The Paris Inn Motel

My boyfriend and I stayed here while visiting friends, upon the recommendation of a friend who said it has recently had a lot of upgrades. My first question after walking in the room: what upgrades??? The room had an awful cigarette stench (was probably a smoking room at some point), the carpet was dirty, dingy and had burn marks in it, the bathroom window was covered by an old hand towel, the tv remote did not work, and I had some serious doubts that the comforter on the bed had been washed lately. We were placed directly next to the office so we heard the phone and conversation all evening. I felt so disgusting after sleeping there but I was not even about to put my bare feet in that shower. I hopped in the shower the second I got home. Yes, it was cheap ($ 59) but we will never stay there again. My advice, shell out a little more money and stay at the motel down the road.

This little place has a lot going for it, despite its age. If you were in Pacific Palisades and you saw it, you might say «Ô yikes ô!» — but this is South Paris, Maine, and things are different up here.
Goodwin’s is old — very old — and it looks it. That said, our room is *clean*, and everything works, more or less. Today the temperature is about 95° F, at somewhere between jillionty-​seven and seven jillionteen percent humidity, and the little A/​C unit in our room keeps the place comfortable.
There’s a fridge and a microwave in the room, both clean and functional. The drape pulls don’t work that well, but you can close and open them by hand. The bathroom door won’t close completely — the wood has swollen from the humidity, but if the handyman took a sander to the top, that could be fixed easily.
The bathroom was well-​cleaned. The showerhead must have been installed back in the days before the government took to shoving its nose in everyone’s business, and to Pluto with water-​saver fixtures, thank you… the absolutely Amazonian cascade of hot water that greeted me when I turned it on was enough to make me cheerfully forgive any other shortcomings the room might have had.
If they fixed up a few things in the room, I’d gladly give them an extra star despite the age of the facilities — it’s reasonably priced, and they’re doing their best to keep the place up. I’ve been in a lot of hotels and motels that looked nicer on the surface but where the overall experience was much, much worse.
Edit: As of 2013, the place has had a thorough shut-​down and comprehensive remodel. I haven’t been inside any of the rooms since, but I’m told it was a significant upgrade.