Thanks for a nice stay. Arrived home last evening and was delighted. The person who had been house-sitting for me had left things scrupulously clean and there were soft lights to welcome me home. It looked fabulous. I awakened this morning to a glorious sunrise around 6:30 AM and was struck anew with the beauty of this marvelous city. Mountains, ocean, glorious architecture (and as elsewhere, some bad taste), elegance, incredible food, a well-educated and well-traveled population, a wonderful melange of cultures and people - what more could you ask? Well, for one thing, AMSTERDAM!

Oscar Wilde said "California is Italy without the art" but of course that was over 100 years ago and now, there's even great art. Come to San Francisco.

Dear Dee,

Just a word of thanks. You have made my Amsterdam trip possible and enjoyable. I wish you the best in your business and hope to see you again in my next trip.

Thank you,

Albert Lo

I find your website well laid-out and easy to use. Good functionality and design. I hope my request for room availability (via the website) proves positive. As many times as I have travelled through Amsterdam, I had never heard of your hotel. In reading your guests comments, I really do hope you will have a room available for me during my next trip.

Hope to see you soon.

Hello Dee,

I do not know if you remember us but we were the Americans with the two broken bikes? Wendy and I felt it was important to let you know what a great time we had in Amsterdam in large part thanks to you. You run a great hotel and we will not hesitate to recommend you to friends. In particular M was exceedingly helpful and friendly. Your suggestions about where to visit and eat were wonderful. I realize that it is your business to make travelers feel comfortable but it has been our experience that some people go above and beyond to make one feel at home (or close to it in a foreign country). You definetely are one of those people.

Thank you again for your friendliness and hospitality, sincerely,

Jeff Torquemada & Wendy Sparks

Dear Dee,

We sent some acquaintances to stay with you and they enjoyed their stay also. I just wanted to let you know we arrived home safely and how much we enjoyed our stay at Hotel Clemens. You have assembled an incredible staff. I realize you have hundreds of guests come and go. They all (and you too) took the time to make us feel special ... the true mark of a fine establishment! Thank you again and I hope will will see you in the future.

Jeff Torquemada and Wendy Sparks
 

Name: James and Jeannina Fraley
Email: fraleyjl@yahoo.cm
Message: We spent 3 days in Amsterdam and throughly enjoyed our stay. The great website was the main reason we chose this hotel. Rates were good, location was great and the service was even better. Our original stay was to be for only 2 days, but Dee was able to accomodate us with another room on short notice. The staff was very gracious and friendly.

Couldn't have asked for a better budget hotel in Amsterdam with all the extra attention given to all the guests. Within walking distance of all the attractions, this hotel will surely be a place we will stay at in the future. You can't go wrong with choosing this hotel!!!

Name: Chris Hampson
E-mail: chris_hampson@another.com
Country: U.K
Message: My girlfriend and I stayed at Clemens Hotel in June for 2 nights and enjoyed every minute! Dee was very helpful in giving us sightseeing advice and was very pleasant to talk with. She even upgraded us to a delux room, following a cancellation (and my birthday!) for no extra cost. I would reccomend Clemens to anybody looking for a warm, friendly place to stay on a budget. Lovely breakfasts too!

Name: David Krouse
E-mail: davekrouse@rcn.com
Country: U S A
Message: Clemens is a great choice! Super friendly people and a super location!!

Name: Anastasia and Konstantin Sirotkin
Email: anastasia_sirotkin@yahoo.com
Message: We stayed at this hotel for 6 nights in June 2003 and loved it. There are only 9 rooms and the service is very personal, which is what we really wanted, not another 200-room Hilton. Dee is a wonderful hostess and it really added to our experience in Amsterdam. A word of warning: the staircase is very steep, but that is not unusual for Amsterdam. One thing that took some getting used to was mosquitos -- there are no nets on the windows and we spend an hour each night hunting and clapping. The next day we wised up and bought some repellent :))
 
We recommend this hotel for budget travellers who love the flair of a small local hotel with a SUPERB location and a WONDERFUL staff!
 
 Thank you for making our vacation even more memorable, Anastasia and Konstantin from New York, USA.

Name: kevin mooney
Email: kmooney8@yahoo.com
Message: i spent a week in room 1 (march 26 - Apr 02) 2003. and i thought it was very nice. recieved complimentary laptop usage because i was informed i might have trouble connecting. i never once had trouble connecting and sent and recieved tons of emails. the room was cleaned everyday. the toilet and shower were spotless. the staff was very helpful. and even the guests were helpful. i would not hesitate to stay there again and im already looking forward to my next trip to the dam. thanks for everything.
 

