Econo Lodge

They appear to try to keep the place clean, but it is old and fixtures and heating and A/​C units are really old and beaten-​up, 1 small step up from a dump.

I tagged along with my brother on a work trip and stayed here one night. The price was good, but the room was not clean. The towels were clearly old and hopefully just dingy (we both refused to shower there), the air smelled, there were old scuff marks and a large ceiling panel was starting to hang down, the wifi was awful, and I spotted some ants in the bathroom, but it wasn’t anything we couldn’t deal with.
However when we stepped into the bathroom the floor moved. My brother, an architect, immediately said that it seemed like the floor joists had been laid the wrong way, which didn’t support the building frame as well. Anytime you walked, you could feel the floor dip under you, and you could see a giant dip in the tiles behind the toilet. By far the weirdest thing I’ve seen in a hotel.

The Econo Lodge was nice. It is not fancy but it was clean (mostly) and safe, good breakfast, and good wifi. I was in room 107 for several nights. The doors open up to the parking lot and you can back you vehicle up to your room. Wifi was very good most of the time and sometimes, extremely slow. The breakfast was nice: assorted bagels, donuts, coffee, tea, juice, milk, cereal. The breakfast and lobby area was clean. The room was ok. The heater worked well, but the knobs were broken so one could not adjust. The bathroom was almost clean, some stray hairs, especially on the towel rack and in the tub. There is a musty smell to the room. The sheets and towels were clean, but something is wrong with their dryer, as there was dark lint all over the sheets and towels. At first, I thought they were dirty, but upon further inspection it looked like just dirty lint. Nonetheless, I refused to sleep on the sheets and they offered me a new room. I just asked for different sheets and remade my own bed — since I made the bed myself, the mattress was clean. I would stay here again. It is cheap (thanks for the additional military discount) and you get a bargain for the price. You can walk to a McDonald’s two parking lots over. The folks working the front desk are nice.

I have so much to say about this, I don’t even know where to start. The rooms smell like certain death. There was blood and what I would assume was semen all over the duvet. There was an oil substance on the water’s surface when we filled the tub. There area is so shady I kept checking on our car all night. The sheets had be slept in and not changed. There was women’s hair ALL OVER THE SHEETS.
The best part of our trip, was that there was a BLOODY TAMPON next to our bed, where our six month old child was sleeping.
I contacted the company and they said they will do nothing for us, but to allow us to stay back in this DISGUSTING hotel again for free. They will not refund our money or give us a free night at one of their cleaner choice hotels.
This company is filled with slime bags. I don’t know how they sleep at night. I am so disgusted, and angered.
Shame on Econo Lodge and Choice Hotels. Especially shame on Dean Tarasenko, Director of customer care, who sent us a letter telling us we will do nothing for you. If you wont stay in the hotel again, that’s on you.
I am beyond pissed.
Please DON’T STAY HERE.

I read the reviews on Google before booking a few rooms here on New Years Eve. One reviewer said something along the lines of «This place is one step above being condemned.» I took that with a grain of salt because most people, given the opportunity, will complain about anything because we are all spoiled by convenience and brainwashed by homogenization as the golden standard.
So what does one expect when she books a room at a motel right off the freeway for $ 55/​night? Exactly what I received. An ice machine, crappy thin sheets, weird smells, a television, and probably some stray hairs, and non-​pristine carpet. I have one very specific complaint about the room though; shit. There was a shit smear on the toilet seat that was boldly ignored by whoever cleaned the room. A house vote of our guests was unanimous when confirming this fact and we enjoyed a discussion as to how someone could achieve this variety of fecal deposit on the toilet seat. We talked about it for a very long time until we grew tired of talking about a stranger’s shit.
A shitty hotel room is a great ice breaker when in company of mixed friends. I’m understanding why johns and prostitutes enjoy the ambience of such establishments, as these meetings are similar to first, less expensive dates for two people who may have zero in common with one another.
I could have lived without using hand soap and a wet piece of tissue to clean it up but it was a casual reminder that people who clean hotel rooms likely may not be cleaning the room to the standard the next guest may expect.
We partied until 7am and no one complained about our volume to our knowledge because our logic about the room price/​expectation obviously was as low brow as the guests surrounding us. The people who were bothered either rolled over and ignored us, pillows over their ears, thinking, «What did I expect? This place was $ 55/​night,» or were as equally wasted which can be similar to owning invisible ear plugs or being paralyzed from the neck down.
I was satisfied with hot water, cable television, and unlimited heat. I feel like I received a value AND a thrill because I enjoyed all these amenities and didn’t contract bed bugs.

Was very quite and pleasant within walking distance of Applebee’s and McDonald’s and very close to oakland mall