Name: Super 8 by Wyndham El Cajon San Diego
Address: 471 North Magnolia Avenue, El Cajon, California, United States of America, El Cajon, California, US
Price range: $77–$131 per night
Rating: 7.48

What guests think

At Super 8 by Wyndham El Cajon San Diego, reviews describe a basic, budget stay with convenient freeway access and friendly staff, but also frequent concerns about cleanliness standards, smoke odors, and an area that can feel sketchy at night.

Rooms are simple with comfortable beds for many, but maintenance issues like weak water pressure, noisy AC, and nonworking fridges or TVs appear in a number of stays. Facilities are basic with parking and an elevator, but some report broken vending or ice machines and note there is no pool. Breakfast is very limited, often just waffles, cereal, toast, and coffee, and sometimes not well stocked. Overall, expect an affordable, no-frills stopover rather than a polished, family-oriented stay.

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Facilities

Basic setup with parking and an elevator; some guests mention security cameras. Several reports of broken vending or ice machines, nonworking in-room safes, and no swimming pool.

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Robynn

Aug 5, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Not friendly or welcoming. Soda machine not working. People smoking outside the rooms. Limited parking spaces. Room was ok, linen was thin (threadbare). Only one chair in the room for two people to sit and eat.

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Vilma

Aug 19, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

(-) Some electrical outlets were loose. Room was not ready after I checked in. Floor still wet. Stairwell had slight smell of urine. (-) No restaurants or drive -thru places open near hotel area after 10pm. (+) Manager and housekeeper (very friendly) were very helpful. (+)Availability of parking spaces visible from my room. (- and +) Somewhat seedy location but there were a lot of cameras viewable from check-in office. Also saw two security folks doing patrols of hotel area.

10

Gary

Mar 12, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Nice and clean and the desk clerk was friendly. The extra parking lot wasn’t full so I had no trouble parking my Jeep and Cargo Trailer.

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Cheryl

Feb 15, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The grave yard man isn’t friendly. I had to stay on the second floor and the elevator smelled very bad. Other than that it was a nice place.

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Kenneth J

Oct 27, 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

took three attempts to get a microwave that worked. and NONE OF THE SAFES WORKED That is mis-representation

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Tessa

Jul 22, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

I didn't know that there wasn't a swimming pool. I thought my daughter would have been able to go swimming. The breakfast did not have many options and no protein. Like eggs or bacon. They had Eggo waffles, toast and the coffee to was cheap. My fridge did not work

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DANIEL

Jun 17, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We have stayed here a few times. The location in convenient. It is no frills, basic hotel. It has a refrigerator and the beds were comfortable. It was quiet and plenty of parking. The staff was friendly and check in and out was fast. There was a continintal breakfast of waffles, fruit , and cerial. Nothing fancy. Overall, decent hotel for an overnight stay for the price. I would stay there again.

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Marc

Jul 23, 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

Soda vending machine not operating properly. Did not accept dollars (quarters only). Beverage not chilled. Needs to be replaced!!! Rooms clean, but dated.

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Cheryl

Feb 25, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Bed was to soft, asked for room on first floor he said no problem and put me on the second floor. Had to go buy ice , machine was broken. The girl at 7/11 said their ice machine was always broken. Other than that it was okay.

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Armineh

Feb 17, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Front desk was very friendly and helpful. Room was big and clean. We had a room in 3rd floor. Had my coffee while looking out of window. Only the elevator needed a new flooring.

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Cleanliness

Cleanliness is inconsistent: some rooms are reported clean, but many cite smoke or marijuana odors in non-smoking areas, stained carpets or linens, dirty bathrooms, and occasional bugs or roaches. Exterior and common areas can also smell or look unkempt.

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Richard

May 20, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Front desk staff was very friendly and helpful. The room was clean and always restocked with clean linens and towels. Plenty of hot water for showers. The room was fairly priced for the area. The one negative is the carpets are heavily stained and need to be replaced. Overall I would stay there again.

