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Red Roof Inn offers budget-friendly lodging that caters to business and leisure travelers. Established in 1973, the nationwide chain features free Wi-Fi, pet-friendly policies and modern room amenities.

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    Reviewed May 3, 2015

    Well first the beds are all date 2005, the lights do come on as well as the manager has a bad way of letting her workers do whatever but get paid to be unclean. So make sure that you check out everything before you put thing in any room. I'm going to post pictures on all the websites so everybody will be aware.

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    Reviewed May 1, 2015

    When I stayed in the Red Roof at 2600 NORTH MAIN STREET SANTA ANA, CA 92705, my bathroom disaster with dejecta on April 11, 2015. A Service Desk Manager won't let me change a different room. I NEVER stay on this Red Roof.

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    Reviewed April 26, 2015

    I stayed at Red Roof Inn in Norcross, GA and roaches was crawling up the wall. My room was changed and it was the same thing. They allow people to stay with animals and that's not good what that person is nasty. I have seen where pet owners allow their dogs to use it where cars are park. They don't walk them away from the building. They need some serious pest control. I won't reminded this hotel to nobody. One last thing and this put icing on the cake for me I wake up to find a roach in the bed with me. You been warned.

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    Reviewed April 24, 2015

    Dirty and stained carpets. Cigarette burns in bedspread. Window had a dirty "film" covering it. Dirt and mold in the bathroom. And to think we got all this for only 102.48 (tax Incld). I don't want to hear from anyone at Corporate offices. Could not care less what they have to say. I will never drive past another Red Roof Inn without giving them the finger.

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    Reviewed April 15, 2015

    Tulare, CA. There was a long line at check-in, and the desk clerk was having each person say their information out loud (phone, license plate, address, etc.). The man in front of me got his key and left, came back 2 minutes later saying there was already someone in the room. Then I got checked in, and there was someone already in my room! At this point I would have left, but it would have taken longer to go through the line again to get a refund. So the desk gave me another room.

    No people in it, but dead roaches on the floor, stained everything, the hairdryer had exposed heating elements and wiring. It was awful, but now it's late at night and I just want to sleep. In the morning I told the manager all this. She just smiled, no apology, said the roaches were from down the street where there had been fumigation. (I was on the 3rd floor). I asked for a discount, she gave me a coupon for 15% off another stay. Like that's going to happen! Motel, you had one job...

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    Reviewed March 25, 2015

    We were recently in Lexington, KY because my mother was having bypass surgery on Wednesday March 18. We were told we could get a discount on a room at your facility because see of my mother's condition. We did receive a discount but was surprised to find that the room we had gotten had no refrigerator or microwave. We had my grandson who is 2 and had no way of keeping milk cool for him.. The shower also had poor water pressure and a slow drain. I appreciate the fact we got a discount on the room but would have liked to have had the other "perks" as well.

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    Reviewed March 17, 2015

    Went to doctor after staying in motel to get inching medication for bed bug bites.

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    Reviewed March 14, 2015

    The 1st day we got there at 6am and we have to wait because there's no room ready. I ask for smoke area and really all of them smell Iike hell. The 2nd day ask for TP, soap, towel. You tell me in what place you ask for thing after they cleaned, but you know WHAT there's into it.

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    Reviewed March 2, 2015

    Manager Red Roof Inn Lanham Maryland, Dennis, Desmond or Demon whatever his name is need to be fired alongside his highly incompetent fellow staffs. They do business every weekend by forcefully checking out all customers on ground on Saturday to enable them sell high rate rooms to their families. And if the Demon don't like you, he will put you in one of their terrible rooms and tell you you are responsible for what was wrong with the room before you even get in. He has no courtesy, manner and he shouldn't even be in the hospitality business. He is so ghetto and he is killing business for whoever the owner is! I can't stress this enough. He is highly discriminative to people of African descent.

