Name: Econo Lodge
Address: 4139 E. Busch Blvd., Temple Crest, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Tampa, Hillsborough County, US
Price range: US$54–US$117 per night
Rating: 5.28

What guests think

Reviews of Econo Lodge describe a very run-down property with safety worries and inconsistent staff experiences, while a few guests appreciated the convenient proximity to Busch Gardens and occasional helpful service.

Most reviews report serious cleanliness issues, citing dirty bathrooms, stained or used linens, strong smoke and other odors, trash, and roaches. Rooms and facilities are widely reported as deteriorated, with malfunctioning or hard-to-use AC, broken locks and doors, worn or uncomfortable beds, dated fixtures, and a neglected pool. While a few staff interactions were friendly, others mention slow check-in, poor responsiveness, and difficulty obtaining refunds. Expect a budget stay with major compromises.

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Facilities

Many describe neglected facilities, including a green or unusable pool, broken or unsecured doors, and an out-of-order lobby restroom. A lack of elevator and very run-down common areas are also noted.

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Michael

2 May 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Loud. Drug dealings. Cops showing up. Filty. Hookers out front. Windows broken. Pool is a swamp. On and on...

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Jennifer

25 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We only syayed for 5 minutes. We checked in saw the room whoch was run down and had stains on the floor. The pool was toxic green and the neighborhood was run down . I entered a claim to gey my money back from hotels.com and nothing..

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Jordan

13 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

This listing constitutes fraud. The photos shown are not reflective of the actual hotel. It is, for lack of a better or kinder term, a complete dump. Our first room was disgusting and the balcony door didn’t close all the way or lock. We requested a new room, which was somehow even more disgusting. It had clearly not been cleaned — there was dirt everywhere, literal leaves in the bathroom, and a sock on the ground. The AC in the room was also broken. We decided at this point to leave for obvious reasons. The man at the front desk said he couldn’t give us a refund because we had “been there more than an hour,” and when we tried to show him the pictures of our room he said something along the lines of “I know, my cleaning staff doesn’t do anything, this is how it is,” which is just…baffling. Anyway, he said to contact the manager (whose email is a bunch of random letters). We will be attempting to contact him as well as disputing the charge. Absolutely disgusting, the worst hotel I have ever been to. I have no idea how they are still open they need to be shut down.

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Mario

8 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Econo lodge 4139 E Busch Blvd Tampa, FL 33617 The place (Room 133) totally dirty 1- Fire alarm on the floor 2- Microwave total very dirty 3- Toilet nasty 4- AC remove not batteries 5- Main door broken 6- Back door insecurity 7- Dresser garbage inside 8- plug uncover 9- Sink dirty 10- German roaches on sink I have videos about IT I need my MONEY BACK

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Nicholas

20 Feb 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

This was one of the worst places to stay on the planet. I was amazed that this very sketchy lodge has the Econo lodge marquee. It was a disaster area and the second night there was police all over the place. Did not help that there were homeless people directly outside the main entrance and the morning we checked out there was a semi conscious person laying on the luggage cart and someone sprawled out on the lobby couch with the clerk all asleep or unconscious at best. The rooms were filthy, towel Rack was broken with no bar and the mattresses should have been condemned. I took pictures of you need proof. Would Never consider staying again at an econo lodge.

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Jennifer

7 Feb 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The pictures were very misleading. We felt very unsafe being there and had to find a different place. Security cameras were unplugged and there was someone sleeping outside in a luggage cart. I also couldn’t get a refund

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Shenaz

26 Jan 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

This place needs to close down and get renovated. Restroom in lobby out of order No elevator Dirty Mould in room on walls and curtains Checking in took 45 minutes Aweful had to cancel and go.to.another hotel

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Sean

19 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Products and services not as described. It felt like a shelter for homeless. Hallway doors busted. No lock on side doors so anybody at anytime could walk right into the building. Public restroom in lobby was out of order. Where the container breakfast once upon a time was a storage facility Our room. Sliding door to balcony had not lock and when I went to front counter I was told well I only work here. “Your room is safe you are on the second floor. Your stuff will be safe”. Light bulb broken in light and still attached. The room looks nothing like the photos. Walls haven’t been painted in years. A yellowish tint was the color. Shower tub. Disgusting. Dingy and if it was clean the tub still looked dirty. Roaches in the bathroom. 2 photos to follow. I slept on top of the bed with a blanket I had in my vehicle and used an additional blanket to cover. It was absolute the worst place I ever stayed at. I asked for a refund or new room and of course he saidI only work here and I can’t give you your money back and as far as a different room, they were booked solid. 100% occupancy. If you have a wife and children. DO NOT subject them to this. I would have taken more photos and called the credit card company for a charge back but it was dark and I left at 6:00 am.