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Victor

Sep 27, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The room stunk bad. B.O., cigarettes, musty. The couch was totally gross. We had to eat outside. Bed was comfortable enough, but we wouldn’t stay there again. Even toilet seat was very loose and swung just by lifting the lid.

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Jovon

Jan 22, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The room was disgusting roaches hair the beds weren’t made hair in the shower just disgusting I’m requesting a refund

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Tyrone

Nov 4, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Spiders and Bugs inside of Bathroom

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Ashleigh

Dec 1, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Comfortable beds, nice and clean room with upgraded features. Water pressure sucks and refrigerator doesn’t work very well. Otherwise, we had a good stay.

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Marc

Sep 30, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Smell of mold or old smoke in non smoking room as soon as you walk in and intensifies in the bathroom. Room definitely was not maintenanced as there were noticable nail clipping all over. Requested another room and it was being cleaned and was told will have to wait 30 or so minutes, so family and I decided to stay elsewhere. Refund requested and granted.

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Arun

Aug 31, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Bathroom is very dirty. No cleaning done before leaving to next person. P**p was everywhere inside the toilet bowl.... Terrible experience and I won't recommend for any families

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David

Jun 7, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

The hotel was filthy, the room was filthy, the key did not work, people were smoking all around the property, two different kinds of chairs at the table in the room, ironing board was bent, and iron had burnt spots on it that I had to get rid of before I ironed my shirts. Check in was slow and took forever, and the little package pastries were half frozen for breakfast. It’s clear that this franchisee does not care about the Wyndham property that they manage. Very disappointing experience.

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Ashlei

Nov 23, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Cockroaches. Everywhere. In and out of the room within 10 minutes (photo evidence of both), yet they denied our claim for a refund as we allegedly “used the shower and the bed”. ended up paying the $140 for holiday inn anyways, should have just trusted my gut. it will be cheaper in the long run.

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June

May 25, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I had to wait a while to ck in because system was down. Carpet in room was filthy. Shower had no pressure and the pillows were lumpy. Bk of door was filthy. There was coffee in room, but no coffee maker nor iron and ironing board. Breakfast was horrible. Packaged tools, bread and pancakes. Two inks of cereal with warm milk. Not worth the 200+ charge for the night. AC didn’t throw out cold air.

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Rooms

Rooms are basic; many find the beds comfortable, but others note old or soft mattresses, weak shower pressure, noisy AC, and appliances that don’t work (fridges/TVs). Street and hallway noise can be audible.

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diana

Jul 20, 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

Would stay here again. ROOM WAS VERY MODERN AND CLEAN! Beds were comfortable. Exterior does need updating.

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Sananda

Apr 24, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The property is worth and dated but it’s a place to lay your head.

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Ashleigh

Dec 1, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Comfortable beds, nice and clean room with upgraded features. Water pressure sucks and refrigerator doesn’t work very well. Otherwise, we had a good stay.

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Andrea

Jul 14, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Upon arrival saw kids playing outside of room. Lots of street noise. Limited breakfast packaged goods. The coffee was decent. I was afraid I’d have trouble sleeping because of the outside noise but the room air conditioner was so loud I couldn’t hear anything else. I slept soundly. Bed was comfortable and clean but the bed linens had holes in them.

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Jaime

May 5, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Refrigerator in room did not work, other than that hotel was fine.

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Chris

Jun 14, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Tv doesn’t work; mold just painted over; shower spigot sprayed water everywhere; super noisy; breakfast was awful. The second room we got switched to wreaked of smoke and the AC didn’t work well, so we got moved back to the first room with the mold and shower/tv all messed up. Not a good stay at all

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Alberto

Sep 3, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Room space is ok, but the mattress is so old and hard.

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Cheryl

Feb 25, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Bed was to soft, asked for room on first floor he said no problem and put me on the second floor. Had to go buy ice , machine was broken. The girl at 7/11 said their ice machine was always broken. Other than that it was okay.

