Is parking available at the property?

Free self-parking is available on-site.

What type of breakfast is offered and what are the serving hours?

A complimentary self-serve breakfast is served daily from 6:00 AM to 9:30 AM.

Does the property allow pets?

Pets are allowed in specific rooms only, with a fee of USD 25.00 per accommodation, per night. Service animals are exempt from fees.

What are the standard check-in and check-out times?

Check-in is from 3:00 PM, and check-out is until 11:00 AM. Early check-in and late check-out are available for a fee, subject to availability.

What accessibility features are available for guests with disabilities?

The property features step-free entrances and wheelchair-accessible facilities in public areas and rooms. Specific details about accessible bathrooms and pool access features are not provided.

What is the location of the property in relation to key landmarks?

The hotel is located in Altoona, within a 5-minute drive of Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino and Adventureland. It is approximately 6.6 miles from Iowa State Fairgrounds and 8.8 miles from Iowa State Capitol Building.

Does the property have a swimming pool?

Yes, the property features an indoor pool and an outdoor heated pool. The operational hours are not specified.

What are the policies for guests staying with children?

Up to 18 children can stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.

What are the policies regarding extra beds and cribs?

Guests must contact the property in advance to reserve cribs/infant beds and rollaway/extra beds. A rollaway bed fee of USD 10.00 per night applies.

La Quinta by Wyndham Altoona

Average nightly price at La Quinta by Wyndham Altoona Des Moines by month, last 12 months (USD)
Month	Average price
January	US$88
February	US$92
March	US$89
April	US$110
May	US$110
June	US$121
July	US$132
August	US$180
September	US$113
October	US$109
November	US$95
December	US$88

What guests think

At La Quinta by Wyndham Altoona Des Moines, guests repeatedly praise very clean, modern rooms and friendly staff, plus a convenient location near I-80, Prairie Meadows, Adventureland, and restaurants, making it a reliable stop for road trips.

Many reviews highlight a good hot breakfast, though quality and replenishment vary by day. Common downsides include intermittent facility issues—pool closures or small size, occasional TV or Wi-Fi outages, and elevator problems—as well as highway noise in some rooms and sporadic check-in or housekeeping lapses. Overall, expect a pet-friendly, convenient stay with solid value.

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Facilities

Facilities include an indoor pool, small lobby bar, gym, guest laundry, and ample parking; several guests found the pool small or closed, and there were periods of TV/Wi-Fi outages and occasional elevator issues.

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Brian

2 Nov 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Elevators were not working all weekend

8

Amanda

24 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Only thing we didn't care for was the small indoor pool and it was very overchlorinated.

6

Timothy

17 May 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Would definitely stay at the property again modern style, location was prime if you like to visit the casino. Great price and was impressed with the quality of the breakfast. Only thing that didn't jive with me was the fact that non of the TV's worked the day I checked in, I was told they just switched cable providers and things were still being processed. I really wanted to watch the NBA playoffs game (OKC vs DEN) but was disappointed.

8

Jennifer

12 May 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great property but the entire facility was without TV!

10

stephen

27 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Friendly staff and the property is clean and seems safe. Complimentary breakfast with several restaurants nearby. Indoor pool and easy parking. Would definitely stay here again!

8

Steven

18 Jan 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Pool closed for maintenance; wi-fi not working

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Kathleen

13 May 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Cable was our entire 5 days we were there That's unacceptable Bar in lobby but no wine opener for guests Breakfast food was subpar

8

Melissa

30 Oct 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Nice place, staff was nice. Elevator was out of service. Fine for me I got my steps in but could have been an issue for others. Breakfast was tasty

8

Amber

24 Aug 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Loved free laundry on site! We were there for 4 nights/5 days. Front desk staff was always very friendly and accommodating. Breakfast had great options. Our room was never touched by housekeeping. We had to set our trash outside of our room just to be picked up. Front desk even left a note for them and they did not clean when asked. Pool was small but the kids enjoyed it.

