Motel 6 Barstow, CA - Route 66

No towels in the room. Shampoo was charged and rooms were not nice looking.

I want to start by stating this hotel was very inexpensive. And I don't need much from a hotel when on the road: a dark place to sleep, a shower, a toilet. That being said, I certainly got what I paid for. The sheets were stained - the kind of stains that survive several washes. The blanket was threadbare and had holes in it. Someone wrote I ＜3 U in lipstick on the mirror, and it has survived several half-assed attempts at cleaning it off. The shower, which was old-school tiled, had the tile painted over, and it is unsurprisingly peeling off and showing the tile again. The shower head is about mid-chest high. I turned on the heater, and the fan motor was intermittently whirring its bearings down to a fine powder. This would have been more annoying if I could have heard it better over the sound of the condenser in the mini fridge choking itself out like David Carradine. That would have also been annoying if I could have heard it better over the sound of the trains braking and shunting at the railyard right across the street. If you're familiar with Barstow, none of this should come as a surprise. If you're looking for a crash pad on an overnight trip, and your bank account balance matters to you more than relative quiet and comfort, this place is for you.

I rarely write a review when something is not good, but I feel obligated to mention a few things about this property. The staff were nice and friendly, so I’m not talking about that. You are traveling with a family, especially with kids. This is not the right place for you. Homeless people are around the property, around your car, they will come next to your door also with the hotel doing nothing about it. I’m not sure if they change the sheets and the towels because the ones we got some Stains. The first room we got had an awful smell of bleach and we had to ask for another one. The next room we got the sheets were not very clean. Overall due to the price, you can expect the type of neighbors who might be arguing and screaming at each other. If you have another option, I would recommend considering it before booking this place.