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Travelers Beware!!!

Travellers visiting Warri should beware of Carlaw Guest House, Ayo Oritsejafor Road, Opp. Area Command HQ, GRA, Warri. Phone: 0806 714 1416, as it is their practice to ransack and steal guest's belongings. My experience this last weekend has necessitated this warning so that unsuspecting travelers would not fall prey to their sting and lose their valuables.

My family and friends had checked into this guest house over the last weekend, Friday 15th - Sunday 17th for my dad's burial ceremonies, in the belief that we can operate safely from there and our valuables and items, intact. But, it was not to be as we soon found out the unwholesome practice in this guest house. Boxes were ransacked, my friends hi-tech phone charger was stolen. Infact, it was decided amongst some of us to hold our room keys out instead of dropping them at the reception desk.
The worst of them all and most shameful is the stealing of two bowls of soup kept in the fridge of my elder sister's room on Sunday morning. Can you imagine, bowls of soup? So degrading! The previous night, which was late Saturday night after the ceremonies, had seen us with so much food left such that can cater for over a 150 persons, we decided to share with all the staff on ground with each staff being lavished with enough food that could last a family of 6 persons for at least a month. The painful part was the fact that I shared the food myself to all present and didn't want to throw away any, so I wasn't miserly at all as I loaded their containers with much, to their utmost surprise. I only kept just two plastic bowls of soup for myself in my sister's room only to discover this morning they were gone. So sad!
I was in my sister's room early that Sunday morning at about 6am when she was getting ready to check out to catch her flight back to Lagos. She reminded me to make sure I pick the bowls as she leaves. Within about 10mins interval of escorting her out to the car downstairs and back to the room, I discovered that the bowls of soup were gone. Swiftly done!
All effort towards getting them to produce the bowls fell on hearing ears but hardened hearts. They even refused to produce the CCTV footage as they did everything not to be found out. The manager, along this line and whose complicity in this dirty practice is without doubt, had even acceded to my threat of no payment of bills (22k) if they fail to respond. But, my husband counseled that I dropmy threat and make the full payment submitting that it is their failure and it will haunt them. I did as he counseled and left.
Now, I just learnt from a friend whose husband's valuable was stolen on Friday night in this guest house and how she threatened to expose them on social media if they fail to produce it. Lo and behold, the item was released to her on Sunday morning. Really? I have reached out to other guests who lodged there with us this weekend to search their belongings for any missing items. I'm yet to get the feedback from them at the time of writing. I will update as i receive feedback. Meanwhile, travelers should beware when they lodge in a hotel or guest house and be careful. I decided to call out Carlaw Guest House, Warri, firstly, to forwarn travelers and users of the said guest house, and secondly, through the power of the social media, to suppress this wicked act being perpetuated by hotels knowing full well, that no reputable hotel would enjoy being exposed of their sharp practices as it would impact negatively on their overall patronage. I also encourage others to do their best to expose these practices by hotels and guest houses in our country Nigeria trusting, it would check and limit these practices, at least.

It's a shame.

Stealing as this can only happens in a hotel where most of it customers are touts.

Na quack quest house na
Wen i was ak okere
A guest house my cousin lodged
Dey disarmed him of his ipad,iphone charger.
Same place i lodged. Me wey dey kush
I kush s.k tire till 2am.
Went out to drink beer..by 4am. I nor gree sleep
Checked out 7am.
D way i take sleep inside God is Good bus go lag ehn
U go believe
Be sharp always
If i carry lapy follow body.
Sleep can neva come
Nah

Hoodbilonia:
Na quack quest house na
Wen i was ak okere
A guest house my cousin lodged
Dey disarmed him of his ipad,iphone charger.
Same place i lodged. Me wey dey kush
I kush s.k tire till 2am.
Went out to drink beer..by 4am. I nor gree sleep
Checked out 7am.
D way i take sleep inside God is Good bus go lag ehn
U go believe
Be sharp always
If i carry lapy follow body.
Sleep can neva come
Nah

Kushi= always on alert .

Dog no Dey chase,Lion !!!