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Danielle

28 Mar 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

The door would not close all the way or lock. Pubic hair all through out bathroom. Dried food on night stand. Burn marks on walls.

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Jessica

2 Jan 2023

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Stayed 1 night

No Elevator ! Smelled Like Cigar Smoke & They Mi

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Cleanliness

Most reviews report serious cleanliness problems: dirty bathrooms, stained or used linens, strong smoke or other odors, trash, and roaches.

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Danielle

24 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

This stay was awful. The first room the gave us had towels stuffed in the toliet and wasnt clean. The second room was alot of the same. Not cleaned. Burn holes in the sheets and pillow cases in a non smoking room. Mold all of the ac blower. Blood spray on the back of the bathroom door. Shower filthy. Sp we couldnt shower. Unfortunately we were too tired to document the stay. We did get one picture of the broken ac unit. We came to rest from 3pm to 5pm to go back to busch gardens and just wanted to rest so i couldnt fight anymore. We had to go back to the park at 530 so we rested until then and went to the park and came back at 1am to sleep until morning. I will never recommend this hotel to anyone. I will actually push them not to. I was extremely disappointed. I cant believe they can rent room like that. For 20 bucks cheaper than a nice hotel.

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Francisco

23 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Dirty bathroom and hotel smells bad.

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Antonia

14 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

There was roaches curtains where very stained walls were stained smelled bad

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Gerardo

7 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Terrible worst Experience ever. Lobby smell like cigarette the room what’s nasty, everything was dirty. The shower the bed hat hairs all over the blanket, yellow stains all over the blanket cigarettes on the floor, I went to the front desk ask for my money back they refuse to return my money. They try to give me another room that it was worse than the first one. I left the hotel without getting my money back. do not trust the pictures you see online.

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Claudia

11 Sept 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Filthy, mold, feces, cigarette burns on the floor and bedding. The celling was falling off the smell of human waste was the worse. We walked in and out. I still don't know how could this place be up to code. It should be close down. It gets better when I requested a refund because will not going to stay in such a filthy place. The front desk clerk said ok no problem. About a week later I received a email from the horror hotel stating I was not receiving a refund because they have strict policies concerning cancelations, I had to laugh. I contacted my credit card company and when they saw the pictures of the room I received a permanent credit. Please stay away from this unhealthy, disgusting horror hotel.

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Alberto

23 Apr 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Mold in the shower. Disgusting carpets, walls filthy, bed dress dirty and used, a nasty stay specially when you check it late and there is no way to cancel.

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Shawn

18 Apr 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Do not stay here. NASTY!!!! Found a contact in the sheets so they obviously are NOT changing the sheets between stays. 0/10!!!!! Stay in your car before this room.

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Farris

20 Mar 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Most dirty hotel I've ever been to. Walked in and walked out. HUGE stain on one of the beds, hair on bathroom sink, urine in hallway, bags of trash and beer cans outside, missing lampshade, room was disgusting.

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Randy

18 Mar 2023

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Stayed 1 night

It was full of roaches and bugs, we did not stay. The smell was horrible, this place should be closed down

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Stephanie

20 Feb 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Terrible All around they claim the hotel was non smoking the rooms reeked of cigarettes the towels had blood stains on them the sheets were dirty there was cockroaches on the floor... The pillows had stings and Dirty odors...

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Rooms

Rooms are widely described as dated and in disrepair, with malfunctioning or hard-to-use AC, broken locks and doors, uncomfortable worn beds, and persistent smoke odors and noise.

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Danielle

24 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

This stay was awful. The first room the gave us had towels stuffed in the toliet and wasnt clean. The second room was alot of the same. Not cleaned. Burn holes in the sheets and pillow cases in a non smoking room. Mold all of the ac blower. Blood spray on the back of the bathroom door. Shower filthy. Sp we couldnt shower. Unfortunately we were too tired to document the stay. We did get one picture of the broken ac unit. We came to rest from 3pm to 5pm to go back to busch gardens and just wanted to rest so i couldnt fight anymore. We had to go back to the park at 530 so we rested until then and went to the park and came back at 1am to sleep until morning. I will never recommend this hotel to anyone. I will actually push them not to. I was extremely disappointed. I cant believe they can rent room like that. For 20 bucks cheaper than a nice hotel.

