Guest User
July 4, 2022
When I went to check in the agent told me that I would need to leave a 25 dollar cash deposit as they don't accept credit card deposits. I told her I didn't have 25 dollars as I don't usually carry cash as it is 2022 and pretty much everyone pays with credit card. She called the Manager and he was ok not leaving the cash deposit because I was assigned one of the 'older' rooms. At that point I said, well i'm not really liking being assigned an 'older' room because that probably means dirty and gross. She said no, it was clean just had older furnishings. So I reluctantly accepted this and went to the room. Well to no shock, it was well not just old, but pretty gross. Flies and insects flying all over especially in the bathroom and there was a dead insect on the bed. The room smelled a mix of cleaning solution and stale smoke. I checked the mattress and boxspring and although now bed bugs I could see, they were very dirty and definitely signs of previous infestations. The bathroom had holes in the walls and god knows what lurked inside. So I went to the front desk and they switched my room after I complained. It was slightly better and I guess a refreshed room but still in an overall bad state. The Staff were nice enough.. I have come to expect little from the Motel 6 brand as a whole and this motel basically reflects the company - a motel brand that is only slightly cheaper than other budget options, but with a consistently poor number of dated properties that are falling apart and dirty, more so than the others. This experience and another with the brand just turned me off it completely. Their Customer Service is poor. The staff are generally friendly, but there is little they can do because they don't get the support of Management to provide a good Customer Service experience. Motel 6 brand needs new leadership at the top - its as dated as its properties.