Days Inn East

I wish I could put less than a star. My friends and I met the bride to be here and they are refusing a refund and we were here less than 30 minutes. This is insane. This place was humid inside and the floors were sticky. Just walking into the room you feel like you need to shower.

Horrible… Walked into the first room and the electric was off got sent to a different room and the bathroom door and fan were broken the mirror in the main room was falling off I paid 50 dollars for the room so did not expect much but probably the worst cheap hotel I have ever stayed in if I could give them no stars I would

This is the worst Days Inn I’ve stayed in, period. We only spent about eight hours total here, but because I was cringing the entire time, those eight hours felt like 80.
My family and I were in town for a sudden funeral and related affairs. My mom booked the motel over the phone sight unseen because its location wasn’t far from the funeral home, the price was right, and she (and most of us) have had good experiences at Days Inn across the country (for the two-​star price point). We told hotel staff that we would be arriving late, so we did not get into the room until 10:30 p.m., after a long, trying day of death-​related activities.
Things wrong, oh so wrong:
* The smell — Like another reviewer mentioned, it smelled like musty pee, with some additional notes of beer and cigarette smoke. I used ²⁄₃ of a giant bottle of lavender Febreeze to make it tolerable, and that’s saying something because air fresheners usually assault my nose and eyes. I used the Febreeze on each individual bedspread, blanket, sheet and pillow, as well as on the entire carpet, the drapes, the towels and the shower curtain.
* The grime — The place was just dirty. Dust gathered on the carpet, along the baseboards, on the headboards, on the table, and in the bathroom. There were odd stains on just about every wall — most looked like cigarette stains, but there were a few very high on the wall that we couldn’t explain.
* The lights — A main light in the living area, a small bedside light and the big light over the sink mirror didn’t work.
* The TV — We couldn’t turn it on. No, we’re not morons. We tried turning it on via the remote and the tv itself, to no avail. Yes, it was plugged in.
* The bathroom — The toilet and shower were in a separate room from the sink and mirror, which generally is fine. But the bathroom floor tile wasn’t the cleanest, cobwebs gathered in the top corner and the paint above the tile (where the wall and ceiling met) was globbed on again and again but peeling, resembling asbestos. Two hairs also were waiting for us on the shower walls.
* The random — There were used earplugs squished on the ledge above the headboard, and there was no Bible. I don’t really care about that last one; I just thought it was odd.
So why didn’t we bitch to the hotel staff? Well, it was 10:30 p.m., we had been to an emotionally exhausting batch of services and family events, and my parents (who paid for the room) were grieving and didn’t have the energy to complain and deal with the consequences (arguing with hotel staff, waiting for a new room, lugging our things to a new room, etc.). They just wanted to try to sleep and forget the day. I would have complained, but out of respect for them, I stayed in the room.
A few things were ok, though. The sheets were surprisingly clean (despite the smell), and there was a mini fridge and free wifi (though you had to call the front desk and ask for the password — ours was access11).
Seriously, I don’t expect the Ritz when paying $ 40 for a night at the Days Inn. I do, however, expect basic decency and cleanliness. This Days Inn failed on all accounts.

+ Close to the highway. Though GPS mistook the address for further down the road it’s located on than it is, it was clearly visible from the road, though the access road (especially in twilight) was a little difficult to access.
+ Checkin was pretty harmless. The reservation was made through Priceline (where I used to work, and of whose sketchy business practices I am well aware of) and yielded no expected complications. Just $ 54 for prior-​day booking of a double-​bed room
+ Extra painless checkout
+ Free wifi — a separate network for EACH ROOM? #unneccessarybutcool
— A, er, lacking to use a nice word scenery/​ambiance of the entire complex and neighborhood
— A room with a musty piss smell
— Mold in the shower
— Old coffee in the coffee pot (um thanks for cleaning the room)
— Old TV with 20 channels, broken remote
— Requisite bedside bible with pieces of pages eaten off and crayon markings
— 1 bar of soap, no shampoo
— Towels with stains of unknown (probably for the best) origin