La Quinta Inn & Suites Sebring

I would not stay here again. It’s the worst hotel experience I’ve had in recent memory. It could be worse if it was unsafe or straight up filthy, but it was bad.
We picked this hotel because my mom had stayed there in the past and we knew it was nice/​comfortable, we were in town for a funeral. She had also stayed at Inn on the Lakes before, and we thought La Quinta was a little more modern so we went with it. We arrived in our initial room and at first everything look really nice, apart from the bleach smell. We were very tired so got in bed for a little while. A few minutes in we noticed the bed was absolutely covered in pet hair. My husband has pet allergies so this was pretty upsetting. We understand the hotel is pet friendly, but we didn’t expect our clothes to end up covered in dog hair. It was disgusting.
I had already laid all my stuff out in the bathroom and unpacked, so I asked if we could please have someone change the bed. But there was one worker in the entire hotel at that time, she said there was no one to change the bed. This was around 4PM on a Friday. We were switched to another room, after the worker asked us to show her the pet hair.
The second room seemed fine at first. The bed was very comfortable, and everything looked clean. Again, the smell of bleach and air freshener pretty much choked you upon entrance, I guess those are the main things they use to clean. Anyway, there was apparently a minor lizard infestation, because we found lizards in our bed and in the bathroom multiple times. They were babies so they were kind of cute, and it was better than roaches… but still. I’ve never run into this at a hotel before, and it really freaked me out when I was ready to go to sleep and a baby lizard was looking up at me from the covers. Basically at no point could I just relax and plop down into bed after a long day, because I had to constantly check if there were critters in the bed.
It was also incredibly loud through the night both nights, we could hear all the noise coming from the third floor (we were on the second floor). The air conditioning was also extremely loud and kicked on and off all night. We didn’t complain about this, because after seeing there was only one worker available we figured there was no way a maintenance guy would be present at night.
The free breakfast is very bad. I’m not picky, but the sausage was badly microwaved, eggs looked really bad even though we were down there shortly after they were served, and the rest of the selections were just okay.
The free wifi did not work for me the entire time we were there, that is a huge negative for me as I need to be able to check my email etc. for work, and the service in the hotel wasn’t good.
Everything in our room except the initial dog hair bed was «clean,» but honestly I think the way they clean is just throwing bleach and air freshener where appropriate as mentioned. There was a strong smell of bleach for the entirety of our stay, it was really unpleasant. Other areas of the hotel looked a little dirty and run down.
We spent a little under $ 200 for two nights and I did feel a little ripped off. Next time we will stay at Inn on the Lakes. My brother in law and his family stayed there and said it was fantastic.
I would definitely not recommend this place. Probably even the Holiday Inn Express would be better. Like I said, I am not a picky person by any means. I’ve stayed at older hotels, hotels in worse areas of large towns, hotels where the service was iffy… but the overall experience here was worse than any I can remember.

The front desk clerk was friendly and got us a room with a reasonable rate. She said the hotel was 5 years old so we figured it’d be nice and clean. We got in the room and it had the smell of cleaning solution. We turned on the fan and went out to dinner. When we returned we turned on the tv but couldn’t change the channel. The remote sensor had fallen behind the dresser. As I was walking in the room my bare feet stuck on the carpet in a few spots. YUK! The beds were comfortable although the top blanket was heavy. The shower had the beginnings of mold in the corners and it looked as if the shower walls weren’t properly cleaned. The bath towel was like sandpaper and the water from the sink hardly came out. The bathroom flooring was wood of some sort and appeared spotted and dirty. I would rather have tile. Breakfast was blah, although the lady furnishing it was working her butt off. The chair I was sitting in at breakfast, the seat was stained. Overall it’s a nice hotel, it just needs major attention to cleaning.

Beautiful and very clean hotel. Situated in Sebring. Very nice and kind service at the front desk at all times. Rooms completely renovated and great breakfast available by a very kind lady in the mornings! Also free wifi!

Front desk was not to friendly, and on the more expensive side, but other than that, awesome rooms, clean, a/​c blew ice cold, good showers, I would stay here again.

As always, La Quinta is pet friendly! The rooms are clean and not worn, everything works, and even the King regular room comes with a microwave and a fridge. The breakfasts are plentiful and fresh. The only reason I didn’t give this a five star rating is because they haven’t treated the FIRE ANT MOUNDS in the grassy areas where you walk your dogs. I know that the Sebring area is practically built on a huge fire ant mound, that they are everywhere, but if they treated them with granules, everyone could walk their puppies without worrying that they are going to get bitten!
The only other concern I have is that the back door was always unlocked. It was not necessary to use my room key to enter the building from there, which is a security concern.
This is a 100% SMOKE FREE HOTEL! YEAH!
Free Wi-​Fi
Breakfast included
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