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Dania

5 May 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Very noisy and really bad smell of cigarette.

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Jordan

13 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

This listing constitutes fraud. The photos shown are not reflective of the actual hotel. It is, for lack of a better or kinder term, a complete dump. Our first room was disgusting and the balcony door didn’t close all the way or lock. We requested a new room, which was somehow even more disgusting. It had clearly not been cleaned — there was dirt everywhere, literal leaves in the bathroom, and a sock on the ground. The AC in the room was also broken. We decided at this point to leave for obvious reasons. The man at the front desk said he couldn’t give us a refund because we had “been there more than an hour,” and when we tried to show him the pictures of our room he said something along the lines of “I know, my cleaning staff doesn’t do anything, this is how it is,” which is just…baffling. Anyway, he said to contact the manager (whose email is a bunch of random letters). We will be attempting to contact him as well as disputing the charge. Absolutely disgusting, the worst hotel I have ever been to. I have no idea how they are still open they need to be shut down.

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Bruce

3 Feb 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Bath tub/shower is in bad need of repair. You almost have to hug the wall to get under the water. The facet has a ton of caulk that is dirty. We had a very uneasy feeling about staying there and won't again and probably won't stay at another econo lodge.

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Joshua

30 Jan 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Very slow to check in. Room wasn’t very clean. No heat in the room. Shower faucet not easy to figure out and would just turn and turn and turn to find correct temp. Gunshots, doors slamming shut (because they won’t line up to lock) made it impossible to rest

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Ryan

2 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I stayed here on New Years Eve and reserved a non-smoking room. There were cigarette holes in the blankets and the mattress. Half the outlets in the room did not work for phone chargers. The remote for the TV did not work. Worst yet the bed had a giant wear hole in it which made it feel like you were sleeping in a pit. My girlfriend and I kept on rolling towards the middle and the whole experience was super uncomfortable. When I checked in, I had to stand at the counter for over 10 minutes till someone shows up to help check in. The place looked closed down.

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Charles

17 Apr 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The staff was very friendly and the room was as clean as they could get something that run down. The room was dark with dark bedspreads and minimal lighting. The lampshade was literally hanging on by a thread. The shower was water scale marked and rust stained but appeared to be clean beyond that. The bed should have been thrown away years ago. One was so dented where people would sit that you'd almost roll out of bed on that side. The other bed squeaked so badly that it sounded like the rigging of a dilapidated shrimp boat. Neither was comfortable in any way at all. On the plus side, the front desk clerk was very helpful and friendly. I'd avoid this hotel until they do some serious updating - even if it's just replacing the beds. Also - a reminder to the hotel - it's obviously time to call the exterminator - when I turned the lights on at 2 in the morning, bugs went scampering in all directions. Gross.

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Danielle

28 Mar 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

The door would not close all the way or lock. Pubic hair all through out bathroom. Dried food on night stand. Burn marks on walls.

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Jomarie

27 Mar 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The air did not work

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Darren

18 Jan 2023

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Stayed 19,374 nights

Unclean. Holes in the sheets. Towels dingy. Stuffy. AC doesn’t work properly with broken louvers.

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Service

Service feedback is inconsistent: some guests found staff friendly or helpful, but others experienced slow check-in, refund refusals, and poor responsiveness to problems or noise.

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Jennifer

26 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

This place was beyond terrible. The front desk clerk was outside smoking when we got there. The room was at the farthest end of the hotel and there was maybe ten cars there so intentionally making it inconvenient. The room door was broken and the room was filthy!!!!!! We couldn’t get a refund and leave because we purchased from a third party.

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Jordan

13 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

This listing constitutes fraud. The photos shown are not reflective of the actual hotel. It is, for lack of a better or kinder term, a complete dump. Our first room was disgusting and the balcony door didn’t close all the way or lock. We requested a new room, which was somehow even more disgusting. It had clearly not been cleaned — there was dirt everywhere, literal leaves in the bathroom, and a sock on the ground. The AC in the room was also broken. We decided at this point to leave for obvious reasons. The man at the front desk said he couldn’t give us a refund because we had “been there more than an hour,” and when we tried to show him the pictures of our room he said something along the lines of “I know, my cleaning staff doesn’t do anything, this is how it is,” which is just…baffling. Anyway, he said to contact the manager (whose email is a bunch of random letters). We will be attempting to contact him as well as disputing the charge. Absolutely disgusting, the worst hotel I have ever been to. I have no idea how they are still open they need to be shut down.

