Villa de Buena Vista

Has anyone ever stayed at Villa de Buena Vista? It looks beautiful on the website, but I can%26#39;t seem to find any reviews.

Thank you!

Villa de Buena Vista

Yes, I actually stayed at the Villa de Buena Vista for 2 nights. The rooms are nice, but there would never be rooms nice enough worth dealing with the owner. She treats you like it is your priviledge to be staying there. There is no privacy and I swear she has baby monitors in those rooms, so she always knows what is going on. She didn%26#39;t even let us lock our door. So you can make the decision, but there are so many other B%26amp;B %26#39;s that are just as nice, if not nicer, so I see no reason for subjecting yourself to her. Also, I was not impressed with her breakfast at all, I expected a much nicer meal for what we were paying to be there. I would recommend Villa Toscano or the new one that just opened up downtown.

Villa de Buena Vista

Well Peapod we just spent 3 nights at Buena Vista and had a excellent time. The property was beautiful and private, the rooms were exceptional, and the overall experience was a combination of pampering and privacy. We felt like we were completely refreshed after our stay due to the excellent attention to our needs by the owner. It was the best get-away we have had in years.

There are more reviews for this venue on citysearch.com

The citysearch.com posts sum up our experience EXACTLY. In fact, it feels so nice to know we weren%26#39;t the only ones who got duped out of thousands of dollars for such a poor experience. Yes, the property is really scenic--gorgeous. But that being said, the experience at Villa de Buena Vista was an absolute nightmare in dealing with the owner who does not understand the concept of ';customer service';. Bringing this to her attention, she turns her mistakes and nastiness around on YOU.

I do not have experience with Villa Toscana but for friendliness I would suggest Hotel Cheval in downtown Paso whose rooms are small but very beautiful and stylish. The courtyard, for guests only, is also a little nook to enjoy yourself with some wine. For a bigger hotel setting...La Bella Sera Suites, who were great. The manager, Mary Lynne, at La Bella Sera was especially accomodating. The rooms are large and very nice. The location is central to either the East or West wineries. The view obviously isn%26#39;t in a B%26amp;B type setting but it is so worth it to not have to deal with the owner at Villa de Buena Vista. Afterall, you are trying to ENJOY yourself, aren%26#39;t you?

Save your money! The owner is very moody so depending on the day you stay depends on the experience you get.

I had a horrible experience at this place. There many other wonderful places go somewhere else.

Yes, my husband and I stayed at this lovely inn last July. As a matter of fact, everything negative that%26#39;s been written is quite opposite from what we experienced. I suppose if I were a bride and wanted everything my way regardless of rules established for the safety of guests and welfare of the property, I could go on a rampage to destroy someone%26#39;s livelihood. (When you read the posts on the local Website, there are many common threads in this tapestry that are very telltale for sensible readers.)

Had I not visited this beautiful inn, I%26#39;d have no reference point. We were originally only going to stay one night. Because this location and owners were so wonderful in every way, we canceled other plans and stay on with them.

We were given very special attention. Breakfast was warm and delicious. Hospitality was over the top. We watched TV with Patty one night in her common room, with their (very) wide screen TV, and huge overstuffed leather chairs... This room is open to their guests.

We enjoyed complimentary afternoon wine and appetizers, and Patti was very helpful with where to go and what to visit.

The trip evolved into home away from home for us, and lately I%26#39;ve been yearning to return.

There isn%26#39;t a sweeter couple, and their location is sublime. I%26#39;d return anytime...

To each his or her own... I stopped taking wedding photos as soon as my first bride (after twenty or so weddings) copped some kind of wicked attitude. Hopefully, Patti and Charlie will continue to give brides a really special location, because it%26#39;s a fairly tale setting; and, the Youngclaus%26#39; are a delightful couple running a very professional operation.

738lisbon%26#39;s post is obviously a ';plant';. She either is the owner or is a friend of the owner. Little too perfect...nice try, but I can see right through it.

Well, I%26#39;m sorry to inform you that I%26#39;m not a plant.

I%26#39;m a wine professional that travels for business. I went to Paso Robles to visit a wine client. You can check out my credentials, and you%26#39;ll see that I have many relationships in Paso. I went there for work.

www.diaz-communications.com

www.wine-blog.org

I live in Windsor. It%26#39;s a four hour ride from here to there. When I get to Paso, I need a place that%26#39;s a nice as home. Villa de Buena Vista is just that.

After having stayed with Villa de Buena Vista in July, I blogged about my experiences.

Here are the links. Please note that no where on my blog or my business Diaz Communications Web site will you see Villa de Buena Vista as a client. I never met them before staying there. And, have had no interfacing until these terrible postings began.

Here are the links to my professional work that describe my stay.

http://www.wine-blog.org/?p=197

http://www.wine-blog.org/?p=198

Thanks for driving traffic to my blog. It was never my intention to do this, but you%26#39;ve pushed me into a corner in order to prove my credibility.

I said it then, and I%26#39;ll say it again, this is a wonderful bed and breakfast that could only ';not'; seem like that to a bride who didn%26#39;t get her own way.

The telltale mark of vengeance for me was in the posting from her husband that said, ';We can deal with it AFTER the wedding.'; There was a plan for ';getting back'; for perceived injustices, and now it%26#39;s being acted out.

Rather than dealing with misunderstandings as they occured, this bride, her husband, and bridal party are using a classic passive aggressive approach in complete anonymity, so there%26#39;s no real accountability for being mean. [There are great courses on effective communication that teach one how to communicate without hurting others in the process. One must first respect oneself, though, before caring completely about others. It will take time for this, as a maturing process, and I don%26#39;t expect a 20ish year old to be that developed, yet. In time, this party will matured, I%26#39;m sure.]

We%26#39;re all taught to talk, very few of us are taught to communicate.... no matter how scary it is to speak up at perceived injustices, it%26#39;s better to deal with it head on than to let it fester into what I read in horror about Villa de Buena Vista.

These negative postings came to my attention from colleagues in Paso, and for me it was a call to action, as I%26#39;ve been yearning to return. I, unlike you, did not have a terrible experience, and I have a right to post positively, too.

The waves of positive will happen, because every action has an equal and opposite reaction. You won%26#39;t make this company go out of business, because there are many of us who love this location.

Edit that... We stayed in September, not July... So much travel, so much work, and so much writing as a professional.

I imagine that I write well enough for it to be thought of as, ';too perfect.'; That%26#39;s why they pay me the bucks... I take that feedback as a compliment, and say, '; Thanks!';

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