourists from around the world, seeking the wilderness of Yukon and Alaska. It is especially popular with Germans and Australians. Whitehorse is the perfect location to start and plan those wilderness adventures, and staying in a hostel is part of that.
The Lead Dog is still young--the hosts are still learning the ropes, but the hostel's popularity is increasing. They feature Sunday Potlucks to help promote socializing and community with the guests. Next summer they plan to build a deck and begin regular barbeques.
For the winter months the hostel caters to long term and short term residents. Call 1-(867)-456-2722 to book.
Hostel of the Week, September 28th to October 4th 2010
submitted by Kennedy Jones
Backpackers Hostels Canada
I stayed at the Lead Dog Inn 2 months (October and November 2010) and it is not as nice as it looks like. At first, I liked it because of the potlucks on Sundays and I liked the idea of participating in the life of a new hostel.
ReplyDeleteThe thing is that after a month, they rented our room to someone else even if we had told them that we were going to stay for another month and that we would pay. We then had to negotiate with Marie-Pierre so she would talk to the lady that had rented it so we could have it back... We felt we were only business for them. They were not clear about the fact that you had to pay the 25th or you would lose your room. They told us that they had "big bills to pay" and that's why they had to be sure there was always somebody occupying the room. I felt like I was just representing money for them and that I was kicked away from that place after all the effort I had put to cook at the potlucks and participating in the cleaning tasks twice a week with my boyfriend.
Another bad point of that hostel is the people and security. In winter, there are not a lot of tourists in Whitehorse so they started accepting anybody to live that place. We were 4 tourists in the place and the other people were all on social welfare and renting for months. The problem with that is that when they start drinking, you don't feel safe anymore. One of the guy was so drunk a night that he started hitting the walls and screaming. We had to call the police and they took him for the night. At that moment, Marie-Pierre was gone for 3 weeks in Asia and it was one of her friend taking care of the place. He didn't have control at all and didn't even know the number of 911...He was completely incompetent.
Another night, it was another woman that had drank 12 cans of Budweiser and went upstairs while everybody was watching a movie and started insulting everybody saying that we were "stupid" and "dumb". It was so heavy that everybody got out of the house.
The last episode that happened before I left that infernal place was another guy that had drank too much also and was annoying my friend about that he was going to marry her and that if she didn't want to, he would call his friends to beat us up. It was a night that we were with friends cooking sushis and that he messed all up creating confusing in the place.
These are the main events that happened there during my staying. I was feeling really bad when I was entering the place and I couldn't wait to leave it. In summer it must be better because there are more tourists in town but in winter is really a place I don't recommend to go. The Beez Neez seems really better.
I can also add that the doors are not locked at night, they barely answer the phone and they sometimes cut the internet when the guests are over the limit.
I hope this review helps and that you will have a better experience then mine if you decide to go!
Hello from Marietta, Georgia, USA.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to my stay June 6-30th with you folks. jderenas@gmail.com