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Gerardo

7 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Terrible worst Experience ever. Lobby smell like cigarette the room what’s nasty, everything was dirty. The shower the bed hat hairs all over the blanket, yellow stains all over the blanket cigarettes on the floor, I went to the front desk ask for my money back they refuse to return my money. They try to give me another room that it was worse than the first one. I left the hotel without getting my money back. do not trust the pictures you see online.

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Shenaz

26 Jan 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

This place needs to close down and get renovated. Restroom in lobby out of order No elevator Dirty Mould in room on walls and curtains Checking in took 45 minutes Aweful had to cancel and go.to.another hotel

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Matt

3 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The staff was very nice, special props for the receptionist who helped me. Comfortable beds, and has an enjoyable balcony. Air conditioner works slow but is effective over time; I actually had to turn it off because it was cooling so well, but then again, this is in January in Tampa. I'm not sure how it would hold up in the summer. Also, if you have a cockroach phobia then this is not the place for you, because I saw more than a few little ones once I shut off the lights. Roaches are nothing to me, so I actually enjoyed it, but In all honesty they could really use an exterminator. But you get what you pay for; my only goal was to get a good night's sleep and go to Busch gardens, which is about only a quarter mile away. Location was perfect if these are your purposes. If your going for cleanliness I would recommend oasis hotel

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Ryan

2 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I stayed here on New Years Eve and reserved a non-smoking room. There were cigarette holes in the blankets and the mattress. Half the outlets in the room did not work for phone chargers. The remote for the TV did not work. Worst yet the bed had a giant wear hole in it which made it feel like you were sleeping in a pit. My girlfriend and I kept on rolling towards the middle and the whole experience was super uncomfortable. When I checked in, I had to stand at the counter for over 10 minutes till someone shows up to help check in. The place looked closed down.

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Claudia

11 Sept 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Filthy, mold, feces, cigarette burns on the floor and bedding. The celling was falling off the smell of human waste was the worse. We walked in and out. I still don't know how could this place be up to code. It should be close down. It gets better when I requested a refund because will not going to stay in such a filthy place. The front desk clerk said ok no problem. About a week later I received a email from the horror hotel stating I was not receiving a refund because they have strict policies concerning cancelations, I had to laugh. I contacted my credit card company and when they saw the pictures of the room I received a permanent credit. Please stay away from this unhealthy, disgusting horror hotel.

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Wolfgang

24 Apr 2023

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Stayed 1 night

I rarely comment and even rarer leave a negative comment. I had chosen this hotel as it was close to Bush Gardens knowing it was a simple hotel but hoping it was clean. But what I found was rundown dirty hotel and an unacceptable room. The door had marks from breaking in, paint was pealing from walls, particularly in the bathroom, the carpet had a musty smell, there was white power under the AC, the windows had probably not been cleaned since months, the dresser was in a state of disrepair with falling front plates, microwave and fridge were dented and probably not been cleaned in a long time, the curtain had stains etc. The only good thing I could say about this place was that the front desk clerk was friendly. Cf. photos

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Charles

17 Apr 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The staff was very friendly and the room was as clean as they could get something that run down. The room was dark with dark bedspreads and minimal lighting. The lampshade was literally hanging on by a thread. The shower was water scale marked and rust stained but appeared to be clean beyond that. The bed should have been thrown away years ago. One was so dented where people would sit that you'd almost roll out of bed on that side. The other bed squeaked so badly that it sounded like the rigging of a dilapidated shrimp boat. Neither was comfortable in any way at all. On the plus side, the front desk clerk was very helpful and friendly. I'd avoid this hotel until they do some serious updating - even if it's just replacing the beds. Also - a reminder to the hotel - it's obviously time to call the exterminator - when I turned the lights on at 2 in the morning, bugs went scampering in all directions. Gross.

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Christine

30 Jan 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Let's just say I paid for what I got. The front desk crew was the only good thing about the hotel. If I summed up my opinion of the hotel, I'd say half fast. As in, the whole hotel was half-fast renovated from the front desk room to the room to the restroom from in the rooms. Also, the added little guest wasn't fun to wake up to at night when going to the restroom. At least the staff was nice to us.

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Location

Very close to Busch Gardens and Adventure Island, but multiple reviews mention feeling unsafe due to the surrounding area and on-site activity.