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    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2015

    This review is for the particular Brookhollow location. Let me start by saying our stay was fine to begin with. We checked in with our 2 dogs which they knew we had beforehand. Five nights later, my dog had an accident. I cleaned it with our already dirty towels and they had the nerve to charge us $50!!! Uhm... you're pet friendly! Things happen! Also, they charged us for stained sheets (sorry I'm a woman!). I'm appalled, after all that, they have the nerve to tell us we can't have 2 dogs?? Under 35 lbs, after 5 nights when we checked in with them??? Oh and all they do is bark, however, we have been woken up by dogs barking the last night of our stay. Also when they cleaned our room, we had medicine and money missing. We will not be treated this way and we are getting our attorneys involved for distress. Run Away as fast as you can!!!

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    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2015

    On my stay at the Red Roof Inn in Clearwater Florida, there was Roaches in the room and a dirty floor with a roach eating a cookie crumb on a dirty floor. Then the bedding had stains, and I mean a lot of them. Mold on the ceiling, holes in the bathroom, molding on the floor which the roaches ran into! I called corporate offices and sent them pictures, they did nothing!! What good is customer service? I asked for a supervisor and was told a apology was all I was getting. I paid good money for a sleepless night. Never again will I, or people I know stay at a Red Roof.

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    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2015

    I checked in on Jan 31st for one night at a discounted rate of $42.67 including Safe Charge ($1.50). That is the amount I authorized & signed for. I was checked in by Anita, who fraudulently used my card to charge an additional $107 without my permission. I decided to stay an extra night (Feb 1st) and paid cash $40.79 (not including Safe Charge) because the room did not have a Safe. I checked out on Feb 2nd. My card was charged an extra $41.76. I have no idea what kind of Con Artist is working at this Red Roof in Binghampton, Johnston City NY, but beware of your transaction and the Pitbulls.

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    Reviewed Jan. 30, 2015

    My boyfriend and I went to Jacksonville to spend time with his family and we decided to stay there. First night in the bathroom, I found ants in sink. Went to take a shower - towel were dirty, it had blood on it and shower curtain dirty. Second day, the room attendant did not clean the room and third night when we came back around 1 am, the room door was open. Unacceptable really, I'm an executive housekeeping manager in New York and I never got service like that. We were there for 8 nights - we had to check out that day. It was terrible. When informed the manager on-duty, all they could say is "is anything missing?", didn't say sorry, or ask if they can make our stay better. WORSE HOTEL EVER. DON'T WASTE MONEY.

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2015

    On 01/20/2015 I approx. 1:45am I arrived at the Los Banos CA Red Roof Inn. On my mobile device I attempted to book reservations for an hotel room. Unable to complete. With the help of hotel front desk a reservation was made. I received an email confirmation. However, hotel systems declined my card. We called Expedia, there was an 8min wait. We waited over an hour to hear a human voice, put us on hold again. Expedia removed funds from my card at the same time the Red Roof Inn declined. Problem was not resolve till after 4am.

    Over two hours I waited at the night window extremely tired from my travels- freezing, standing, waiting. So frustrated that I couldn't go anywhere else because Expedia had removed funds from my visa. 4:30am, me and my son finally get a key to a very cold room. Our room heater was out of order... too exhausted to even think about changing room. Woke up with headache, running nose and a very aggressive cough. Please contact me @ **.

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    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2014

    I stayed at the Red Roof Inn of N Tucson for 3 weeks or more with my cat; no problems; checked in for another 3 days recently. On the third night I noticed the toilet was running. I called the desk but got no answer, so I turned off the valve leading to the toilet. The following morning the office called my room and said water was leaking to the room below. They claimed someone had been at the desk all the previous evening, but I know that wasn't the case - often when I went to the desk during the previous visit the clerk was outside having a smoke. They would not loan me a vacuum to clean up kitty litter the cat had scattered, and told me I had to check out as I was on the "no rent" list. They gave no explanation and told me the manager was out, though I spied him behind the desk area.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2014

    When I was in Madison this weekend, I stayed at the red roof inn. While at my craft show Saturday, things were stolen from my room. I had the only key, so I can only assume it was one of their employees. They haven't apologized or offered me a refund. I just got an email saying they aren't going to do anything because their insurance doesn't cover incidents when their employees steal from guests. So I'd recommend not staying at a red roof inn.

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    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2014

    We were put out because of their family. The housekeepers lied. They are all from India. We lost our home on labor day because of a fire, stayed there for 3 months. I was told women in their country don't talk back so I talked back and we got put out.

