Knights Inn Hot Springs

Gosh, the place is a dump! It could be the worst hotel I’ve ever stayed at. Filthy, dirty sheets, derelict, at least three different species of flying bugs, internet doesn’t work, scribbles in the wall and, judging by the itching, I am suspecting fleas. You get what you pay for? Trust me, they should pay you for spending a minute in this pigstay! Stay away!

No stars!
This place is terrible.
Dirty room, dirty carpet, watch where you step when climbing the stairs, there is holes in them.
People yelling and screaming and running around the stairs.
To top it all off, waking up at 4 am to bed bug bites.
What a way to spend vacation!
I had to give it one star because it made me.

The bed felt like styrofoam, the pillows were completely flat, the wifi sucked, and there was a small roach-​type bug on our ceiling.
But the rooms were clean, the staff was extremely nice, they gladly accepted our dog with no added fee, the breakfast included the biggest thing of gravy I’ve ever seen, and we stayed in a «resort town» for $ 50/​night, including tax.
Overall, can’t say I regret anything about our choice, although next time I’ll be sure to bring my own pillow and a can of Raid.

When taking road trips, my fiancée and I will stay at basic hotels in the $ 40 – 60 price range whenever possible. We figure that trips are all about being outside exploring, and that as long as our hotel room has a bed and a shower, the rest won’t matter.
We’ve stayed at various Wyndham chain hotels in the above price range such as Days Inn, Super 8 and Howard Johnson, and, by not expecting much, we’ve never been disappointed. We don’t care if the «continental» breakfast consists mostly of cereal, if the staff won’t smile at us, or if I can’t get full Wi-​Fi bars on my laptop.
But the Knights Inn in Hot Springs completely changed our definition of basic.
As soon as we pulled up to the hotel for the first time, I felt like turning around. The layout of the entrance and the lot was horrible. The outside looked awful and was dirty, and so was the lobby. The guy at the front desk, an American, was extremely rude, hard to understand, and treated us like he was doing us a favor. He charged us for the entire stay upfront. We only got a single key card.
Our room smelled musty. There were at least four large flies in it. Two of the lamps didn’t work. The mattress was extremely hard, and we could feel the edge of every single spring on our bodies. The A/​C had some sort of humidity problem where anything within a few feet of the unit would be soaking wet after a few hours. We had to turn the thermostat way down so that the A/​C would run as little as possible. There was a single working power outlet in the room. The room was fugly and depressing.
The bathroom was dirty and looked like it hadn’t been fixed up in 40 years. The hot water faucet had an unstoppable leak. Most of the faucets were either on the verge of failing or barely functioning. The sink drain had a leak, and we had to keep a towel on the floor. The bathtub was heavily cracked, chipped and unclean. The shower head was stuck in the «needle» setting and could not be adjusted. The hairdryer wouldn’t pass the safety test.
Another huge problem was the scary people staying at this place. Room doors open, adults and teenagers yelling at each other from room to room, from floor to floor and across the hallways, loud kids incessantly yelling, crying and running around, loud music and wall-​shaking bass, fighting, partying… you name it. The insulation around our door was non-​existent, and it felt and sounded like these people were IN our room ²⁴⁄₇. And this all continued well past 1 a.m., when we finally got to sleep. The front desk didn’t care and I wanted to call the cops, but my fiancée was scared that the creepy guests would retaliate.