Good staff, good location; Hotel is Nickel and Dime

Aside from a VERY noisy neighbor (during COVID times, why are they even putting us right next to each other? The hotel wasn't crowded!), who then filed a noise complaint against *us* because our pup barked in response to their constant banging doors (has never happened at any other hotel we've stayed at, ever - he's a very chill pup), the stay was fine, the staff was cool, and the location was generally solid. (Right by the park, not far from the marketplace, both pluses; but walking through some shadier crowds while trying to get there, a big minus.)

BUT...do not expect to pay only the rates you're looking at here. This is the typical confidence trick that too many of these hotels try: they're giving you a base rate with practically nothing included (parking, internet...), so that they show up in searches within a specific price range, and then stacking costs on top (*daily* costs!) if you actually want the usual things you get at pretty much any hotel for similar rates.

Did we pay the extra? Parking, yes; internet, no (we didn't need it, our phones were fine for the short stay). Would we be up for staying at a pricier place anyway? Sure, depending on where and why. But what we paid is nowhere *near* as low as the rates that are given here. It's a trick, and a kind of dirty one, especially as the "parking available" icon is therefore entirely inaccurate ("available for the daily rate of a full motel room *with* parking elsewhere" would be a better description), and there is contradicting information on their parking situation online (which was partly cleared up by a hotel rep before we went there).

Things that have been included in the daily rate for literally every other hotel we've stayed at in the last decade: internet/wi-fi, parking, a coffee maker (!), and electronic key cards that worked more than 30% of the time. (Okay, I'm just being snarky - but truthful - about that last bit.)

This hotel's rates are *not* as advertised, if you plan on staying there the way you'd stay at pretty much any hotel we've stayed at before (from coast to coast). Expect to spend more on the order of $200 a night minimum, depending on what you need from them.

Sep. 03, 2020