8

Adam

28 Dec 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Standard LaQuinta with a nicely updated lobby area and good breakfast. Indoor pool area is very small, but good enough if you need to let your kids splash around for a little while. A number of restaurants in the same area due to the proximity to Adventureland. Good budget option for Altoona area.

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Cleanliness

Reviews frequently describe the hotel and rooms as very clean and well maintained. A smaller number mention odors or maintenance grime and occasional missed housekeeping in public areas or rooms.

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Michelle

5 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Very off putting that our room was just a couple away from a room that was clearly being treated for bed bugs. While checking our room for them found dirty boxspring cover, a large feather and tons of dust/dirt along baseboards.

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Cheryl

27 Jul 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Interstate traffic ran along the side of this property & was heard all night long. The indoor swimming pool was in poor condition with chipped cement, no towels, too cold to be enjoyed. The first floor restroom was filthy & without toilet paper the 2 days we were there. Breakfast dining area had no coffee most of the time. We will not stay here again.

4

Emily

20 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room had bad smell, like dog urine. Bed was not very comfort

10

Tammy

14 Sept 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Nice clean safe place. Great pool.

8

Stuart

19 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Overall the property is very nice. I debated on 5 all across, but there were a few things that dropped me from excellent. Cleanliness was dropped because the carpet in the breakfast area still had food on it when we checked in. Maintenance because the room door would not open or close without force, the sink drained slow and the caulk where the countertop joined the backsplash had separated. All issues that can be resolved quickly with the right maintenance team.

10

Deb

21 Feb 2024

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Stayed 1 night

We have stayed at this property several times now as we travel across country. Everyone is very helpful and friendly. Room is always spotless. Great hot breakfast too!

10

Theodore

3 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We had a good experience! Property is in decent shape with some maintenance underway on the 4th floor. Clean rooms and nice staff. For the weekly rate, it was worth the cost, but can’t attest to weekend rates. We would come back again if in the area.

10

Scott

27 Dec 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The staff was great, the room was clean and didn’t hear any noise. Overall a very good stay and would recommend.

6

Patricia

29 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

My room air conditioner was so loud ear plugs didn’t help, even with my hands over my ears. The bathroom sink drain back water up before it slowly drained down.

10

Philip

2 Nov 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Clean hotel, good included breakfast, nice safe location near expressway and lots of restaurants to eat at.

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Rooms

Rooms are modern, spacious, and comfortable with good beds and showers. Some guests note highway noise and occasional in-room issues like noisy HVAC, plumbing problems, or very hot/cold water.

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Monica

24 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Friendly staff, clean and comfortable property. Ac/heater in our room was a little noisy but not terrible

8

Kyle

24 Mar 2024

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Stayed 1 night

We stayed here because we were visiting Prairie Meadows. It’s very close, the area felt safe, and the facilities seemed new/fresh. The downsides were the small pool and the cold showers.

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Lindsay

18 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Overall nice hotel, pool was much smaller than we expected based on the photos. Kids still had fun. My little boy got burned in the shower because the water was scalding hot, even on the cold water side. We didn’t have enough pillows and called the front desk 3 times and texted the number we were given if we needed anything and we got no response. The heater/AC unit made a loud noise all night . Breakfast was decent. Overall clean and served its purpose.

10

Spencer

13 Oct 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Our room is spacious and it was clean and comfortable

10

Martin

27 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I travel quite often for work. I typically know what I'm getting when I stay at a certain chain. I expected a clean room and bed, but this place was a cut above. The lady at the ftont desk was great, the room was amazing, there was hot water almost as fast as i could turn it on. Top notch the best of this chain ive stsyed in 👍

8

Keith

1 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I had trouble sleeping due to highway noise but everything else was great.

