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We arrived in Bat Yam, we used the driver they sent to pick us up. The Air Conditioner did not work well the first night, we were too tired to deal with it that night, so we checked the filters the next day and found them full of dust and debris. after cleaning the filter it worked better but still not very cold. We went to open the washer on day 3 and noticed it had no latch to release it, I emailed the owners they emailed back that the washer doesn't work, on day 11 of our trip they brouught a different machine while we were out in the Dead Sea. The "New" washer leaked and didn't clean very well, we had to run it 3 times to get the clothes soap free. We discovered a Cockroach in the room late one night and named him "Wally" ad he seemed to hang out close to the wall and hid anytime we moved toward him. The shower (which I had been told was fixed) still flooded the room even when used on low pressure and turned off to lather. kept the squegee handy.

We thought we had booked a Tel Aviv hotel in the Leonardo Suite by the Beach Bat Yam, but found Bat Yam was 6 kms from Tel Aviv centre, this was not a problem until you book a tour as we did , to Masada then we found we were picked up first at our hotel then dropped off last which added a lot of time spent in the mini bus. Getting to the hotel from Ben Gurion airport was fraught with not having a straight forward shuttle service to Bat Yam, it only serves central Tel Aviv hotels, there are plenty people offering "taxi sir ? " in the arrivals hall, ignore them and go down to ground level, outside there is the official "despatchers" in a high viz jacket at a controlled point who will tell you the cost of your taxi and any additions for cases, for us it worked out at 120 Shekels plus two cases at 4 shekels each. total of 128 to hotel in Bat Yam. It was worth it for the stress relief. Thereafter we used buses and trains to get around which hotel staff were happy to help with.

The appt. itself was just ok considering that: - almost no kitchenware - no parking available -beds very small, not so clean - bathroom has a foul smell, full of mold. - very old building, with doors kicked in, (homeless?)people living on the stairs, sheds and other undifined rooms in the building. - building is full of exhauster smoke from the big monkey restaurant at the basement. - location is nice at a boulevard (med. sea vieuw trough dity windows) but 24 hrs noise from shouting drunk people at the nearby sqaure.