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Debbie

Sep 20, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

This is a basic budget hotel. The room was clean and the beds were comfortable. It was easy to find and there was lots of parking space.

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Lilia

Feb 21, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Very clean, descent breakfast. Too much noise from traffic outside. No water provided in the room.

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Service

Many praise friendly, helpful staff. Others report rude or unresponsive interactions, long or unattended check-ins, unfulfilled room requests, and an instance of staff entering a room very early.

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joshua

Apr 15, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The front desk walked into my room at 4:45 am with out knocking and went to front desk to see why the guy opened my door he was gone a lady in office laughed at me and said it was a mistake super unprofessional will never go here again worst hotel experience I’ve ever had not happy they did nothing to correct the situation

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Leonard

Sep 1, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Earlier in the day I called and requested a room close to the elevator and was told it would not be a problem. My wife and I are handicapped and struggle with long walks. The person who checked us in did not care about my request and gave us a room furthest from the elevator.

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Kurt

Oct 22, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Staff friendly and helpful. Property well taken care of. Rooms clean and everything works like it should. Will stay here again.

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George

Jun 19, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very courteous at the front desk... Nice clean room. Comfortable bed. Nice and quiet.

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Brian

Jan 29, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

We had to wait about 45 minutes to checkin because of technical problems, The manager never said sorry for the wait but rather gave us the impression he was doing us a favour fixing the issue.

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Chad

Jul 8, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Terrible. I don’t know what’s going on here but the staff that was there on our 3rd night wouldn’t give us towels after a long day at SeaWorld. The man the day prior gave us towel on problem with no questions asked. He said towels on that 3rd night were $20. I don’t know if he was trying to pocket the money? The next morning at checkout, we followed up and the employee said they did not charge for towels. The room also smelled horribly of cigarette smoke and there are lots of shady looking people around. Don’t stay here for a family trip. It’s ridiculous and they lie. Expedia tried to help but the hotel didn’t care to resolve the complaint.

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Katherine

Apr 23, 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

Visiting family for several days, this motel was about a mile from their house and a couple blocks from freeway access, very convenient. Fridge, microwave and table with chairs. Safe, short walk to local Thai, Pizza, Starbucks, etc. Staff were kind and responsive. Very clean, daily housekeeping visit. On site safety well monitored.

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Robert

Aug 12, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Every time we stay here its always great friendlyist staff you'll ever meet.and its quiet there if your looking for a good place to stay super 8 is the best

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Else

Jan 31, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

We arrived from our lengthy flight at night and were told the computers were down and we could not check-in. The manager was on his way and would be there in twenty minutes an hour later he arrived. After sitting and waiting for this man you would think there would have been at least an apology. None of the people at the front desk were overly friendly or helpful. If the room had not been prepaid we would have left no matter what the hour. Our room was not very clean and their breakfast is a joke, there are 3 floors of rooms and the breakfast area has 3 tables for 2.

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Melba

Jun 23, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

It started terrible I tried checking in no person on site kept knocking ringing the bell waited 15 minutes alone infront of hotel finally a couple showed up stayed with me until the guy finally showed up I was so upset tired just flew in from a six hour flight tired everything else was great.

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Location

Convenient to I-8, shopping, and eateries. Multiple reviews describe the immediate area as sketchy, with homeless activity and occasional safety concerns, and some traffic noise.

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Amr

Aug 16, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Unsafe area with plenty of homeless around the place. Some strange guests were also at the hotel

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Jim

Jul 10, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

There was a homeless person living in a junk car in front of my room in the parking lot. The mgr said they would move it but didn't. Eyesore and a little scary. I did not feel safe.

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Lorena

May 13, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

I enjoyed my stay. Freeway convenience, Restaurants nearby

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Christina

Mar 24, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

convenient location, friendly staff

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DANIEL

Jul 15, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

This was an ok no frills hotel. The room was clean and good for a night just to sleep over. Breakfast was just a continental breakfast with Eggo type waffles, cereal, fruit and pasties. The area was a little shady with homeless people hanging around near the property. But the hotel itself was fine.