8

gina

14 Dec 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Pros: clean and bright lobby, spacious room and bathroom, comfortable bed, close to restaurants, close to highway, friendly desk staff. Cons: 2 thin scratchy towels for 3 people in room, not so great breakfast choices

8

Deena

27 Mar 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The building is fresh, bright and new and nicely equipped. Good rates. The only negatives being proximity to highway traffic noise and plumbing noise from above.

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Robert

10 Jun 2024

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Stayed 1 night

No premium tv. Road noise is horrible

8

Jacki

16 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The room was clean and given how close the hotel is to I80, surprisingly quiet. The gym needs more weights in smaller sizes, as in 10-25 pounds. Breakfast: coffee was full of grounds, bagels were on offer but there was no way to cut them.

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Service

Staff are often praised as friendly and helpful, with some going above and beyond. However, several guests report understaffing, slow or frustrating check-ins, and key or room-assignment errors.

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Robert

1 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The 2 women at the front desk went over and above to allow us to check in early. They were very polite and professional. They greeted us when we arrived and always had a smile for us when we ran across them. I witnessed them tidying up public areas of the motel several times. They kept the lobby, the food area, the pool area and the public bathrooms clean, pitching in and helping where needed. One of the ladies names is Sarah but I cannot remember the other lady's name. It may be Lennie? They should be commended for their hard work but also for projecting such a positive impression of LaQuinta Inns. Great employees!

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Matthew

27 May 2025

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Stayed 1 night

bad experience. went to check in at 5:45 in the evening and no one at the desk for 20 minutes and phone number on sihn was only ringing at the desk. left and cam eback...finally got checked in but computers werent working and she said she would handle it....then got call at 4:00AM in my room saying cc declined and they needed a new one right now! No offer of compensation taking La Quinta off my list

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michelle

5 May 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Staff was nice, but not enough staff. Took forever to check in. Then when asked if we can leave the keys in the room the girl said I don't know I was told to just put them in the basket. Please train your staff.

10

Susan

15 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

First stay at this location. Appreciate the affordability compared to other hotels in the area. Everyone was friendly and loved that staff were able to multitask to make everything move smoothly. Thankful for the cleanliness, great job by your cleaning staff.

4

Chad

15 Jun 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The front desk gave my employees who are college age girls a key to an occupied room not once, vyt two times. That is a major safety concern and flat out negligence.

6

Michelle

21 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

I stayed at this property while traveling cross country and past midnight while I was in bed a man came into my room then left. I jumped immediately and went to the door and the man said he just checked into the hotel and was assigned to my room by front desk. When I spoke to front desk manager she told me I should have had the door locked better. Unbelievable! Also she stated she would have have given me $20 off my room rate if I hadn’t have booked on Expedia but instead would give me points on my account worth $20 for the “inconvenience” and that never happened . It was clear she was just trying to get rid of me. Had the manager not treated me like this I would have given the staff a perfect rating. Everything else was great other than that. The rest of the team that works there did a fantastic job. Breakfast was great. Room was awesome and VERY CLEAN!

10

Amity

19 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I actually left my walking boot in my room and they went above and beyond expectations and shipped it back to me in another state!

10

Kate

18 Aug 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The check in lady was having a rough night…alarm going off, lots of people checking in….she still kept her cool! She was very friendly! Clean! Friendly! We were very pleased with our stay!

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Kim

15 Jun 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The hotel was nice and clean. The front desk staff was nonexistent and rude when found. On day two they had shut off our room key and when we went to the front desk to get help it took 20 minutes for someone to show up and help, and then they were rude to me as if I was bothering them. All while my take out dinner is getting cold because I can’t get in my room to eat. I am slow to anger, but was furious. Would never stay again.

10

RamaKrishna

26 Feb 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Friendly staff and quick response to issues

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Location

Convenient for I-80, Prairie Meadows casino, Adventureland, and nearby restaurants; the area feels safe. A few guests found it hard to locate or noted highway noise.

