No Excuses! Motel
This is one a series of Second Life Motel reviews, from which I hope to (eventually!) produce a guide to the best SL Motels. Because the features and facilities are quite different to standard Second Life resorts, these reviews are a little shorter than normal, and I don't grade them in the same way.
Summary
The No Excuses! sim includes a Motel, with some basic but still pretty good free rooms. No Excuses! as a whole is definitely worth exploring. Calling itself a "rustic evergreen-topped mountainous coastal retreat", it's beautifully put together and includes a beach, roller coaster and mountain caves, among other things.
I recommend both the Motel, and No Excuses! itself as an excellent photo and exploration spot.
About the Motel
The Motel sits in front of a dockside waterway, with cranes on the other side. It has eight rooms, all free. All have Dutchie (so adult) beds, and actual bathrooms (WC and sink, no bath) - I always think full marks to any free place that has this.
Then each of the eight units has a kitchen, and a little dining area in the corner.
The decor is pretty simple, but it's in keeping with how a Motel like this would work in RL. Overall I liked it a lot,
The facilities
I won't say too much about the wider region, as this isn't a destination blog as such, suffice to say I think you should go and visit and explore. The Flickr group will give you a much better idea of what's on offer.
However right next door to the Motel, you'll find a cafe, a juice bar and a restaurant situated in a stationary railway carriage.
Other considerations
Is it adult? Yes
Lag - Wasn't too bad for me, I run SL on a 2019 Macbook Pro
Privacy - With the rooms being free, obviously not
Prices - Free
Overall
Highly recommended, and it will certainly make my ‘best Motels of SL’ list. Visit the wider No Excuses! experience and stay the night in the free Motel.
Huge thanks to Elizabeth Dovgal for helping me with this review and posing in the pics above. Be sure to follow her awesome Flickr feed here.
