BED BUGS STAY AWAY!
Well our air conditioner went out and the soonest they could come to our house was the next day sometime in the afternoon. I looked on Priceline and this place seemed to have decent reviews and was really cheap which was appealing because even though we were going to have to pay for two nights we were only going to be actually staying for one and part of the next day so we wouldn't get kicked out a checkout and could wait around in the air conditioning while ours was repaired. The first thing I noticed was of course the area was completely sketchy but I knew that going in. The hotel is surrounded on both sides by razor topped fence to keep it separated from the trailer parks on both sides. It is considered a "pet free" and "smoke free" hotel, but I saw a room window with a cat looking out of it and the entire place including the hallways reeked of cigarette smoke. People were just hanging out smoking everywhere. Even though the outer doors are supposed to only be opened with a room key every time I walked outside I noticed people would prop open the doors with rocks which does not make me feel secure because then anyone can wander in besides guests. The room had a faint bad smell, like old cigarette smoke that had been covered up with badly perfumed cleaning supplies. The bathtub was dirty. I figured we could tough it out for one night even though we were surrounded by obvious meth addicts that seemed like they had been living there for a while at the hotel, must be cheaper than renting if they have a lot of people to a room... Next I noticed that after only taking our shoes off in the room and walking around the carpet ALL of our socks were completely black from how dirty the carpets were. So I stopped taking my shoes off in the room... So disgusting. The bedspread had cigarette burns in it even though there were signs in the room saying it was "no smoking". We spent the night anyway despite my misgivings and 2pm the next day our ac unit was finally fixed so I headed home with the kids very glad to get away from the hotel and not have to spend the second night. The next day I woke up itching terribly and noticed my body was covered with red bites. So far I've counted about 20 bites. It took a day for the bites to show up and after googling I have learned bed bug bites don't usually show up immediately but a day or so later when your body starts having a reaction to them and 50 percent of people don't have obvious bites because they aren't allergic to them. Now I am washing everything we had with us at the hotel and hoping, hoping that we didn't bring them back with us. I regret trying to save money by staying a cheap place. Please don't make my same mistake. I see lots of good reviews for this place saying despite it only being 2 stars it is very clean but I can only conclude those are all fake reviews or outdated.