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Debra

4 May 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The property itself is very nice and a pretty good value. Location was the biggest problem. Close to a highway and the traffic never let up. Not ideal for a light sleeper but few places really are.

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Fred

9 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Hard to find

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Morgan

18 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

It’s nice! There are easy gas stations to get to, fast food and sit down close.

10

David

26 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Seems like new hotel. Positives: nice clean room w/plenty space. Negatives: not directly off interstate and outside landscaping needed improvement. Neither negative was a problem for us.

8

Soojin

21 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Conveniently located off the freeway.

10

Don

19 Apr 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Dani on checkin was wonderful and she provided additional service when requested. Excellent attitude as well and very friendly and professional. The delux room was great!

10

BREANNA

3 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

very clean and close to Adventureland..

10

Misun

19 Apr 2024

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Stayed 1 night

This property is really nice. It's close to attractions, only a 5-minute drive to most. The room was clean and quiet.

10

Scott

9 Dec 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Hotel was nice. Modern, clean, and in a very good location.

10

Philip

2 Nov 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Clean hotel, good included breakfast, nice safe location near expressway and lots of restaurants to eat at.

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Dining

Breakfast is commonly described as good with hot options, but reports vary, including cold or empty items and limited replenishment; coffee quality and juice machines occasionally disappointed. There is also a small lobby bar.

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Susan

24 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

There was a small bar, large lounge area, good breakfast, and an exercise room. The room was spacious and clean. The property was clean and smelled nice. The amenities were high quality - like Dove soap. The staff was very friendly and helpful. I would definitely stay here again on my trips across the country.

10

MIKE

28 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Everything was smooth as silk. I checked in online ahead of time and it was very easy to pick up my key cards. Workers were very friendly and the breakfast was very good. It was a great stop for a quick one night stay and I will definitely plan on using this hotel again next time Hopefully on my next visit, I will have time to visit the casino across the road.

8

Terry Jon

17 Feb 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Lodging and staff were great. Breakfast no so much. 8:30 am all the food was gone and no one in site to help. Ended up leave and driving through for breakfast.

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Scott

17 Oct 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Was very impressed with the cleanliness of the building and the friendliness of the staff. Breakfast was the typical fare, but the biscuits were amazing. If you're going to do biscuits and gravy, do it right!! Overall, extremely pleased with the stay and will definitely go back if my travels take me there.

8

Rhonda

14 Mar 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I was very disappointed with breakfast for the first time. I’ve stayed many times before and it was always good. Today they had cold hash browns, no eggs, crumbled up sausage or a good selection of bagels. What they had was hard and impossible to cut. Always before there was omelets snd whole sausage patties or links.

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Cummins

4 Aug 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The pool was out of service with no warning prior to booking nor a discount. Breakfast hours were from 630-930 arrived by 8 and hash browns and breakfast burritos were gone and never refilled. Very busy place with no clean tables to sit at. Definitely short on help or on accountability. Pet friendly hotel! Rooms very average nothing over the top. Beds were very firm.

10

Debra

15 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

At breakfast the juice dispenser was out of service. We were disappointed

8

Kevin

29 Feb 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

everything was great other then the breakfasts. the first morning we ate and stuff was cold. that got better but they served the same things everyday. no switching it up.

10

JESSICA

11 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great building with great breakfast!

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Jacki

16 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The room was clean and given how close the hotel is to I80, surprisingly quiet. The gym needs more weights in smaller sizes, as in 10-25 pounds. Breakfast: coffee was full of grounds, bagels were on offer but there was no way to cut them.

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Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
1 $91	2 $88	3 $84	4 $83	5 $87	6 $99	7 $99
8 $80	9 $85	10 $85	11 $87	12 $89	13 $113	14 $118
15 $77	16 $85	17 $89	18 $85	19 $91	20 $109	21 $109
22 $77	23 $81	24 $87	25 $81	26 $81	27 $117	28 $109
29 $78	30 $82

La Quinta by Wyndham Altoona Des Moines

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