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Alberto

Jul 3, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Wouldn’t stay here too long. A lot of homeless and unsafe area at night.

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Katherine

Apr 23, 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

Visiting family for several days, this motel was about a mile from their house and a couple blocks from freeway access, very convenient. Fridge, microwave and table with chairs. Safe, short walk to local Thai, Pizza, Starbucks, etc. Staff were kind and responsive. Very clean, daily housekeeping visit. On site safety well monitored.

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Christopher

Mar 22, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Close to I-8

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Denise

May 14, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Location very sketchy…staff nice. Abandoned building around and neighborhood rough

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Lilia

Feb 21, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Very clean, descent breakfast. Too much noise from traffic outside. No water provided in the room.

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Dining

Breakfast is minimal and often poorly stocked, typically limited to waffles, cereal, toast, and coffee (sometimes weak). No on-site dining beyond the basic continental breakfast is mentioned.

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Tom

Apr 29, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

The breakfast was austere but otherwise the room was clean and a good deal for the money.

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Nashaat

Jul 26, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Breakfast is very poor and at 8 AM it was almost empty Staff was not helpful Room was not convenient

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Troy

Feb 7, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Unfortunately the entire hotel smelled heavily of cigarette smoke and weed smoke, even in the non-smoking rooms. The rooms themselves were disgusting, I get this is a cheap hotel but is it that hard to run a vacuum? The bed sheets were at least clean. The shower had mold in it. When they say continental breakfast, they mean frozen waffles and a juice machine.

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MARIA E

Aug 4, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The breakfast was terrible. Coffee was like water; it was only served bread. Nothing else.

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Verna

Aug 17, 2024

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Stayed 9 nights

The room was great but the breakfast area was small and not kept clean. We had to clean our table before eating.

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Brian

Jan 17, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Close to interstate, checkin was good, parking was ok but a little difficult to get to. The breakfast was very limited.

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Andrea

Jul 14, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Upon arrival saw kids playing outside of room. Lots of street noise. Limited breakfast packaged goods. The coffee was decent. I was afraid I’d have trouble sleeping because of the outside noise but the room air conditioner was so loud I couldn’t hear anything else. I slept soundly. Bed was comfortable and clean but the bed linens had holes in them.

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Tessa

Jul 22, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

I didn't know that there wasn't a swimming pool. I thought my daughter would have been able to go swimming. The breakfast did not have many options and no protein. Like eggs or bacon. They had Eggo waffles, toast and the coffee to was cheap. My fridge did not work

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Chris

Jun 14, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Tv doesn’t work; mold just painted over; shower spigot sprayed water everywhere; super noisy; breakfast was awful. The second room we got switched to wreaked of smoke and the AC didn’t work well, so we got moved back to the first room with the mold and shower/tv all messed up. Not a good stay at all

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Parry

Mar 29, 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

Where to start. The refrigerator didn't work. The cable channels never unscrambled. The continental breakfast was bad coffee and Fruit Loops. The worst part though, has to be that whenever someone used the stairs the entire room shook!

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Month	Average price
January	$71
February	$78
March	$81
April	$83
May	$90
June	$104
July	$129
August	$96
September	$82
October	$78
November	$74
December	$70

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15 $79	16 $77	17 $81	18 $105	19 $113
20 $79	21 $79	22 $82	23 $87	24 $87	25 $123	26 $131
27 $79	28 $78	29 $77	30 $79

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 $84	2 $114	3 $114
4 $80	5 $83	6 $84	7 $84	8 $84	9 $123	10 $131
11 $79	12 $80	13 $81	14 $83	15 $84	16 $123	17 $131
18 $80	19 $82	20 $82	21 $84	22 $84	23 $123	24 $126
25 $80	26 $82	27 $82	28 $84	29 $84	30 $123	31 $131

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