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    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2014

    It was absolutely horrible. I am trying to work this out with the Red Roof Inn. I call, they promised to call back. They don't call back. I called the guest service complaint headquarters. I called headquarters. They promised to call back, they have not called back. I'm going to call them one more time. If we don't work something out, I'm going to report them to the Better Business Bureau and I'm going to tell everything that happened right here.

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    Reviewed Sept. 1, 2014

    I booked a room for 6 nights (8/13/2014-08-19-2014) at the Raleigh, North Carolina with a king size bed. Got there about 06:00PM-07:00PM. Room looked good and notice there was not a refrigerator. Called the front desk and asked if there was one and he said, "Did you ask for one," and I said "I believe I did" where I was told that I didn't and if I wanted one was like $7.50 more a day. So I said I was already unpacked and to forget it. Next morning took a shower and noticed no hair dryer. Again called the front desk where I was asked again "Did you order one" and I said I didn't know I had to order a thing that is usually supplied by all the hotels/motels that I usually book. Good thing I didn't have to ask for toilet paper cause I probably would of been asked did you order it.

    Any ways I had the Do Not Disturb sign up and had a meeting at noon time so I left around 11:30AM and made sure I turned the sign over to state to Please Clean the Room. When I got back that night about 08:00PM, I notice the sign (to please clean the room) was still up hanging in the door handle. I walked in and the room was not made - towels all over the bathroom - so it was the way I had left it earlier that day. Went to the front desk to complain and he looked at the cleaning schedule and said he was sorry and that it would not happen again. Gave me some clean towels and send me in my way.

    Friday they did make the room. Saturday I had another appointment at noon time and again I put the sign out to please clean the room. When I was at the front desk, I told the person not the same one that was always asking me "did you order that" to make sure they clean the room cause it was not made the prior Thursday. I saw him write it down and told me no problem that he would make sure it got done. I came back again around 07:30 with some McDonald's takeout food which is next block over with a nice hot hamburger and cold milk shake. Again I see the sign on the door handle and said to myself they can't be that stupid and sure as hell the room again was not made.

    Went down to see the front desk and the one that I had complained before about the room not made was working. He looked at me and said not again and I said yes again. He gave me some towels and said he take care of me when I checked out. By this time the food that I was planning on eating was cold. The milk shake was all melted. So now I would not leave the room in the morning till I called the front desk and told them to had a cleaning person showed up to my room for the rest of the time that I was there. So now it is checkout time on Tuesday morning. Looked under the bed just in case I had dropped something and the biggest cockroach I have ever seen jumped from under my bed. Scared the ** out of me. When I gave back the keys, I was told that I would be credited with one night for my problems. I told them you can clean the room and get that cockroach out while you are at it. Never again will I ever stay in a Red Roof Inn.

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2014

    Our experience was awful.. Asked for non smoking received smoking room.. Elevator was broke.. Hallways smelled awful.. Electric in bathroom blew out 3x.. Cleaned rooms at 3 pm and left no clean towels.. Just a terrible experience.. Will NEVER stay at red roof again....

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2014

    All I can say is this hotel in Lexington, KY was the just nasty. The smell of mold and mildew almost made me sick. The next morning is when I seen bugs in our bed - informed the front desk and all was said to me was I am sorry. Never again. Will sleep in my car first.

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    Reviewed May 20, 2014

    Googled "pet friendly motels" in Toms River, NJ, saw Red Roof Inn. I trusted Red Roof name. I called the #, reserved a room for 2 nights. Arrived there past weekend... Long story short, mold in bathroom, smoke filled hall, towels stained as well as linens & pillows that smelled so bad they needed to be thrown away. Come to find out, this It was a franchise & had been dropped in Feb 2014. Red Roof did NOT make sure that their logo was gone. Call the #, they say front desk. Ask who is this, they say Red Roof Inn. Key card envelopes say Red Roof. Telephones in room have Red Roof. Sign out front has TP Hotel on it during the day but come night w/ light on, you can see Red Roof Inn very plain.

