America’s Best Value Inn and Suites

I stayed here from Thursday night to Sunday over Father’s day weekend, and had an absolutely awful experience that has deprived me of the right to make snarky comments whenever someone goes on about how «things go missing» from hotel rooms. Trust me… it happens.
The only good thing about this hotel is the location. You get to see the ocean for a reasonable price. Other than that, it’s a bust.
First, good luck finding a parking spot. This hotel shares a parking lot with a restaurant and the Panama City Beach welcome center, so there were times I had to drive in circles hoping that someone would leave so I could go to my room.
Second, the room was nasty. When we walked in, the carpet was soaked from the air conditioner leaking. The room smelled and the mattresses were of the old, brownish type.
Third, when I asked the housekeepers to clean the room on Friday, they assured me they were on their way over. When I returned later that night, the room was still a disaster. When you stay on the beach, sand gets everywhere. When that sand isn’t taken care of, it tends to build up in all the wrong places (the bed/​the bottom of the tub).
However, the BIGGEST problem came on Saturday. Around 2pm, I (once again) asked the housekeepers to clean the room before I headed to the beach. I hastily threw my $ 85 Fossil watch on the bed before I applied sunscreen and never moved it. When I came back that night, the watch was missing (and my room was still filthy, minus a mostly-​made bed). I reported it, and were told that it was probably in the laundry. Seemed reasonable. However, the next day the laundry said they found nothing, and I proceeded to tear the room apart. Though I managed to unearth a half-​eaten Dorito from between the mattress and the box-​spring, the watch was never found. The manager came and gave me a $ 50 credit. I could live with that, so I packed up my stuff and headed home. About 45 minutes out, I stopped at a bakery and discovered that $ 100 cash was missing from my wallet. So embarrassing. I returned to the hotel, and was told that the manager was gone for Father’s day, and since I had signed a form saying the hotel wasn’t responsible, I should just file a police report. I did that, and have since discovered that three rooms were broken into that weekend.
Therefore, unless you want to get ROBBED while staying in a DIRTY room, DON’T STAY HERE!
Update: The manager responded to my reviews, and said they found the watch in the dirty linens. It is now two months since I stayed at the hotel.