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America's 10 worst hotel chains

A pair of surveys released this summer suggests that travelers pay a price for staying in budget motels and hotels.

Blaire Briody, The Fiscal Times

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Joe Diamond McD
Sep 21, 2012 10:15PM
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4 out of 5 motels in Seattle have bed bugs and other viruses from the Bum-ation Nation 47 % that get their welfare check and go to the motel for crack -o -rama at every 1st of the month and down town seattle you will actually see the  "walking dead " !   ha  ha  no joke  .... also I got sick from a contaminated apartment  (sewage broke in walls in kitchen ) complex which had mostly 3rd world people living there .., and never felt that sick in my whole life !
bethieboop
Sep 21, 2012 10:07PM
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THANK GOD FOR TRIPADVISOR.
Jo Joe
Sep 21, 2012 10:02PM
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I can attest to a few of those odd smells...I was a soldier once. There is nothing more depreciative to value of property than encroaching bases for many reasons. lol Just saying. When we were allowed out we were like those amish kids in that one movie....just plain...let's just say it was like a huge woodstock in Augusta when we were let loose. 8 )
zumbaqueen
Sep 21, 2012 9:58PM
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econo lodge = ecoli lodge
iCETROUT
Sep 21, 2012 9:56PM
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Close the borders & get rid of anyone not a LEGAL AMERICAN!!! NO MORE BED BUGS,NO MORE CONTAGIOUS DISEASE... NO MORE IMMIGRATION PERIOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!​!!!!!!!!!!! 
cheetahzan
Sep 21, 2012 9:55PM
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I was moving to Alaska, and had to drive cross continent thru Canada with my 5 yr old daughter and my sister.  We had to stop in Whitehorse in the Yukon territory and everything but Canada's Best Value Inn was sold out.  It is a sister chain to America's Best Value Inn.  It was the worst motel experience of my llfe.  We were stuck in a smoking room, the toilet backed up, there was no maint. they gave my sister a plunger and she had to plunge the toilet herself.  There was I believe fecal material on the walls and ceiling, the carpets were beyond stained and sticky.  It was mid August and there was no A/C, just a fan in the window, which opened up to another building right outside of it.  The whole room was different colors of white, with I don't want to think about the substances on the walls.  We complained about the filth, toilets, etc.  and all we were told was that the manager would be in in the morning.  We were refused any kind of compensation by managment.  It was horrible.  If there had been anywhere else to stay, trust me we would have left.  I will never never stay in anything that says Americas/Canada's Best Value on the Sign, and neither should anyone else.   Just horrific.
Truknoledge
Sep 21, 2012 9:55PM
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Motel 6 in Buttonwillow, CA.  off the grapevine.  Have a room that buzzes with a swarm off flies and a bed that smells like piss. 
randisue Baloo (nomm)
Sep 21, 2012 9:52PM
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I guess it depends on the individual owners. I have stayed in many motel 6 and they were wonderful---simple but quite clean and hospitable!

I have also stayed at the Hyatt whereby the staff were too snootty for words!

iCETROUT
Sep 21, 2012 9:50PM
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Thank the unlimited immigration from 3rd world countries for the 3rd world condition of America.I want the America my Grandparents had... to hell with immigration & the lowering of standards...
cottoncandy1
Sep 21, 2012 9:41PM
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me my mom and my one years old son stay at econo lodge in february of 2012 for two weeks because they were fixing my apartment up and we pay 450.00 dollars for two weeks when we got in the room the microwave was dirty the toilet was dirty my mom had to buy some house hold stuff to clean the toilet and the floor was dirty i ask the maid can she clean it up she said no and i ask her to make the bed she said no so me and my mom had too make the bed and i had to keeping asking her for clean sheets every day and my mom got bite my bed bugs on her right leg and left leg and right arm and left arm and her neck and her back we went to the hospital and the doctor said they were bed bugs from econo lodge over here in portsmouth virginia on london blvd behind london oaks apartments so we check out and never look back since.they were poor service and they did not service no breakfast i had to buy my own food 

Al E Kat
Sep 21, 2012 9:36PM
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I stayed at an Indian owned Americinn Motel in Spencer Iowa.  There was no shampoo so I went to the front desk and was told that it would cost me $1.10 for the little bottle of shampoo everyone else gives away free.

 

My wife and I were at another (Marriott) facility and talking to the cleaning lady.  She told us she had quit at an Indian owned facility because the cleaning crew was instructed that unless they were dirIty,  the sheets were only to be changed once a week, no matter how many guests had used the room.

 

I have also observed an Indian owner just adding more grounds to the coffee pot when the pot went empty.

 

If you walk into the lobby and see prices on everything for the newspaper to the local area maps, just keep walking.

