America’s Best Value Inn

I should have known better. We talked the manager into a cheaper deal but still way over priced. The whole second floor smelled like curry, old seafood, and people frying food. Smoke alarms went off a few times from people cooking. First floor smelled like weed. Sheets were stained. Shampoo in a dispenser in shower. I would definitely not use that due to people putting god knows what into it. Toilet would only flush if you held handle down. Old dirty packet of lotion by sink. Tiny tv with lots of non working channels. Hotel full of people but only a couple cars so not sure what’s going on with that. Wish i had my pistol for safety. Yuck yuck yuck.

This is exactly like it seems to be. A One-​Star Hotel in the middle of nowhere Wisconsin.
We found this hotel (previously called Ridge Mark Inn) on Priceline. It was the only establishment in New London which took part in the Priceline bidding. The room is normally 70 bucks a night, before taxes, while we were able to get it for 48 bucks a night with Priceline bidding.
When we pulled in, there were no cars in the parking lot (at 4 pm).
The room was basic. Small room with a queen sized bed, which was actually really comfy. 19″ TV, with local channels and HBO. Out of date linens/​style — but clean. It had a Fridge (I know some really nice hotels that don’t have that!). There was a Mr. Coffee machine, but we didn’t use it. There was a laundry room across from us, but didn’t need it on our overnight. There was a soap/​shampoo dispenser in the shower — not sure of the make though.
There were three little packets on the sink (which was not in the bathroom by the way), one of which was a super old packet of makeup remover. A little creepy ’cause it had some stains on the outside. The others were for a lotion and cream, but I think they had been there for a while. Manual/​Guide for the hotel is in a little plastic covered booklet, which appears to be incredibly out of date. There were directions… in paper, on how to use the shower — it has a complex way of turning on (They should think about investing in a placard). Hot Tub was broken.
Continental breakfast was a joke. There were some funky bagels, a jug of Milk, some crummy cereal in rubbermaid containers, and some mini chocolate donuts which were taken out of individual wrappers and put on a plate. Auto dispenser for Juice. Apple was terrible/​OJ was great (filled a water bottle — thought I should get something out of it)
My husband needed an extra pillow, so he went to the front desk. It was 12:30 am, so he picked up the phone to get help at the front desk. Out came the man who checked us in, in Jammies! He then took his key and went into the room next to ours, stealing the pillow out of that room. Interesting.
In review, it was a bit dated and older but it did it’s job and we got a decent night’s sleep. I say it’s a similar to what you would call a «Smotel7» — right between a Motel 6 & a Super 8.