Motel 6 Consumer Reviews - Page 7
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA -- I am an RN and currently working night shift in Bakersfield, CA. I live in Huntington Beach, CA so this requires me to stay 3 to 4 nights a week in Bakersfield. I found the Motel 6 Bakersfield Airport location online and decided to give them a try. I called first and told them that I drive to Bakersfield the evening of my first night to work and get off the following morning around 7.
I explained that after working a 12 hour shift I needed to check in that morning so I could go directly to sleep. This could not be guaranteed so what I did was pay for the room the night of the first evening that I arrived so that I would have a room that following morning. This was OK with me even though I was paying for a night I would never use.
On my first visit I explained that I worked nights and did not want to be disturbed during the day so I did not need housekeeping. I was told that they were required to check the room every second day to make sure it was not damaged. I said that was fine so to keep from me having to be disturbed just move me to another one one morning out of my 3 or 4 day stay.
The clerk acted aggravated at this idea. On the days that I stayed in the room I asked that I not be disturbed since they had to come in every 2 days they could skip that one day. I was still disturbed regardless of having the do not disturb sign in place.
On my second week I made reservations again, once again paying for the night I worked and would not be using the room. On the following two mornings I again advised the same clerk that I did not want to be disturbed. On the second morning she again acted aggravated and said that they must come in. Again I said "that is fine just let me check out and move me to another room." She said "is there something wrong with your room?" Again I explained that I wanted undisturbed sleep so if housekeeping MUST come in the room on that day, move me to a new room so I can sleep. She said she would talk to the housekeeping manager about it. I go to my room and go to sleep.
Almost 2 hours later I am awaken by a knock at the door. It's the housekeeping manager and she asks if I wanted to see her. I asked who she was and she told me and said the clerk had told her I wanted to talk to her. This really set me off because the clerk knew that 2 hours ago I had just asked not to be disturbed and that I never requested to talk to the housekeeping manager. Judging the attitude of the clerk I have no doubt she did this out of spite.
My work in Bakersfield has the potential of keeping me there indefinitely and this meant 3 nights a week minimum at Motel 6 with me paying for 4 nights (the first night I worked), so I would have a guaranteed room the following morning. If Motel 6 cannot accommodate a simple request of not disturbing its guests, even when that guest volunteers to switch rooms to accommodate Motel 6, they just do not deserve that guaranteed income. Not only did they not accommodate, they intentionally disturbed me.
The manager was contacted the morning the housekeeping manager arrived at my room and I did tell him the situation. He also made the statement that they must check the rooms every other day for damage and again I had to explain that I understood, just move me to a different room. He told me that the clerk told him something completely different. Regardless I left that morning and drove around to find another place to stay and will not be returning to any Motel 6.
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ALBANY, NEW YORK -- 1:38am/ Jun 6, 2007: After arriving to Motel 6/Albany from Bedford Hills, NY we were told that our room wasn't ready, and would not be ready until after 12:00pm that afternoon (despite reserving the room a week before with a VISA credit card). On this particular night the clerk was as helpful as her position would allow her to be. She made attempts to contact the manager who was in a room on the premises. The manager just gave her instructions and refused to come down to the desk to assist her in resolving the problem.
Sometime after 2am, the clerk gave us a room. The room was not cleaned, and the beds were not made. We had a long drive, and were exhausted. We accepted the room in "as is" condition. She gave us clean linen, we thanked her; and said good night. We commended her on a job well done (especially since her manager made no attempt to assist us, or his employee.)
Friday/June 8, 2007: Check out - At approximately 11:15am as we were packing there was a knock at the door. The door was closed, but not completely shut. Neither I, or my brother responded to the knock. However, the desk entered the room anyway WITHOUT permission. She stood in the doorway and in very loud and rude manner stated, "Y'all come down and take care of this bill!! You got a refund that you wasn't supposed to get!! I'll be waiting!!!"
Needless to say we were shocked at her actions and attitude. Once at the check-out desk, I had my receipt in hand ready and prepared to try to clear up any discrepancy in our bill. Once at the desk I attempted to show the clerk our receipt. My brother then stepped in and told the clerk that her actions and attitude were very unprofessional. She then immediately began ARGUING with my brother. Loud, finger pointing, back and forth arguing! She ignored all my attempts to show her our receipt. She just continued her loud argument with my brother (in front of other people in the lobby trying to check-in!).
