Park Vista Motel, West Jefferson

As trip planner for myself and two childhood friends that visit the nc mountains each year, i happened upon this gem while doing a lodging search for the W. Jefferson area in 2005. What we liked best was the staff,value, and mostly how nice and peaceful it was. The t.v. reception is the only downside,but that doesn't stop us from staying at the Vista anytime we are in the area.

We stayed at the Motel for one night on a department motorcycle ride. The location is great and the owner was wonderful. They even dryed our wet clothes for us. The rooms are clean and comfortable. There is only one channel on the TV though. We still liked the place and will return. There is a restaurant there too. We didn't eat there, but it looked nice. It was raining when we pulled in and they gave us hot coffee. Very nice people.

The original owners are back. The food is great, the rooms are clean and the price is reasonable. They really go out of their way to make you feel welcome. This is really perfect for bikers everything that most bikers would require. A soft bed,hot shower,clean room. They go out of their way to make you happy. The owner is also a biker.

Motorcycles are welcome thank you. We have stayed here 3 or 4 times, The staff are very friendly and country folk and I like that a lot. Very good suppers and breakfasts. I plan to go back every chance I get. We travel the Parkway a lot and we plan on being close to the Park Vista every night.

We stay here 4 or 5 times a year from Spring until Fall. The staff is great, food is great, accomodations are clean and affordable. We can't wait to get back........2TOGO.

We love Park Vista. We have been staying there for years for vacation. A place that everyone knows you by your first name, country cooking, clean rooms, a picnic table, trail over the mountain & best of all it is right on the Parkway & close to the New River. We will go there as long as the Vista is there.

On our way to Virginia we had made reservations and boy were we glad to find this little Gem right of the Parkway. The rooms were clean and beds were soft and food was GREAT! And the service and price was just right too. This would make a nice get away place for a day or two.

My husband and I have been married 14 years and we spend our anniversary at the Park Vita in October. We have been going for the past 12 years. Looking forward for this anniversary. The people at the motel and cafe are very friendly. The rooms are quaint. The motel seems to be built in the side of the mountains. Great location. Center of many attractions for a day trip. We recommend the motel. To use it is a five star motel. Sometimes we just go and eat at the cafe while on a day trip.

Biker friendly, clean rooms, right on the parkway, country restrant at same location. No phone in room, 3 channels on TV. In all a very nice place to stay on the parkway. We will be back.

I would strongly suggest you not stay here. It is apparently the practice of the management not to display their reservation cancellation policy, nor inform you of this policy when you call to make reservations, and then charge you for a full night's stay if you cancel. My husband and I wanted to go to the mountains for a romantic weekend to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary. We had stayed in West Jefferson the summer before in a cabin and wanted to visit the area again. He checked the internet and found the Park Vista - an almost too-good-to-be-true motel with good prices. He made reservations for Friday and Saturday nights, and we headed there for our romantic get-away. When we arrived, we were very surprised at what we found. The motel was located farther away from the restaurants and other activities we'd hoped to experience, and was in such a remote area that I'm not sure I would have felt safe if we'd stayed there. The room we were shown appeared to be clean, but the place had no ammenities at all. Since we'd arrived almost 3 hours ahead of check-in time, we told the woman who showed us the room that we would like to try to find something closer to Boone and would let her know before check-in time if we would still need this room. She did advise us at that time that the owner may charge us a small fee if we cancelled because they could have rented the room to someone else, but never said it would be a full night's stay. Since the parking lot was completely empty, I felt like this might be an attempt to get us to stay there instead of looking elsewhere. I asked how much of a charge, but she said she'd have to talk to the owner, who wasn't there. We went to Boone and immediately found a much nicer hotel for just a few dollars more that was close to everything we wanted to visit that weekend. Within 30 minutes of leaving the Park Vista, I called and spoke with this same woman and told her we would not be needing the room, gave her my cell phone number and asked her to please call me once she'd spoken with the owner to let us know how much of a charge there would be (I was thinking maybe $25???). I never received a call from anyone regarding the possible charge. Imagine my surprise when I received my credit card bill and saw a $65 charge for a full night's stay at the Park Vista - a place we never stayed a single night. (The reservation had been made with our credit card). I immediately checked the internet website to see if my husband had missed something regarding a cancellation deadline and found nothing. He also said that no deadline was given to him when he called to make the reservation. No deadline was mentioned when we told the woman at the motel that we wanted to look elsewhere - just that "there may be some kind of fee because we could've rented this room to somebody else". I spoke with the motel owner this morning and explained step by step what had happened that weekend. This is when I was informed that they have a 48 hour in advance cancellation policy, and that she thought it was nice that we were only charged for ONE night because she could have rented the room to someone else. I explained to her that had we been told we were going to be charged for a whole night, we probably would have stayed there (even though it was not what we expected it to be from the other reviews on the website - no pictures posted, I might add). What a learning experience. I completely understand a business owner's need to make a living - my husband and I work too. I just wish we'd had full disclosure of the policies regarding cancellation of reservations in advance. On the positive side, we had an absolutely wonderful stay at the Country Inn and Suites in Boone.