Name: Dan & Sue Pridgen
E-mail: LazyRiverMan@aol.com
Country: USA
Message: We spent a most delightful week with Dee and her wonderful staffers -- Moshe\' and Mostafa. We selected the Clemens Hotel based on the numerous excellent reviews found on independent websites and on the beautiful and informative hotel website itself. And we found it all to be very accurate. Dee was the quintessential hostess and went to extraordinary lengths to make us comfortable and welcome. The much mentioned coffee and tea service was very appreciated and the physical condition of the hotel was immaculate. For those searching for the perfect location, it is hard to imagine better. We will certainly find our way back to Dee and the Clemens when we return to Amsterdam.

Name: Errin
E-mail: eminish@email.com
Country: England
Message: Excellent location, very clean and decent breakfast for 7 euros. Two SMALL complaints: 1. The double bed in room 7 was not as comfortable as I had hoped (but I do have a bad back) 2. No mention of the street noise if you have a view of the western church or palace. Luckily I had brought ear plugs. Staff were very helpful...

Name: Brian & Mark
Email: taztobias@msn.com
Country: USA
Message: Hi Dee, Just wanted to let you know that Brian and I made it safely back home. We could not have been happier with our choice of hotels for our first trip to Amsterdam! Thanks for helping to make it the best vacation we have ever had.
Best, Mark Harris

Name: Enyedi Szilard
Email: esziszi@home.ro
Message: Hi!I like the detailed website. Shows a committed team (hostess?. The rooms look nice, and the website language is warm and friendly.
Keep it up!
Szilard.

Name: Gill
Email: gilldavenport@yahoo.co.uk
Country: UK
Message: hi my name is gill & boyfriends name is Chris we both stayed @ your hotel last year & we really enjoyed our stay in your hotel.
this year is going to be Chris's 30th birthday & he was hoping to stay @ Clemens with 6 of his friends if possible?

they would like to book 2 twin budget & 1 triple budget only if you can accommodate them?
if it is not possible could you recommend any hotels that can live up to your high standards?
yours gill.

Name: Dan & Sue Pridgen
Email: LazyRiverMan@aol.com
Country: USA
Message
We Enjoyed Our Visit! Thanks Ever So Much!

We're home in South Carolina -- had a perfect return trip -- great weather all the way. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at The Clemens and especially enjoyed our conversations -- though brief -- with you. We literally searched the stores -- including Dressmans -- for a large bag but with no luck. So, the galvanized tub will remain in Amsterdam! We took a photo of Sue "saying goodbye" -- she really hated to leave it behind. Hope you can make use of it as a terrace planter or something. If not, set it out on Raadhuisstraat, and I'm sure it will find a home!

Thank you for the use of the laptop -- we got online long enough one night to send out our Ecards from Webshots.com -- a favorite of ours. Good luck with the switch over to the new DSL hookup.

We congratulate you on your friendly staff -- we found Moshe' (the "fat one") and Mostafa (the "skinny one") to always be ready to assist with anything we needed. We left them ten Euros each as a token and hope that was adequate.
Please let them both know how much we appreciated their kindness.

Lastly, we enjoyed your beautiful city so very much and rate it at the top of our list. We've visited NYC, LA, Honolulu, London, Paris, Rome, Rio, Montreal, etc. and can honestly say we'd return for another visit before any of these. Perhaps the perfect weather biased us a bit, but we are in love with Amsterdam. Thank you again for making it even more enjoyable.

Best Wishes,

Dan & Sue Pridgen
Mullins, South Carolina

Name: Eileen, Ken & Graham
Email: bulli@qwest.net
Country: USA
Message: Dear Dee,
Thank you very much for a truly delightful stay at Hotel Clemens. We had a wonderful time in Amsterdam and felt very welcome and cared for. Thanks for the free breakfasts and the good restaurant recommendations...we did go to Lucius one night and then to the Five Flies...Lucius was much better! I hope we get back again...if you get to Seattle, call us! (206-722-6652). Warmly, Eileen Bullinger & Ken Bullis & Graham

Name: Albert
Email: ahd@bcpl.net
Country USA
Message:now that i'm home and can email again i just wanted to say howdisappointed i was that i could not email out from your hotel or reachmany websites, making it unable for me to work from the room as i had planned and needed to do. i chose your hotel because you advertise free DSL connections in every room. i think you should have told me about this problem when i made my reservation or at least when I arrived and asked for the modem cable so that I could have made other plans. other than that, theo and i enjoyed our stay and appreciate your help with his illness (all better now).

