Sumner Motor Inn

I stayed at this hotel for several months due to it’s proximity to work.
I was COVERED in bed bugs, not once but twice! The management didn’t even care. I could look past the dirty carpets and the mold in the bathrooms, but the bed bugs were unreal.
I had hundreds of bites all over my body the first time, and the second time I had around 20 or so. When I asked for a refund, the owner refused, was rude to me, and said I was trying to swindle them out of money.

This is an older motel, nothing too fancy. $ 70 seems a bit pricey for the room, but considering the area it’s ok. All rooms have fridges and microwaves. Our room (202) had a second deadbolt which made me dubious for the neighborhood. The woman at the front desk was very nice. The carpet could use a deep clean, but it wasn’t un-​vacuumed. Room had no strange smells. Wifi was fine. Bed was super-​soft. It could be called lumpy. Maybe had some sort of pillow top on an older mattress. Pillows are terrible. 80% of the outlets are really loose. We had to go all over the room just to find ones that would keep our little iPhone chargers in.
They do accept pets and some rooms are non-​smoking.

i’m giving this place four stars because it lived up to everything I expected for $ 60 per night

Pros:
1. Location to where we needed to be
2. Bed was ok comfortable.
3. Relatively clean.
4. Price
5. Most of the staff friendly (all of the ladies were super nice).
6. Free Internet (NOT Secure tho)
Cons:
1. NO hot water. Not just for one time, the entire time we were there. Luckily we had family close by where we could shower.
2. No amenities (no blow dryer, no shampoo, lotion, etc).
3. Had microwave and fridge but no coffee maker or cups.
4. We were told that housekeeping worked from 9−11am. If we wanted our room made up, we had to be out during those times. (Luckily we had a super nice cleaning lady that didn’t mind putting us last on the list).
5. There were some really scary people staying there. No, I mean, REALLY SCARY. Pretty sure there were some drug deals going down.
6. NO HOT WATER. THE ENTIRE TWO DAYS. Sorry, still ticked about that one.
7. A very grouchy gruff guy called us at 11:07 am on check out day. «Check out is at eleven.» This was after we attempted to clean up with no hot water. When we tried to explain why we were running late, he didn’t appear to care. «Ten minutes.» Grrrrr.
Overall, there is no way our family would stay there again. We will pay the extra $ 12 and go to a nicer hotel that’s a bit farther away.

A cheap place that is not particularly inexpensive. Kind of clean, kind of quiet, well, except for the insomniac walking on the creaky floor above at 2 am, it was quiet. Staff are quiet, serious, type of friendly, but I could never get past the sense that I was doing something ‘wrong’ or weird. Odd that there is a fridge and a microwave, too many things plugged into too few outlets that are so overused that they don’t hold the plugs.
I stayed in a room that had a placard on the door indicating that the room was supposed to be accessible. Other than a wider than usual bathroom door, I’d say no, it’s not. The threshold into the room is too high, the space around everything too narrow, standard tub/​shower.
It’s an okay place.

We stayed at the Sumner Motor Inn for four nights in June of 2011. At first things started out fine. We had arrived a day earlier than planned and got a room that normally costs $ 55/​day for $ 50/​day. The motel has certainly seen better days (the carpet is a bit shabby and there were some other «rough edges» about the room that a refurbishing would help with). Things started to go bad on the third day when after cleaning the room, room service did not leave any towels. No big deal, my wife went down to the front desk and after waiting a few minutes, got some towels. (Apparently the Sumner Inn has a special towel safe the access to which is jealously guarded.) On our last full day at the inn, room service stopped coming altogether to clean the room. Someone, however, did come to take the used towels but did not leave any clean ones. After a few phone calls to the front desk about how only the owner of the inn could provide us with new towels, we were eventually told that we weren’t going to get any new ones until the old ones reappeared. Without saying so explicitly, they were accusing us of being towel thieves, and the inn was going to punish us the only way they could.
So, if you’re in the Sumner area and are looking for a clean place to stay that will offer you a towel and not impugn your honesty, then drive a few extra miles and avoid the Sumner Motor Inn.

Returning back to the area for a reunion, I was looking for nothing more than a low cost place to stay.
This place does everything right.
Clean room, check.
No funky smells, check.
Decent appearance, check.
Sense of safety, check.
All for under $ 60? Check.
In the very unlikely situation where I see myself needing a hotel in Sumner again, this place would definitely see my repeat business.