Budget Inn

Bud, get in. The name says it all. Let me start out by saying that I don’t give any motel more than three stars if they dismantle the bathroom drain so as to not allow you to hold water in order to take a bath. This place had pros and cons. And the many cons seemed to evenly outweigh or at least closely balance the couple pros. The ice machine was nonexistent, they didn’t bother to turn it on. The breakfast consisted of only sweet buns wrapped in cellophane. The coffee was old and lukewarm with no milk or cream, just powder. The night manager was somewhat surly. The bathroom was pretty dirty especially in the corners. It was one of the few bathrooms where I felt like I needed to wear flip-​flops to walk in there. Same goes for the funky carpet on the room. The hot water in the sink did not work. Our room did not have a mini fridge, although I looked in the windows of other vacant rooms and saw that they did have mini fridges. That was a disappointment. On the pro side, the rooms and motel faced a bank of woods, and even though the motel was right on interstate 65 you could not hear much of it. You could’ve been out in the national forest. Very nice. If the weather had not been so damn hot and humid, it would have been very nice to pitch a tent on the edge of the parking lot and make a campfire. There was a serene feeling about the place. It was all on one level, so there are no stairs to climb and you can park right in front of your room so there is no distance to haul your stuff. Also it was very cheap, $ 42 with king size bed and that includes all fees and taxes. By the way, the king size bed, which took up a queen sized room, was not too bad, though the pillows were neck breaker pillows. They were so firm that a concrete block wrapped in a towel would have been just as comfortable. I am exaggerating. So, though the pros were very strong, the cons were numerous. I can’t give this place anymore then three stars. Maybe 2. It just doesn’t seem like the people that own this place are doing the best they can with the little that they’ve got. And isn’t that what we are all here for?