    I called Red Roof Inn after this weekend at Bates Motel, & of course, they have nothing to do with it now... However, I told them they played a part in it as if they had done their job in the beginning making sure all Red Roof logos were gone, I wouldn't have fallen prey. They have turned it over to their legal dept. but I believe they owe me some type of compensation if only a complimentary night at a REAL Red Roof. They refused me... They shouldn't have dropped the ball back in February when the hotel became independent. I will NEVER stay at Red Roof again as I don't know for sure if it IS Red Roof!

    As to the filth, I've turned over to Jersey inspection compliance people which they say is only a yearly inspection and they can't MAKE them comply. I'm telling ya...the sheets were stained, filthy, and smelly. The mgr's on duty were arrogant & hostile. The people at the motel are on some type of gov't assistance so I'm sure the motel is getting paid to keep them. The police told me as I was leaving that the motel is a HIGH drug market. I knew none of this. Red Roof should've put it out somewhere to the consumers that this was not Red Roof! Shame on them. And shame on them for not offering me something as I had such faith in Red Roof Inn name, that's why I booked w/ them. Never again. I have pictures of the signs, the phones, my bank statement (Red Roof Inn got paid)... I'll be glad to submit these pictures.

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    Reviewed April 26, 2014

    I am going to list the states that we have stayed at Red Roof Inns Georgia, Tennessee & Illinois. In each of these states, we have stayed at multiple location in multiple cities. As pleased as we have been with our rooms, internet connections have either been non-existent or barely usable. In Knoxville, we were given a phone number for technical support at 2 locations... Even with technical support, the connection was barely usable. Right now I am vacillating between 1 bar and 5 bars... Watching a small video posted on Facebook is not an option. Is this a corporate issue?

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    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2013

    I stayed at the RED ROOF INN at Detroit - Saint Clair Shores for three nights, the 7th, 8th, and 9th. On August 10, 2013, I was abruptly awakened by pounding on our room (144) door, I observed a Roseville Police officer at the door so I opened the door. He immediately asked me if I heard "multiple gunshots or any glass breaking?" I received no explanation for this inquiry from any Red Roof staff, but I did get the full account from the guest from Florida, what had happened. They were asleep when "some woman threw a rock through their window", two windows down from mine, "She was looking for her husband and we told her he wasn't in the room".

    They stated, "She went for the lock on the door for her husband and we told her he wasn't in the room". They stated she went for the lock on the door and then aimed four side arms at her and told her "Get away now." She continued and the guests opened fire on her. They estimated they fired "14 shots at her." I contacted Red Roof Inn "customer relations" and was basically told by a rather flat affected representative, "There is nothing we can do for you about this." No, "We are sorry for your experience," nothing resembling customer care was expressed. Furthermore, on the night of the 7th of August, one bed sheet had a yellowish stain and long black hairs in it. So beware and protect yourself and those you care for. Beware.

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    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2013

    I had stayed at the Red Roof Inn in Toledo, OH from January 20, 2013 through January 22, 2013. I was very, very unhappy. Sunday night while I was there, I had noticed red spots on my body. I did not really think anything about it. I thought they were small and they would go away. That Monday morning I woke up because it was time to leave the Inn and OMG. My face, my arms, and my legs were horrible. I was itching, and I could not stop scratching; and on top of that, I did not feel good. I went home, went to bed, and got up the next morning. My face was swollen and the marks were redder. I went to the ER and was told I had bedbug bites. I told the hotel after my doctor informed me what I had. I had to call the corporate and emailed them because the hotel really did not take me seriously. ER expenses and medication, I threw away almost everything that I had touched when I got home. I’m very unhappy and will not recommend this hotel to anyone.

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    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2012

    I stayed at Red Roof Inn Wilmington. Well I saw many, many roaches and other bugs all over the place, in my room and outside. Then, I was charged 3 different times for the same stay that made my bank account go overdraft. When I called them about the problem, the manager was never there. I left my phone number but he never calls me back. It got to the point where I had to go to the bank and get the money on the bank.

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    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2012

    Me and my family stayed at the Red Roof Inn on Corporate Circle in Harrisburg, PA on Saturday, August 18th, and it was an absolute nightmare. First when we arrived, the desk clerk "**" misquotes our rates and then tells us we cannot use our AAA discount because of what was going on in town that day. We reserved the rooms a week plus in advance and we were told to just present our card. After a half an hour debate, we just took the rooms because we had 4 small children (and 5 adults) with us and we just arrived off of a 3.5 hour drive. I put a request for a crib for my 8 month old during my initial online reservation and also told "**" at the desk. He said they would take care of it; again, nothing.