Name: Jon
Email: jon@www.bluewheels.com
Message: We visited at the end of April and it excelled at every we were looking at for our brief stay. Location, location location is most important to us along with a combination of adequate value in other areas.

Name: MRS STONE
Email: HSTONE62@HOTMAIL.COM
Country: England
Message:Thanks for making it so pleasant to make our reservations. I had terrible problems finding accommodation, your receptionist was very helpful & friendly.

Look forward to seeing you soon!
Mrs Stone
England

Name: Andrew G Browne
Email: andi.browne@btinternet.com
Country: United Kingdom
Message: recommended.Wonderful friendly staff who could not do enough for you.Very informative and helpful,my best wishes and deepest thanks go to DEE and MOUSTAFFA for their kindness during my stay at the CLEMENS HOTEL.I hope to return to Amsterdam again as this hotel is very central to everything you would want to visit.By the way,thanks for the tea and the mug.

Name: Karen
Email: miimii@fsmail.net
Message: Thought the hotel was excellent for the price - great location, great decor, extremely clean, friendly staff. Will certainly return there the next time I visit Amsterdam. Thanks!

Name: M. Mort
Email: memort@ku.edu
Message: I stayed at this hotel in the spring of 2002. It is wonderful and the staff is very friendly. The location is perfect to explore this incredible city. Close to the red lights and also the seldom explored sights of Amsterdam. You cannot go wrong by booking your stay here, I know that I will stay here anytime I visit Holland.

Name: Peter Black
Email: isobelleb@aol.com
Message: Booked for December a few months ago.Just browsing,I found the new website and was able to see the room we have booked plus the nice brekkie on offer.Nice website.If I had not already booked,I certainly would now.Looking forward to staying.

Name: peter douglas
Email: douglaspeter1@aol.com
Message: I have just seen your website on 4th September 02. It is very good and well presented.
Very rare for a hotel of your size, having a good website.

It is full of useful information and the photographs of the breakfast available is a slick idea.

regards
peter

Name: DOROTHY MCCABE GREENOCK
Email: dot.designs@ntlworld.com
Country: Scotland
Message: Hi just visited the new website and very impressed loads of information and links to other areas.
 
We visited your hotel at the end of Jan 02 as a group of 4, 2 couples and had a great time even during the renovation. The rooms were great clean and comfortable with lots of facilities. The staff were very helpful giving us lots of directions, advice and information to make our first visit to Amsterdam a complete success.
THANKS A MILLION WE'LL BE BACK

Name: Didier
Email: didier.dorn@tiscali.fr
Country: France
Message: I want you thank for your hospitality during us travel.It was very fun in spite of cold!!!I hope come back in Amsterdam near spring. Thank you again for your kindness. Didier DORN used room number 5.

Name: Dave
Email: davidk38@aol.com
Message: Clemens RULES!! The staff is EXTREMELY helful, clean rooms, free internet, what more could you want??

Name: Becki
Email: Becki Goddard [BGoddard@wyoming.com]
Country: USA
Message: I just wanted to complement you on your fantastic web site. I am a web designer from US and your web was very detailed and told me exactly what I wanted to see and know.

Name: annette defriese
Country: USA
Message: My husband and I have stayed at the Clemens Hotel twice 2001,2002 and we are looking forward to staying in 2003.It is charming and we love it,Dee and her staff are very friendly.As long as we are able to travel to Amsterdam we will stay at the Clemens.Please email me if you have any guestions and yes we are from the USA ,Tenn. to be exact.

Name: Katrina Lonergan
Email: katrina_lonergan@hotmail.com
Country: Ireland
Message: Good priced budget hotel in a central location. Stayed for 2 nights, staff friendly bar one very abrupt man who was less than helpful. Breakfast was excellent and more than enought.
During our stay we did have issues with the showers having cold water and 1 toilet and 1 shower was broken during our stay.
I would still recommend the hotel as the rooms were clean, basic, and the location is good for the price.

Name: Claire Howard
Email: claire.howard@uk.pwcglobal.com
Country: England
Message: Myself and my husband stayed at The Clemens in October 2002, it was our 5th visit to Amsterdam and by far the best, mostly thanks to Dee and her hospitality - she went out of her way to make us feel welcome and at home and we hope to come back some time in 2003