Stowe Motel & Snowdrift

Really cozy and clean, hosts are great. The in room fireplace was lovely and it was great for relaxing after being on the mountain. Nice hot tub too!

Best 2-​star hotel I’ve ever stayed in, definitely exceeding my expectations! The room was spotless and the bed super comfy, and the front desk staff just great — they even let us check in 2 hrs early. We didn’t have time to scope out the DVD library but that’s a really thoughtful perk.
Worst part about the whole place: ³⁄₆ light bulbs in our room were burned out and the blinds didn’t do much blocking of the morning sun. All in all though not nearly enough to detract from the overall joy of saving $ 200 by not staying in the fancier hotel we were considering while still having access to all the same activities in the area :-)

Personally, I love this place! We have stayed here three times during the month of Dec. and once in March. and always paid less than $ 100 per night. The grounds are spacious and well maintained, there is always parking available, the staff is pleasant and helpful, they have a nice DVD selection and free treats and tea/​coffee/​hot chocolate in the lobby, there is ping pong and fooseball (I have no idea how to spell that), you can use the snowshoes without charge, and breakfast is ample. It isn’t a hot breakfast, mind you, but there is yogurt, oatmeal, an array of cereal, loads of bread options (including gluten free bread), fruit, muffins, bagels, and beverages. The rooms vary widely. We have stayed in a nice ‘suite’ with a couch and a fireplace, an average sized room, and one more cramped room. All had mini kitchens and were clean. No issues! Although, yes, the heat is loud. I sleep with earplugs so it doesn’t bother me, but I can see it being a problem for some. And, finally, it is located 10 minutes from the mountain for skiing and maybe 5 from downtown. There are walkable restaurants nearby too. Good value for the price!

Yuck. Stayed here ¹⁰⁄₁₄.
First the PROS: grounds are beautiful with lovely pool, tennis court, bicycles, walking paths, lush lawns and trees. Room was clean but old and windows opened to let in fresh air. Fridge in room was nice but it was noisy. Toiletries were fine.
CONS: old, dingy, depressing room. Only 1 useable outlet to charge phones (second outlet in bathroom but who wants to charge a phone in a humid environment?). Ratty, noisy bathroom fan. Very squeaky bathroom door (tough to use at night without waking others). Sheets were clean I think but rough and felt cheap. Icky velour ‘blanket’. Bouncy foam pillows. Worst feature? The heat/​ac unit is less than 12″ from the bed so it blows directly on you — so unpleasant and really loud. Well, maybe what was worse was the shower. If your neighbor flushed their toilet you instantly got scalding hot water. All this for $ 170/​night plus $ 12 for our 17 year old. We spent as little time as possible in room. Did not eat free breakfast. I realize $ 170 for a room in Stowe is a bargain, but our room was awful, old, and just ‘horrid’. I’m not used to the four seasons but this place really needs updating.

Last time I stayed here it was April 1980. It was nice to stay there back then. Just went back again last week. Had a wonderful stay. The room was great and the fireplace just added to the autumn leaf experience. The staff were wonderful and friendly as before. I’ll be back again and won’t wait so long.

Stayed here for about $ 100/​night during peak ski season, so the cost is hard to beat. Basic room was very clean and spacious and the front desk staff are amazingly friendly and knowledgable. I did wake up a couple of times due to snow plows going down the road, but when you’re on a ski vacation that’s a good thing!

Great options. This place is clean, well maintained grounds, and they offer a wide variety of rooms. The deluxe fireplace efficiency offers all you need for cooking, pots, pans, dishes, utensil, a microwave, stove/​oven, and a mini fridge. There is a usable fireplace and and they had plenty of wood available (even though we did not use it, it was summer). Staff was friendly and helpful. Close to town and the ski resort.

This is an older motel, spread out in multiple buildings. It’s well maintained. Nice, grounds, west of the downtown area. Pool, breakfast room, free bikes for your use, wifi.
The best thing going though is the staff. They were helpful and friendly and had several suggestions for restaurants and places to see.

From the outside, it actually doesn’t look much, but once you go in, it’s like a 4 star hotel. The room we got was very clean, with mostly recently upgraded furniture. The beds were nice and the blankets were very cozy. There’s a fridge and a water thermos where you can heat water for coffee but no microwave (so 4 stars instead of 5). They have free breakfast but we didn’t have time to sample it. They also have a few amenities like 2 pools, 1 hot tub and a game room (which we also didn’t really use). The only disadvantage is, if you’re quite sensitive to noise, the a/​c can be a bit loud. Love the staff here, very friendly.

Let’s just say it’s not fancy; the experience is essentially like being a house guest. The rooms are extremely unpretentious and the layout of the whole place is a little bit inconvenient; several of the blocks of rooms are only accessible by going back out onto the road from the main office and driving in again, which gets a bit irritating since Mountain Road is filled with yuppie families in Subarus that have been blinged out with the latest Vermont bumper stickers and Thule ski racks.
But then there’s the good side, and in the case of the Stowe Motel, I think the good outweighs the bad. The staff is just about the nicest bunch of people ever, there is free food in the mornings and an e-​mail checking station in the office, and the grounds are lovely with mountain bikes you can borrow and a tennis court. Then there’s the kicker: it’s CHEAP. Great for a kid on a budget who manages to have a bit more than enough cash for a snowboarding hostel, but who doesn’t want to pay the full Stowe price.