Howard Johnson by Wyndham Hershey

The rooms are clean, comfortable, and well-equipped with comfy beds. The location is convenient, close to shops and the hockey center, ideal for travelers.

Walls in the room looked fairly freshly painted but badly. Lots of gouges and scuffs. Carpeting seemed newish but smelled strongly like disinfectant (better that than other smells, I guess). Mattresses sagged, and the pillows smelled like smoke. Zero noise filtering from the walls. Tried to block out sound by putting the fan on the AC in the on position but it still cycled on and off. Speaking of the A/C, it did not sufficiently cool the room. We booked this place partly because it offered free breakfast, and I remembered from my childhood that it was nice. Joke’s on me, I guess. A bowl of apples, one of those cereal dispensers with frosted flakes or raisin bran, some instant oatmeal packets, orange juice and coffee (regular only, no decaf) Even “continental” breakfasts offer some kind of bread and tea. There were vending machines but they were all broken and empty. It’s not like the price of the place was super cheap, either. We have actually paid less at other places and had awesome free breakfasts. The Howard Johnsons of my youth are apparently gone. So disappointing. Wyndham should be embarrassed.

Place is showing significant signs of age and wear, no breakfast as described online, and grainy TV reception. Main positive was it's proximity to Hershey, PA, as a stop on our roadtrip. When the greeting at the front desk starts describing charges for damages (not a welcome and thank you for choosing here), it set low expectations and, unfortunately, they delivered.