So I rating Sonders Dovetail in Nashville 4 Stars....but there is one discussable flaw.
Dovetail was everything as advertised: very clean, simple, well stocked with kitchen items, well stocked with bathroom and shower items, washer and dryer, good view of city (if not viewing only the construction side), near many things to do, noise is not too bad even though there is construction, check in and check out was as explained, price per day in July was also affordable, everything was 5 star except for one thing...
Now if you are flying in and plan to Uber/Lyft everywhere you go than great, this does not pertain to you and your rating should be a 5 star.
In my case, we are a family who drove into Nashville and we understood that there would only be 30 minute Visitor parking for loading and unloading, therfore needing parking at a nearby garage or outside lot. What we did not anticipate is non-updated info from Sonders Dovetail on pricing for nearby garage or an outside lot which ended up being expensive for us.
What we learned after much time searching and asking around: the nearby library garage has a max $20 fee per day and has free 1.5 hours parking with library validation. Also learned if we were staying longer, asking for a monthly parking pass could be more cost effective at some parking lots and garages...the library monthly parking fee I believe was $190 when we looked it up.
Hopefully this is also helpful info: we looked up metropolitan meter parking and found out it is checked from 8am to 6pm....
What we also did not anticipate was on Monday to Friday from 5am to 5pm, all six 30 minute loading/unloading Visitor Parking spots being taken by construction employees and construction adminstration for 2 to 4 hours at a time, if not longer, with no repercusion of towing as stated on signage.
This became an issue when we had to block in three cars that were in the Visitor Parking for Sonder's clients ( all spaces were taken by comstruction staff) in order to load up our van. In doing so, there was very little space in the parking area and our vehicle was nearly hit 2 - 3 times by Uber/Lyft drivers picking up other Sonder clients.
If it were not for all the other pieces of Sonders Dovetail being as good as they were, this rating could have been much lower than a 4 star due to the parking, but other than the parking Dovetail was a great place to stay.
Hopefully this helps future Dovetail clients with planning for parking ideas so they can have a great stay.
I also hope this morivates Dovetail in making improvement for a safer parking situation for clients who drive in to Nashville and to update parking advice for location and their pricing.
Have a great day!!
PS
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