After a few minutes of argument, another clerk stepped in and asked, "Are you gentleman checking out?" We replied, "Yes". He then said, "Thank you for your stay. You gentleman have a nice day." I'm a New York State Corrections Officer. About the same time each year my department hosts what's known as the D.O.C.S. Olympics. It's an annual event where law enforcement officers from all over state compete in law enforcement and olympic events. The event brings possibly hundreds of guests to the hotels in the area (including Motel 6). The actions that this clerk displayed were very unacceptable!!!
After returning to work, I've discovered from other officers that all three clerks that we have dealt with are ex-CONVICTS (which explains her attitude). I have nothing against ex-cons. However, if you are going to hire them; your company needs to make sure that they are under closer supervision until they've proven that they are competent, and reliable enough to operate on their own!! Evidently the manager at this particular Motel 6 needs to be watched as well.
It was the worst hotel stay that I've ever experienced. I've heard other officers complaining about their stay at this Motel 6 as well. Next year, most of the officers have already made up their mind to stay another hotel despite the slightly higher rates. If I can help it, I'll never refer, or stay in another Motel 6. And I'll be sure to tell my fellow officers and others about my experience.
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TAMPA, FLORIDA -- My wife and I are regular Motel 6 customers. We've found that what most Motel 6's lack in amenities, they make up for in price and basic comforts. Since we travel to places to see the places, not stay at the motel, our view has always been that it never hurts to save a few bucks. At least that was our philosophy until this experience. Motel 6 Tampa downtown is located just off of Rt 275. If it wasn't for the 12 hours we had just spent driving, we probably would have recognized the first hint that there might be a problem with this hotel - the huge adult shop across the street.
At the same time, the parking lot had a few folks loitering in the area with shopping carts full of, what appeared to be, their belongings. As we were checking in, we also noticed a young pretty African-American girl in a very skimpy gold lame bathing suit coming in and out of the lobby. We assumed she was coming from the pool. Exhausted from the trip, we decided things weren't that bad and continued checking in. We unloaded our belongings in the room which was smaller than usual (for a Motel 6), with no dressers for clothing. We "sucked it up," unpacked the best we could and went out to eat.
Upon returning, we got undressed, got ready for sleep and climbed into bed. My wife nearly hit the ceiling as she jumped back out of the bed, having laid in a giant soaking wet spot about two feet in diameter in the center. A sniff of the spot indicated that a previous occupant had urinated in the bed and, apparently, housekeeping had simply put new sheets on top of the spot. I marched to the office to get another room. I discovered that after 10:00 PM, the lobby door is closed and locked, and the night clerk speaks to people from behind a window of bulletproof glass.
Unfortunately, since the area just outside the glass is in an enclosed area full of noisy vending machines, communication with the clerk requires a combination of yelling, hand gestures and a bit of lip reading. I finally got the message across to the desk clerk who looked somewhat annoyed at my having interrupted him in whatever he was doing. After working on a touch screen computer for a few minutes, he finally gave me a door card for a room a few doors down from ours. Returning to my visibly shaken wife, we quickly transferred all our belongings to the second room.
This room had two beds rather than the one bed of our previous room but we figured it was late, and we could get a third room in the morning. Undressing, my wife and I prepared again for bed. My wife pulled back the sheets of her bed then paused. She then asked me what I thought the brown spot on the sheets was. A sniff revealed that the spot was a skid mark (feces, aka "poop"), and still had a bit of smell to it. It was at this point that we decided to find another place as quickly as we could and get out of this hell hole. We jumped in the car, and drove around for a few blocks until we found and checked into a nearby Super 8 motel (on Fletcher Ave).
We highly recommend this hotel. The clerk was very nice, the room was spacious, and the cost was only a few bucks more per day. We returned back to Motel 6, and unloaded the contents of our room back into the car, movie style (fast, furious, and not tidy). We pulled up to the office where we again noticed the cute little girl, still in her skimpy lame outfit, walking around the building and loitering in the parking lot. "I think that's a working girl," my wife said. "The pool's been closed for hours and all she does is walk around the building over and over again."
