Avoid Leesburg Colonial Inn!!!

If you are biking the towpath and are considering a stop in Leesburg, VA; I strongly recommend you avoid the Leesburg Colonial Inn! Their website is quite deceiving. They promise a free shuttle. We waited over an hour for our shuttle and called back to remind them to come get us. Some clown showed up with "the boss's" truck and tossed our bikes in the back. The next morning they told us we had to schedule the shuttle the night before with "the boss" which we didn't so we were on our own. The waiter who checked us in the night before (they have no reception area or receptionist, it might be the cook checking you inn if he's not busy) told us the shuttle starts running at 8am as does our free breakfast. He also said we get a complimentary drink at the bar, none of these claims were true. The room was dingy, just a small bar of soap in the bathroom, no shampoo, clutter in the hallway upstairs (a true deathtrap if this place caught fire). A band in the bar downstairs and another one at the outside bar to the rear made it hard to fall alseep. In addition, the morning staff made no apologies nor did they make any attempt to get us a shuttle back to the ferry. They simply brought our bikes to the street and walked back inside without saying a word. It's approximately 5 miles to the ferry. One section of road is quite busy and four lanes. My advice is to stay elsewhere. The Comfort Inn has a reliable shuttle as experienced by some fellow bikers the same day we arrived. My brother and I did the trip from Pittsburgh to DC over 7 days. This was our last overnight stop and by far the worst experience. All of our other stops were great, mostly B&Bs but also a hostel in Rockwood was very nice. The town of Leesburg was great. We had a great dinner and some delicious beer at the Vintage 50 brewhouse. Enjoy Leesburg but a avoid the Leesburg Cononial Inn!