Econo Lodge Chehalis – Centralia

Walked into the hotel and was greeted by a very nice lady who was very helpful and polite. Walked up to my room and wanted to throw up form the smell. Mildew and animal smell was over powering. The bathroom had dark hairs on the floor and the shower wall, I have blonde hair… Heater smells gross and the toilet won’t shut up. The customer service is the only reason this place even gets one star. Too bad the rooms can’t match the front desk

WARNING!!! BED BUGS!!! I’m from Seattle, I was in the area because of work. I stayed at this hotel for 2 nights. The first night as soon as I layed in the bed, 10 min later I start itching like crazy. Didn’t think anything of it. Stupid of me. The next morning I woke covered with bed bug bites. I spoke with an employee there (will not mention his name) he told me as I quote «Nobody had ever complained of bed bugs but because of the way management was, it didn’t surprise him». I had to stay there another night, since I was there due to work I did not have a choice. Next morning I woke up literally covered in bites. I spoke to management, they told me they did not have bed bugs. As soon as I got home I went to the hospital and it was confirmed that it was bed bugs. My doctor called the hotel manager and also faxed them some papers saying it was ’ bed bugs ’ that had bit me. I’m still waiting to see what they are going to do about this. I’m warning you, don’t stay here, BED BUGS DO LIVE HERE!!!

I have backpacked and stayed in hostels all over the world so I’m pretty easy going when it comes to where I stay.
We stayed here on our way to Portland during the STP bike ride. We got a hotel as some in our group did not want to camp. We all regretted that decision…
Without making this review a novel I will just cover the worst parts– when we checked in the woman asked us if we would like a smoking room or one w pet odor. (Why were those two things even an option?!) I am sensitive to smoke so chose pet odor. What they should have said was «cat piss» because that’s what it was. Along with a nice mildew smell anytime I wasn’t smelling cat piss. Along with the smell, the room was dirty, the windows were so old and cheap they barely closed, and there was a rolled up ball of pubic hair in the bathroom. Yes, you read that correctly. My dad pulled the curtains closed and then went to go wash his hands. We had just bike 109 miles and continuing on to Portland through the night seemed like a better option when I saw and smelled our room for the night.
I will say, on the phone prior to arriving the staff was very friendly and helpful. They were anything but in person.
To cap it off, we paid $ 180 for the night, which was probably jacked up because of the bike ride got g through town but it was exorbitant for the quality. I will definitely never stay here again.

This is the worst hotel ever. I would give it negative stars if I could. The room smelled like old moldy cat pee and there was pubic hair in the shower. Don’t ever come here… EVER!

YIKES! After reading some of the reviews I decided to chance it and book the hotel anyway (because everything else’s was full). That was a big mistake. I’m used to paying reasonable prices for an average hotel, and certainly not afraid of a little scum in a shower/​sink or stains on a carpet. But this was a whole new ballgame folks.
Remember that game you used to play when you were young? The one where the ground is hot lava? That’s how we moved in our room unless we had shoes on. Except even all of the «safe zones», like the bed and chair, were equally terrifying.
I just hope that the sheets and towels were clean since we had no choice but to use them.
Stay across the street at one of the other hotels. If they’re full, stay in another city and drive a little further. Trust me it’s not worth it. Take a look at my pics if you don’t believe me.
The only positive was a nice receptionist.

Their pet policy, as explained to me, is that you can have a pet for one or two nights, but not on extended stay. They allow cats as well as dogs.
I selected this hotel because it was a very short walk from a major RV dealer where I needed to leave my RV overnight for some repairs.
First of all, you cannot get an RV into their parking lot, the «driveway breezeway» past the office is too low. Thus, I had to park the RV outside the shrub area, but next to the highway. Even this was dicey because a heavy rainstorm left a lot of very deep mud puddles and pot holes. Navigating the very deep pot holes and mud puddles was fun!
The shrub area was very close to the «front» rooms. I asked for a «front» room because I needed to remove items from my RV before going to the repair place. As I said, can’t get the RV into the parking lot.
Well, technically, none of their front rooms are for pets. Ok, I’ll live with it. BUT! The recent weather issues causing floods in the last few days had affected the front rooms, and they weren’t able to rent all of the front rooms.
Apparently, a combination of weather issues, plus maybe the nice lady felt sorry for me, she let me have a «front» room. I hope her manager doesn’t get mad at her.
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Dear Manager of this hotel:
Please do not get mad at your employee. I am really grateful for the front room because it facilitated me being able to unload my RV. I will try to make sure my cat does not cause any issues. THANK YOU, I am grateful!
Sincerely,
ME
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Hotel had cable TV, microwave, frig and WiFi. I use FireFox and Firefox claimed the Wi-​Fi was unsecure, so use at your own risk.
The free breakfast in the morning was basically a «bread and water» thing. You had a choice of muffins, English Muffins (and a toaster), Belgian Waffles (make it yourself); and the beverages were Apple Juice, Orange Juice, Coffee, or tea.
Subway, Jack in the Box, and Denny’s within short walk. Also a Kit Carson coffee shop nearby if you don’t have your car.
I am very grateful for staying here, as it facilitated what I needed to do to get my RV in for repairs. Actually, the only thing I didn’t like was that the door was hard to open. Card key worked just fine, door was just hard to open. (Ok, if you are on the bottom floor, as I was, you will hear the occupants above you walking around…)

We were in Chehalis for a family get together. I will say this, if we had been downstairs (where my family was staying) I would have given this place three stars. If you stay upstairs it will be one star, guaranteed.
The hotel was remodeled on the first floor only circa 2007 – 2008 due to floods that hit the area. Those rooms are nice, and worth the price of stay. The upper rooms are quite the opposite. The furniture is stained, the dresser had a piece hanging off of it, the TV was made around when I was in HS (that was a long time ago), the carpet was pulling away from the wall.
The pool had trash all around it and the hot tub is filled in. The breakfast is a full on carb load… Waffles, English Muffins, and mini blueberry muffins. No cereal, no fruit, no milk, no oatmeal (even instant). I will not stay here again… even if it was in the 1^st floor rooms.