Days Inn Birmingham/West

I stayed here one night while moving from Virginia to Mississippi. The rate was fair, even with a pet fee. There was ample truck parking for my moving truck and car trailer. People were friendly. No one bothered me, my 10 year old, or our dog. The room was spacious and the beds were comfortable. Everything was clean. The breakfast was free and good. Location was convenient, right off the interstate. Staff was helpful and polite.

Arrived very late and could not find anywhere in town not sold out, until we found this one. Scariest place I’ve ever stayed. It was so bad my son literally stood guard at the door watching our car through the peephole with a knife in his hand while he let me try to get a couple hours ’”rest” after a 10 hour drive. We were both so scared we went ahead and left at 4 am just to get away from there. The room was filthy and smelled bad. The multiple biker runs through the parking lot at 3 am made it impossible to get any sleep. Cars kept pulling up in front of our door and going into rooms and then leaving again. Drug deals no doubt, some of these people were using drugs in their car right in front of our door.
I am thankful we got out without being a victim of a crime.

Room looked nice, but with no working vent in the bathroom, the room was humid and smelled like a basement full of mildew.
Continental breakfast was a waffle maker, muffins, cereal, and juice. Not the worst I’ve seen.

For the location, price and the employee at the front desk the Days Inn sufficed. And by location, I mean its proximity to the downtown area. Other than that, the location resides in a sketchy area. The grounds are visibly in need of an update. The parking lot isn’t a place where you necessarily want to spend too much time.
The rooms are in dire need of modernization. The free breakfast looked so unappetizing that we didn’t eat it. There’s free wifi and flat screen tv’s in the rooms. But the remote didn’t work, so we had to manually turn on the television. Not charming by any means, but it did the job for one night.

DO NOT STAY HERE
There’s not much to say that hasn’t been said already. I felt like I was in Juarez or Tijuana, fitting for Cinco de Mayo I guess.
First off you can tell this place is in an awful neighborhood. I almost looked at crime reports, but I didn’t want to lose sleep. I’m glad I didn’t based on the reviews of others before me (I didn’t read them until afterwards). We had no choice but to stay here because there were no other rooms available in town.
When we pulled into the parking lot, I noticed the car next to us had a few bullet holes. I’m from the DC area so this isn’t TERRIBLY uncommon, but still, it’s worth mentioning that people hanging out here have been engaged in gunfights.
The room was filthy, I didn’t let any of my belongings touch the floor. Thank god we were only here for a night. Lights were flickering and the A/​C unit was extremely loud. I sleep hard, so it didn’t bother me, but it should be noted.
I barricaded the door and slept ok, hoping the bed bugs wouldn’t bite too bad. The impermeable pad between the sheets and mattress made me reasonably sure I wouldn’t catch a myriad of diseases trapped within the fabric.
I showered in the morning and GTFO, and met my colleagues for the half-​assed continental breakfast. Two cereals, a waffle iron, some toast and oatmeal were about all that are worth mentioning. Whatever.
This place sucks, and I’m sorry for the owners but they have obviously done nothing to make anyone feel safe. Hiring a security guard or two may have made me feel better… But don’t stay here unless you are armed and prepared to raise your situational awareness to red level, and I’m not even kidding.

We stayed in Room 110 and was there 5 nights, then tried another motel and decided to go back for our last night. Our truck was in shop. They were replacing the furniture/​TV with brand new ones. I would go back. New carpet in that room. Was clean.

****DRIVERS BEWARE**** This place is a dump. We had no idea how bad it was when we booked it. I think the only advantage is the location for exhausted road drivers. If you can hold out, then drive else where.
After taking our luggage upstairs, I went back to double check our vehicles. What I saw happening at our Penske truck and cars was disturbing and got me very angry. I caught one guy pissing on my Penske truck, another fiddling and touching my car tow hitch and another on his phone. After a quick scuffle and exchange of words they left and probably to get some «buddies» Of course the attendant didn’t care and was only argumentative. We packed up, departed and reported this place as it is nothing but a dump and unsafe place to stay. Read reviews before ever booking. Trust me. No matter how tired you are just do it and spare yourself this type of childish drama. There are way to many thugs and uneducated people living near by.

No stars! This days inn is the worst days in you could book in Birmingham! Me and my friend got robbed at gun point at 2 am by 2 African American males. One was around 40 years old with a grey beard and the other one was probably 20. If you care for your life go book at another hotel. The cheap room is not worth the chance of getting home invaded at 2 am. I’m not the first one to post about break ins at this hotel in sure I won’t be the last

Affordable, yes; a nice place to stay, not so much.
We stayed here on our way from Florida to Colorado, as the price was right and the location was convenient. We had booked the room online and it was late when we pulled in. If this was not the case, we would have looked for different lodging.
Let’s cut to the chase:
1. Didn’t feel very safe in the neighborhood;
2. Prostitutes hanging over the balcony when we drove up (I call ‘em like I see ‘em);
3. Desk staff not very friendly at all;
4. Room was in disrepair (water leaking from the bathroom ceiling) and was not clean (I’m not taking a shower in there!). If we hadn’t been completely exhausted from the road, we would have asked for another room, but we just passed out instead and took a hot shower as soon as possible at our next stop.
On the positive side, the room was cheap and there was adequate parking for our moving van.
Needless to say, I would only recommend this motel to someone with overpowering masochistic tendencies.