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megan

9 Nov 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

I didn’t check in as the outside looked so rundown and nothing like the photos that I didn’t feel safe and booked a different place even if I lost the money

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Araceli

19 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Close to Bush Gardens park but premises look terrible. Bad smelling room, a/c not working, had to move to anorher room. Dirty towels,

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Michael

2 May 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Loud. Drug dealings. Cops showing up. Filty. Hookers out front. Windows broken. Pool is a swamp. On and on...

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Stephanie

6 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The property was definitely in a perfect location right across from Busch Gardens, and adventure Island, but you could tell it was very outdated and not taken care of very well. just very bottom of the barrel for a quick stay

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MICHAEL

7 Feb 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

There was drug activity and people up all hours of the night. They were beating on doors of Jason to mine at 4:00 in the morning at 5:00 in the morning they were screaming and yelling going on

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Jennifer

7 Feb 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The pictures were very misleading. We felt very unsafe being there and had to find a different place. Security cameras were unplugged and there was someone sleeping outside in a luggage cart. I also couldn’t get a refund

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Stefanie

5 Jan 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The pictures on the site did not match up to what I drove up too. As a single mother I drove into the complex and felt completely unsafe! There were people selling things in the parking lot, it looked run down and just a complete no! I did not check in because I did not feel safe just my being in the parking lot!

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Matt

3 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The staff was very nice, special props for the receptionist who helped me. Comfortable beds, and has an enjoyable balcony. Air conditioner works slow but is effective over time; I actually had to turn it off because it was cooling so well, but then again, this is in January in Tampa. I'm not sure how it would hold up in the summer. Also, if you have a cockroach phobia then this is not the place for you, because I saw more than a few little ones once I shut off the lights. Roaches are nothing to me, so I actually enjoyed it, but In all honesty they could really use an exterminator. But you get what you pay for; my only goal was to get a good night's sleep and go to Busch gardens, which is about only a quarter mile away. Location was perfect if these are your purposes. If your going for cleanliness I would recommend oasis hotel

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Benjamin

28 Apr 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Terrible hotel, awful area. Felt incredibly unsafe. Hotel was dirty and smelled of drugs. Walked in and then immediately back out.

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Jan

3 Apr 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Bad neighorhood

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Dining

Several guests noted there was no breakfast available.

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Bobby

16 Feb 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Room service never came to us and they didn’t even have breakfast. They never cleaned our room and then when we asked for extra towel towels, we were told to pick them up from the lobby. Also, Even with the room key, we had to forcibly open the door as hard as we could because it refused to let us in our hotel.

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Sean

19 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Products and services not as described. It felt like a shelter for homeless. Hallway doors busted. No lock on side doors so anybody at anytime could walk right into the building. Public restroom in lobby was out of order. Where the container breakfast once upon a time was a storage facility Our room. Sliding door to balcony had not lock and when I went to front counter I was told well I only work here. “Your room is safe you are on the second floor. Your stuff will be safe”. Light bulb broken in light and still attached. The room looks nothing like the photos. Walls haven’t been painted in years. A yellowish tint was the color. Shower tub. Disgusting. Dingy and if it was clean the tub still looked dirty. Roaches in the bathroom. 2 photos to follow. I slept on top of the bed with a blanket I had in my vehicle and used an additional blanket to cover. It was absolute the worst place I ever stayed at. I asked for a refund or new room and of course he saidI only work here and I can’t give you your money back and as far as a different room, they were booked solid. 100% occupancy. If you have a wife and children. DO NOT subject them to this. I would have taken more photos and called the credit card company for a charge back but it was dark and I left at 6:00 am.

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Month	Average price
January	US$69
February	US$72
March	US$73
April	US$69
May	US$62
June	US$61
July	US$56
August	US$53
September	US$69
October	US$74
November	US$61
December	US$61

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16 $65	17 $54	18 $66	19 $69
20 $71	21 $64	22 $64	23 $64	24 $65	25 $71	26 $80
27 $71	28 $64	29 $64	30 $64

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 $70	2 $89	3 $108
4 $91	5 $66	6 $63	7 $66	8 $68	9 $117	10 $99
11 $74	12 $64	13 $63	14 $60	15 $58	16 $97	17 $106
18 $70	19 $59	20 $60	21 $60	22 $64	23 $85	24 $88
25 $63	26 $59	27 $60	28 $60	29 $59	30 $69	31 $79

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