La Quinta Inn Waldorf

This is one of the most ill kept hotels I have ever been. I travel a lot for my job, and because of an event had to switch it up from my usual hotel and will never make the mistake again. From the staff, to the room, this hotel is a complete disaster. There are many other options in the area and I strongly advise you do not stay here.

I don’t like giving bad reviews, but I also don’t want anyone else stepping into traps I experience. I will do my best to not stay here again unless there are radical improvements. First one being that a NO SMOKING policy be established throughout the entire building. (Sorry if you smoke, but CANCER sucks.)
When we checked in the desk person assumed we wanted smoking rooms, although that may be due to booking it through
. The front desk people were very nice and friendly. That’s the best thing about this place. However… We were directed to go up the steps to get to our room. I have no issue with steps, but when you’re carrying luggage, it’s annoying.
There is no elevator in the building so if you have trouble with steps and still have to stay here, I suggest making sure they have a first floor room for you. As we climbed the steps we were greeted with the scent of marijuana. I think medical marijuana is legal now in Maryland, so maybe someone at the top of the steps had glaucoma.
The room… Although it was made VERY clear that we needed a NON SMOKING ROOM… It REEKED of stale cigarette smoke and the room was possibly doubling as a hot house. After a few hours the tired air conditioner got the temperature down to something habitable.
The bathroom was, for the most part, clean. I’m not sure if it was a pattern in the shower wall or if there had been a homicide that was about 95% cleaned up, but I wasn’t fond of its appearance. The toilet was okay as long as you didn’t need to flush it. The TOWELS were actually nice. Nice sized too. I’m 6’7″ and they covered me well.
The bed wasn’t horrible. The sheets … They could use replacing.
In the morning… The breakfast «room»… More like a closet they converted over to stock some cereal. This place is bare bones. If you’re on a budget and don’t mind the smell of smoke… You’ll be fine here. If not… There’s a Country Inn RIGHT NEXT DOOR, that is VERY nice. Being in a band… You get the cheapest rooms you can and next time, we will forgo that when staying in this area. Safe travels to you and yours.

Using Hotwire’s random hotel matching, we stayed 2 nights in the hotel for 63−65ish per night. And it was much better than expected for a 2.5 hotel. Beds were good. Rooms were of the same size as any other. Breakfast was good. Only backside was being told by the concierge that there was no trash bins in the hotel. Thankfully we looked by the laundry machines and found one!
Something to note is that there’s no elevator. So get ready to carry your luggage upstairs

Stayed in the two full bed ADA room with microwave and fridge. It didn’t have a grab bar by the toilet. The walk in shower has a small step (about half an inch) to get in and has a shower bench attached to the wall. The room’s entrance has fake wood flooding and the rest of the room has retro yellow carpet. The carpet has a square that is being cut from it.
Weird wifi setup/​sign-​in page. After clicking a few pages of these questions, the free wifi works. I’ve never seen this before.
It was full for the second half of the week, probably because it is relatively close to DC. But there was lot of traffic getting to/​from DC.

Real thought I wasn’t going to enjoy my stay here but over all We really have. The hotel basically has catered to the families and friends of the bride & groom and we are glad to see a great staff. Fresh breakfast fresh linen and quite halls throughout the stay. I mean I really wanted a more expensive. Hotel but the outcome was great.
If one looks to complain and not see the brighter side the it’s a view never obtained by them. So look to the brighter side Stay at Laquinta. @rydellv

The Channel 70 Video Productions crew bedded down here for one night.
The good. Affordable, excellent staff, close-​in parking, new TV, nice breakfast area, quiet and clean rooms, great shower flow, fluffy towels, perfect HVAC, well stocked vending area with reasonable prices.
Not so good. Needs a light renewing as some shabbiness (wallpaper, wood trim, bathtubs, countertops), major fail — free internet access requires submitting to spam-​laden login process, 2.1 mbps at 7pm, no HD channels, no meat served at breakfast, artificial/​institutional odor in lobby and hallways, phony ‘green’ claim for not changing sheets — it’s, more profit in hotel’s pocket.
On balance, we’ll probably return.

The good– Reasonable rates. Clean rooms but dated building. They allow pets. Friendly and helpful staff.
The bad
Some guy walked into the breakfast area barefoot and half dressed but no one said anything. Another person looked like they were homeless and wandered in through the front door into the breakfast area.
The end of the hotel I was in was near the road and there is a traffic light so you can feel the vibration, thumping, and vulgar lyrics of the jungle music from the cars right outside your window.

We came to the area for a football game. This place had real reasonable rates and we’d been happy at La Quinta’s before so I booked for two nights. The lobby is fine and service was decent. Work is being done on the second floor which may explain the price. There’s a breakfast which includes boiled eggs and the usual light breakfast. The room is decent, certainly not fancy; the bathroom is tight but serviceable.
I have a real gripe about the internet. Not that it gets dragged down; I haven’t experienced that. But to get on I have to jump through hoops; answer questions so they can present me an ad. This is the first time I’ve experienced that and I don’t like it. It’s time consuming and I’d rather pay extra than jump through hoops. Our last morning there the wi-​fi was down for some time. I doubt that I’ll come back here; not sure I’d stay at La Quinta if I did.