Super 8 Motel Omaha/West Dodge

We’ve stayed here several times before because it’s convenient to where we need to be and the price is low. But we’re not staying here again. We’ve had problems on previous trips but I’ll only mention this last trip in which we stayed 6 nights.
We had a problem in the first couple of nights. We had our dogs with us and I went down in the morning to tell them that we are taking the dogs and they can clean our room. We got back to the hotel about 11pm that night and walked into a room that smelled so badly of smoke that it was like someone was actually smoking in the room. To add insult to injury, our room had not been cleaned. I went to the front desk and she at least gave us clean towels. In the morning when we went downstairs for breakfast, the owners said they were sorry but the reason the room was not cleaned was because we left the do not disturb sign on the door. This was not the case… we put the sign inside the door and when we got back at night it was also INSIDE the door, not on the outside. They basically were saying «We’re sorry but it’s your fault.»
We overlooked this but our room continued to smell like smoke. They offered to move us but we had all of our stuff laid out and it was too much of a pain to move. And with a family member in the hospital in critical condition, we had other things to worry about.
The final straw was on our last night. At 3:30AM, we woke up to banging, the sound of saws and other construction sounds. They were working on the room above us at 3:30AM! I called the front desk and he said he would tell them to stop. It continued and at 4:00AM I made ANOTHER angry call to the front desk and he said he would tell them again. Finally at 4:30am it stopped. We got four hours of sleep that night and had to drive 1,000 miles the next day. In the morning they again apologized and the owner said that it was kids in the room above us. Absolutely not unless the kids were doing construction in the room above! (There was construction going on while we were there with new tile, etc. in some rooms).
The absolute final straw was the breakfast that morning. The orange juice and the ice tea machines were broke with out of order signs on them. I went to get a cup of coffee and the coffee machine was empty. As a last resort I thought I’d get a bowl of cereal and the milk container was empty! I didn’t have the energy to complain. We checked out and they said that next time they will put us in a different room.

Clean and friendly but well worn. Carpets are showing a lot of wear. I don’t really demand a lot when I just want to relax, watch some TV, sleep, and shower. For the price it will do.

just a place to sleep… cheapest spot to stay in as a last minute decision… hmmm…I’ve never had been spoken to or treated rude but, have seen them treat other patrons bad. and maybe it’s just me but, every Super8 seems to be a little run down…

We have stayed at the Super 8 Motel on W Dodge Rd near N 114^th St several times now while visiting relatives in Omaha. The best quality of this motel is that it is cheap.
We arrived at our room and found it sufficient. It was a little stuffy in there, but opening the window and turning on the fan helped a lot. We looked around and noticed that it was basically clean, especially the bathroom, except for a dead cockroach or cricket on the floor. The best thing I can say about that was that at least it wasn’t still alive. There was only one bath towel for the two of us, so we had to go down to the desk to get more towels. After the maid cleaned our room, again, there was only one bath towel for the two of us, so we had to go down to the desk to get more. We were happy that tissues were supplied, but they were the roughest, cheapest type, and were like wiping our noses with a sheet of paper.
We noticed that the carpet was definitely not fully clean, especially around the edges of the easy chair and bed. It’s like the maid ran the vacuum down the middle of the carpet and that was it. A little more attention to detail would go a long way. The sheets appeared clean. I noticed a large spot on the blue blanket, and let’s just say it looked like someone dropped a banana split on it. I left that front and center on top so that the maid could see it and bring in a clean blanket, but when we returned later that day, the bed was made, and the dirty blanket was still on our bed. Gross. The same pieces of dirt that were on the carpet when we arrived were there after the maid vacuumed our room, so she missed them yet again. One morning she knocked on our door to come in to clean while she was on her cell phone, and continued talking on it while I explained that we were still in the room, and continued talking her way up and down the hallway. That seemed unprofessional to me, and explained the lack of cleaning in the room, possibly.
The dining room with the free breakfast was under construction with the tile floor being replaced. Upgrading is a nice thing to do — it will make the motel better in the future. The best thing about the free breakfast is the waffle machine. Pour in the batter, flip it over, and in two minutes you have a decent enough waffle. It’s pretty good for a waffle that comes out of a machine. The rest of the fare is kind of just fair — lots of cheap carbohydrates.
On the plus side, the WiFi worked well, the TV worked, although it wasn’t a flat screen with HD, and the mini-​fridge was awesomely quiet and kept our food and drinks very cold.
The value you receive for the price of this motel is good. I would definitely recommend this motel if you are traveling through Omaha and just need lodging for one or possibly two nights. A little better cleaning jobs on the rooms would go a long way toward making this a much better place to stay.

Okay, before you get all «OMG, I can’t believe Sarah B. would stay at a low class motel», let me just say that sometimes a girl needs a place to lay her head on the cheap. (I booked for 3 nights, not 3 hours so get yer heads out of the gutter!)
Trust me, I would rather stay at one of Omaha’s more classy hotels but all I needed was a clean place to primp before a rehearsal dinner, wedding and baby shower and somewhere to crash when it was all over each night. And, I needed it to be CHEAP! After throwing down some dough on a bridesmaid dress and gifts for both the wedding and baby shower (different couples, mind you. this aint no trailer trash wedding/​baby shower combo) I didn’t have much moolah left over for accommodations.
Now, I have plenty of friends/​relatives in the area who would have gladly let me stay at their houses but in this instance I really wanted my own space. See, when I have several events that require that I look above stellar I like to have plenty of space and time to primp. Looking good is a priority when photos are abundant. I don’t want to have to worry about being covered up en route from bathroom to bedroom (I like to do hair and makeup sans clothes, thank you very much), or how much time I have before someone else has to use the john, etc. So, bottom line is, a hotel made much more sense.
I have stayed at this Super 8 several times for the following reasons:
–It is CHEAP.
–It is CLEAN, especially for a motel. No nastiness left over from previous guests, clean linens and bathrooms.
–the staff is competent and friendly
–It is CHEAP.
The weekend I stayed they were running a special that if you stayed 3 nights one of them was free. I paid $ 135 total. you cant beat that when all you need is a place to primp in the nude and crash at night.