HITMAN-NC
Sep 21, 2012 9:35PM
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STAYED AT THE DAYS INN IN TEMPE,AZ THIS PAST JUNE ",WOW" WHAT NEGATIVE AND NASTY MATTRESS,MATTRESS   WAS SOILED WITH URINE COLORED STAINS IN THE MID-TO

TOP PORTION OF THE MATTRESS ADVISED THE CLERK THAT I HAD TAKEN PHOTOS,AND ASKED IF SHE WANTED TO SEE THEM,SHE REPLAYED NO,NO,SO WE WERE MOVED TO

A NEW AND BETTER RM. TRUST ME I DIDN'T LOOK UNDER THE SHEETS BECAUSE

I WAS AFRAID OF WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ME....BESIDES ,THERE WERE NO MORE HOTELS AVAILABLE IN THE AREA  DUE TO THE FACT IT WAS ASU GRADUATION

WEEK.....

Kathy445
Sep 21, 2012 9:25PM
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I recently drove from Washington state through Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and finally New Mexico. I stayed in Motel 6's the whole way. The motels that I stayed at were clean with all new flooring, bedding and bathrooms. I was so shocked at how nice and clean they were. No carpet on the floor but a hardwood style of flooring, Bedding was new and the bathroom was right out of a catalog. There was no smell or leaking anything. The parking lots were bright and people were friendly and helpful. Don't think that I didn't check for bed bugs and the like but there was nothing. They, Motel 6, are in the process of upgrading all their motels.
patricia warrg
Sep 21, 2012 9:25PM
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It all really comes down to basic standards that people are accustomed to. Certain group of people have different ideas about "clean", it is the responsibility of Health Department to monitor these facilities. I did not know that they don't do it, if that's the case. I know a family who bought a house from an Indian family and after 2 years of painting and cleaning could not get rid of the smell and stains around the house, and........... moved !!!!  case closed.
Bill inToledo
Sep 21, 2012 9:25PM
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Microtel  in Lafayette, La.  was terrible - noise all night - no help from management  - kids running up and down the hallways - fire alarm off during the night - false alarm - no help from management - they were going to call the cops on US for complaining !!!  NEVER AGAIN PAL !!!
Cabin Lady
Sep 21, 2012 9:23PM
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We've been traveling from Ohio to Arizona and back a couple of times a year for the past 2 1/2 yrs.  We always try to locate Motel 6's because we travel with our pet, which they take, no questions asked.  I am shocked to read some of the postings about these motels....We have always have great stays for the money....no smells, no stains on spreads or sheets, air/heat works well, good locks on doors, and never have we been treated with anything but respect at check-in, (from both Americans and Indians).  I do have to say that we always ask to see the room they are going to put us in ahead of checking in, and only had one person has said no....We chose not to stay there!!  I really do think that most people could avoid these problems if they would just take the extra step of asking to see the room first, and if the front desk in not polite and accomodating, don't stay there....there are usually plenty to choose from...
Sueinthelou
Sep 21, 2012 9:23PM
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Don't leave out the Hilton Garden Inn in Chicago right off the Magnificent Mile.  Some years ago I was bitten by bed bugs so badly that I had to go to the ER for treatment. Rx for steroids for several weeks. Bedbugs, overpriced and an ER bill!  What's in a name?  In this case, nothing. Beware!  At least ask if the Hilton Garden Inn has acknowledged and addressed its bed bug issue.
zack72
Sep 21, 2012 9:22PM
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I do one hotel stay a week andfor the most part, they are pretty decent. The chain I stay in the most is Super 8, and it varies on the quality. Some are very nice, close to brand new. Some of the older ones are not so nice. The biggest complaint I have for all of them, even the pricier ones, is the bed. The mattress is like a piece of plywood, no give at all. The nicest hotels are the Microtel's, very nice chain, with a pool, first class and not priced bad at business rate.
StinkStink
Sep 21, 2012 9:22PM
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Before my husband and I had a baby, we used to vacation a lot all up and down the east coast. We stayed in a lot of hotels and I have to say the Days Inn was by far the worst! The bathroom was a mess, the bed smelled funky, there were crushed pretzels under the bed, and I came home with bedbugs on my suitcase. I will never ever stay at a Days Inn again. 
Oh wait, then there was the Comfort Inn in Connecticut. We were road tripping and paid for the hotel the day before hand since it was on our route. The website was absolutely deceiving. The lobby, which had just been redone to look beautiful on the website, was completely separate from the rest of the hotel. Our room was in the back next to some white trash living out of the hotel. Aside from the lobby, nothing looked like it did on the website. I did not feel safe and decided to leave even though we had already paid for it. so yeahhhhhhhhhhhh
onthemove240
Sep 21, 2012 9:20PM
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Over the years we have stayed in a lot of various motels/hotels.  I feel bad for the good people that have clean and respectable businesses.  There are so many bad out there we are afraid to try some of our favorite places of the past.  We started upgrading to more expensive hotels and then we have run into problems as well.  We have decided we are tired of it.  We purchased a 5th wheel for our travels.  Our own "dirt" and we go where we want when we want.  I know this doesn't fit everyone, but it is good for us.
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