Looking at the girl a little more closely, I realized my wife was right. I went back to the bulletproof window and explained to the still annoyed desk clerk that the second room was also soiled and we wanted to cancel our two week reservation and leave. While I was waiting to get my refund (my wife was waiting out in the car) the cute working girl came in to get a soda from one of the vending machines. Overhearing my complaints to the clerk she struck up a conversation with me. She was very understanding and sympathetic as she explained to me that they were usually pretty good about cleaning the sheets at the motel.
She agreed that our experiences were terrible and wished me luck before heading back out to the parking lot to look for more clients. After about 15 minutes at the computer and credit card terminal, the clerk finally gave us some paperwork back, indicating our card had been charged back. He apologized for the inconvenience and we left. Friends of ours who live in the area later told us that this hotel sits in Tampa's "sex district" and is a notorious "service center."
As for our experience, the entire night was like something out of a bad movie. If there was a rating worse than "terrible" we would give this hotel that distinction in nearly every category. The exception would be in customer service, where I would award a "two." While the desk clerk was rather sour throughout our entire ordeal, the hotel hooker was very nice. The hotel should give her a raise.
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SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA -- I arrived at your Motel 6 at 7296 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, LA. When I first saw the room I wanted to move to another motel or hotel. But due to my financial situation, on disability a fixed income which is hard enough to live on or I would have left!! The room was filthy. The woman at the front desk let me stand in the office for at least five minutes before I asked if she worked there. She was too busy talking to her boyfriend.
After checking in the more I looked around the more dirt I found!! I was there to bury my father and was not in the mood at that time to start complaining and moving to other rooms, they were probably just as bad. The problem was housekeeping didn't understand a word I said and I don't speak Spanish. If I had the time I would have called INS to check out the employees. If you're going to work here learn the language! Every time I left I asked for at least clean towels the first day, after that the garbage can wasn't even emptied.
The second day when housekeeping knocked on my door I said that I would be leaving in approx. 15 min. then they could clean the room and change the bedding. When I returned that night, all that was done was a pile of clean towels were tossed onto the bed. I haven't traveled for sometime but I used to travel at least three times a week for my company. Well let me tell you, your motel sure went to hell. When I was telling my family about the service and the way the room was they told me, "well you get what you pay for!" I do believe that but I also believe that no matter how much one pays for a room it should be at least clean.
And the worst part the Mexican that cleans the rooms probably put down that my room was cleaned and got paid for it. I feel that's their problem for not checking the rooms. I was also told that there was a hookup for my laptop, yes there was - I had to unplug my phone and dial out on the rooms phone line. What a joke.. If I do not get any compensation from Motel Six, I will never stay there again and I will write about what happened everywhere I can on the internet.
I will also broadcast it on e-mail. If I can get 5 people not to go to Motel 6 and they pass it on to another 5 and so on, pretty soon I will have to do little a little harm. I don't know what qualifications you need to work the front office is but you better up them. I could go on forever but I'm just tired of writing. You better get with it or you will be closing your doors sooner than you think. P.S. My stay was from 2/22/06 to 2/25/06.
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By M. - JONESBORO, FLORIDA -- Room appeared clean but smelt like urine. Beggars outside front door with children. Loud people roaming hall in middle of night. Turned light on at 5am and had cockroach in my bed. Told front desk and he said sorry. Checked out right after packed up at 6am. Never again. Trying to call headquarters to let them know.
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By Manny - SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- Checked in room on 8/17/17 3:30 pm. Room robbed while at pool 2 hours later. All our credit cards, checkbook, ID's and over 3000.00 cash. Video clearly shows a woman open door, go in and leave with items. Was told by Motel 6 it is my fault cause curtains open. Door did not lock properly. Police officer opened by pushing against. They called police officer a liar.
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By Bob - FT. COLLINS CO., COLORADO -- My room was taken. No fire escape on West end of building. Not enough towels for 2 people. Manager on duty was very rude. Trash in cans. Smelled of smoke. Toilet seat too big for toilet. This hotel was a bad place to stay and I will not stay there ever again.
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