Tahoe Sands Inn

I was scared at first to book this hotel but it looks like they did renovations since the bad reviews. It’s pretty nice now. I’d stay here again

Do NOT book here! They are a scam. My husband and I booked, called to ask about checking in late, and they refused to honor or booking. They were rude when trying to check in.

Clean good

Overall we had a great experience.

Worst hotel I have ever stayed at. And it is a lie that it is a hotel - it is the bottom of motels. They should have called it the Bates Motel. Deserves negative stars. This dank, dismal motel manages to create a little location of ghetto and unsafety in the midst of beautiful serene south Tahoe. We were assigned room 22 in the very far back of the motel at the end of a narrow creepy dark corridor hallway. While we were sleeping, at 11:45pm, we heard screaming and yelling and people slamming and knocking on ours and other motel doors in the dark hallway. We were alarmed and called the motel manager. I explained what was happening and - he hung up midway on my conversation. I have a 10 year old daughter and was afraid to get out of the room to go to safety, and to have the hotel manager behave this way- really unacceptable. We paid $188 on a holiday weekend for 1 night - and received the opposite of hotel hospitality- ghetto south central LA crime and lawlessness. I tried to stop by the office early before we left for our ski day to talk to the manager, come to find no attendant on duty and a drop box for the key. Worst place I’ve ever seen - can’t believe this awful place is in the midst of beautiful Tahoe. It should be shut down.

The TV remote didn't work so we had to watch closed captions. The bed was flat as a board and hard as a rock; in the middle of the night we flipped the mattress to see if it was any better, and the cushioned part of the mattress was underneath, with stains--it was softer, but now the springs creaked. We pulled out the sofa bed and it had a thin mattress with springs you could feel. In the morning I took a cold shower because I couldn't get any hot water; my man figured out (he's smarter) if you pointed the lever to cold you got hot water and vice versa, so he got to take a shower at least. They are remodeling so the room was fresh, but if the bones aren't good it is for nothing. Don't take a chance on this place. Atrocious.