Jufa Hotel Meersburg am Bodensee

Our friend (who lives in Switzerland) booked this Jufa hotel for a night of our cycle trip around the Bodensee. Having stayed in many regular European youth hostels, this one blew us away. It was friendly and relaxed like most hostels but the quality of food and accommodation was more like a hotel. The location high up in the old city of Meersburg was idyllic too. What's more, our stay cost less than a regular Youth Hostel on the Swiss side of the lake!

nice hotel, good and substantial offer of breakfast meals. The coffee is not so good, however it is the average watered weak coffee common in Germany, not an espresso style coffee. The night entrance is not so straightforward once you are inside, maybe it could be better marked with arrows and directions. otherwise a great place to stay in Meersburg, directly in the Old Town!!!

The hotel is in a beautiful part of the city. The breakfast was ok. The staff was friendly. The parking is terrible. We had to park and walk 7 minutes to the hotel. Along the way we passed a few other public lots. Why don’t they contract with one of them? We also had a few holes in the walls of our room. The room had no air conditioning. So it was pretty warm. We had one room with a king size bed, then a connecting hallway with the door to enter the room connected to another room with the option to have two singles and two pull-down beds. In between the rooms was the bathroom which consisted of a toilet room and a shower room with a sink. Also the wi-Fi was so bad. It was super slow if you could even get on. And it was constantly kicking us off.

The great location is the only good thing about this hotel and the playground. While doing research on a reasonably priced hotel to stay I came across this hotel. I needed a kid-friendly hotel for my 2-and-a-half-year-old son. This was one of the only places that offered a playground so I chose it for that, location and price. The site also stated free parking. What it doesn't say is that you have to park far away, not at the parking garage across the street. They have a loading and unloading area which is very small and jam-packed during checkout and check in. Walking to the parking area is about a 10+ minute walk!! I feel like I was deceived by not knowing this beforehand. The receptionist was nice but refused to let us check in a little early so we had to wait and wait. Once we checked in we were immediately greeted by a dirty room with bugs. The floor looked like it had never been cleaned. The bugs were crawling on the sheets, walls, and floor. We did some research and found out these bugs are called spider beetles. They were everywhere in the room!!! It made us nervous to even sleep in the beds. We did a thorough check at night before going to sleep and assured our son the bugs wouldn't get him. If we had another option and money to change hotels we WOULD HAVE. The bathroom shower had another person's hair from 'down there' in it so we had to clean the shower as well. The hotel had dozens and dozens of teens on site and they were loud and rude. They banged on the wall and ran through the halls until 9pm or so. The breakfast was adequate if you like the basics of sustenance. We needed ice for our son's milk and all they could offer us was a bowl and 2 scoops of ice at a time which didn't last long so his milk went bad. If you want to stay in the old city with a medieval feel and the rustic charms of small rooms, dirty accommodations, bugs everywhere, and noise, then this is your place! This is not a place for a family vacation. This is a place for groups of youths and people who just need a place to sleep and shower who don't have standards. I'm extremely disappointed that I wasted my money here. The only good thing was the playground/ship that my son loved and the convenience of shops and restaurants. My husband and I thought about complaining to management about the issues but I knew that wouldn't accomplish anything because I simply wanted my money back. We shouldn't be sleeping with bugs!!!! We shouldn't have to clean the floors ourselves!!! We should be aware of how far parking is!! One sweet thing the housekeeping did was make my son's bed, fold his blanket, and put his teddy bear on the pillow. That made us smile for the first and only time.

My husband and I stayed here on our way through Germany in January. The staff were absolutely wonderful, accommodating and kind to us after a long day of traveling. The beds were comfortable and the rooms were large. Breakfast was nice too! We thought the prices were very very reasonable and Meersburg is a beautiful town. Would definitely come back. Thank you to the team there for making our stay so comfortable!