Days Inn

This certainly was a Motel 6 because the credit card charge came up as Motel 6. That said, it’s a teeny bit better than the usual Motel 6 in that it was nicely located off of a highway but also nearby «stuff to do and places shop at» as opposed to some hellish ghetto crime wave sort of place. The shower was also more spacious that the last Motel 6 I stayed at and the included soap was actually quite nice. The towels were still sand paper-​grade and the bed was still that hard-​sprung, not enough padding feeling. The room seemed as clean as it’d get but certainly old school and very similar to the last Motel 6 I was at. I asked for a non-​smoking but the room was most certainly smoked in in the past (or adjacent rooms were smoker rooms). It wasn’t intolerable, per say, but it was noticeable. The TV was old and annoying to use but that worked fine, too. I could hear the neighbor easily. The pool was drained and thus extremely gross and «horror movie-​like» to look at, but I figure they haven’t been using it for a while. They probably should cover it up! I checked for bed bugs before sleeping… didn’t find any signs. Hope that was actually the case.

Disgusting! This place has bed bugs. Checked into room 14 and my friend had laid down for bed. About 15mins later I noticed black bugs crawling all over his body. He has multiple bites. We packed right up and left. Management only offered another room or half price for the few hours we were checked in despite the whole incident. Besides the bed bugs the place is really worn down, the toilet seat was broke, security lock on the door was broke, foot prints on the wall, burn holes and stains on bedding. Needless to say I do not recommend staying here.

Well, true to form, this Days Inn is slightly nicer than a Motel 6 and not as nice as a Holiday Inn. Rooms were nice and clean, fairly quiet, even had a mini fridge and a nice tv. Pretty standard. I’m taking the time to review this one for two reasons:
1. It’s dog friendly. In fact the rather wacky guy working the desk in the middle of the night (we arrived about 11:30pm) cut us a kind but sort of inexplicable deal on the pet fee (usually $ 10; he waived it) and even the total price for the room. So, that was cool.
2. It had the worst «continental breakfast» I’ve ever had. Not that one expects much from a roadside motel, but this Days Inn spits a lot of game about their free continental breakfast both online and when you get there. So I was actually sort of let down to find nothing more than a hastily-​opened box of quicky-​mart donuts, like three random bagels, and some bulk cornflakes… all made available in a gross little room between the front desk and pool that sort of resembled a 1940s automat. There were a number of guests wandering around looking a little confused, searching for milk for their (obviously sub-​par) coffee, and trying to figure out if they should eat any of this. Curiously they also only had decaffeinated teas.
Not sure this is really reason enough to avoid the place (again, it’s cheap, clean, and friendly enough, and obviously one doesn’t pull 100ft off I-​57 in the middle of the night feeling picky), just felt it was worth noting.