Econo Lodge

I stay at a lot of Choice hotels. I like them when I just need a cheap place to stay. And they give to the animal shelter in Washington, DC, near where they are based. know when you stay at a Rodeway Inn or an Econolodge you shouldn’t expect much. I’m not picky when booking such economy properties. But this place failed even by that standard. 1) wifi did not work 2) they did not offer conditioner (for washing hair) 3) the breakfast area seems to be there just to technically check the box that they offer breakfast. It’s so small they shouldn’t even bother 4) the room had really poorly done drywall repair, not painted or smoothed or even properly “completed. 5) they only had two bath towels in the room 6) took forever to check in 7) hot water took forever to come. But despite this, you should not be afraid to stay here. It was perfectly clean, which is the most important thing. I got my night for “free” (for just 8000 Choice points), so it was an ok option — but certainly not my favorite and not really worthy of a great review

I made a reservation on the hotel's website (not a third-party site), only to find out when I arrived at the hotel that they had cancelled my reservation and had no rooms available. They claimed my credit card didn't work, but I had been using it elsewhere with no issues. Even so, they should have let me know they were cancelling the reservation and/or given me the opportunity to verify my card number, instead just springing it on me when I arrived at the hotel. At that point, all the other hotels in town were sold out, so there was nowhere else we could go. Eventually the front desk clerk was able to rent us a room that she said they usually didn't rent out because it didn't have a TV. We were glad to at least have a place to sleep, but angry at being put through so much stress at being told that our reservation "didn't exist" when we arrived at the hotel.

I'm not a review writer. I only write if I'm extremely pleased usually so that good service gets rewarded. And I'm not a hotel snob. I just need clean and mostly quiet usually. This Econo Lodge is maybe the most disgusting hotel/motel I've ever been in. Front door did not lock from the outside. TV had been smashed with the remote by a previous guest. There was not even a doorknob installed on the bathroom door. The comforter on the bed was actually wet. The room was Filthy overall.