    Finally, we got our rooms and none of them were close together. I called early Saturday morning and specifically requested to have all 3 rooms close together because we have children in each room. Then to top it all off, I arrived home to Pittsburgh only to find that from letting my 8 month old bathe in the bathtub, I get to take him to the ER for a yeast infection on his backside! I was extremely disappointed in the service and professionalism. The only persons who were any type of help were the housekeepers; very nice ladies. Might want to consider giving those ladies jobs at the desk.

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    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2011

    Disabled Vet (lung COPD on oxygen). The request was non smoking with door outside, where we have stated several times before. I was informed they were booked up and no vacancy but they could find me a single for the wife and me if I would hold on the phone. He came back and said the LaQuita here downtown had a vacancy that met my needs and switched me to reservations, which I booked a room for three days. When we got to Brownsville and went to LaQuenta downtown they had no reservation under my name. That confused me. He said maybe they booked me up in Olmito, TX, 12 miles north of downtown. We drove up. The cleaning fluids was affecting me when I walked in (Pinesol) and the room was all the way down the hall at the end of the building that I had to go through to be able to get outside to fresh air with my condition.

    It's fraud to use a telephone setup webpage on the Internet to get the public that make reservations when the name of Red Roof Inn changed owners to Motel 6, took down their sign Red Roof Inn use the same Red Roof Inn phone number for reservations and direct you through another booking company named Expedia and not inform you how they made your reservation. And it cost me $190.07. I think it's a sorry mess to pull on a disabled veteran but I am sure Expedia will do someone else the next chance they get.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2011

    Went into the Red Roof Inn at Buena Park, CA to pay my rent today (Saturday, July 30, 2011) and the person that was working behind the desk said that there are no rooms available. Not even the one that I was staying in for almost a week. I explained to him that I pay every day and when I paid yesterday, no one warned me or told me anything about the 2 beds being reserved. He said I had to check out and wait until 3:00PM for a 1 bed that is $94.40. ** no. Plus my mom’s disabled and can hardly walk and we have no car. So, now I’m going to be sitting on the stairs outside at the Red Roof Inn until I can get a ride or a room. I will never stay here again. Trust and believe I will complain.

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    Reviewed March 28, 2011

    My fiance' and I reserved a room online from Friday March 18, 2011 thru Sunday March 20, 2011. When we reserved, we reserved a non-smoking, king size room. The online website is totally deceiving. When we entered the Inn, the front desk representative was not at all professional. We noticed children freely roaming the Inn. As well there was a stench when entering the Inn. We continued to check in. As we enter the room it was very smokey, dirty, the lights were not working, there was a big hole in the heat and air-conditioning unit as I went to turn it on, the entire unit fell apart. The bed was a full size bed, not a king as well the window covering was barely hanging onto the rode.

    The room was the worst I had ever seen. It was not fit to be rented out neither is the entire hotel. It is not at all sanitary. There were cigarette burns on the tub. It was such a mess that we had to reserve a room elsewhere. When we spoke with the rep Leverne, she explained she needed to speak with her manager Jackie. Jackie instructed her to return our funds if we could find some place else to go. This Inn needs the Health Inspector to go in. It seems as if it is not up to code and should be taken off the market until drastic changes are made. Very dissatisfied and unhappy consumer!

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    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2011

    I received an e-mail stating, "Pets always stay free at Red Roof," and another offering a special deal of a room at $20 for any Red Roof on January 2, 2011. I made my reservation online (in which I stated I would be bringing my 2 small dogs) and received a confirmation e-mail showing my total with tax would be $22.12. When I arrived at the hotel in Rutland, VT, I was told for the first time that only one dog is allowed, the second dog’s fee is $20.00. I stayed the night and paid the extra fee. (What else could I do?) I then called their 1-800-red-roof number to complain, but after waiting on hold for 23 minutes, all I was told was, "There is nothing I can do, try calling back tomorrow." Instead, I began communicating with Red Roof by e-mails. Their reply was that I misunderstood, and they showed me the small print in one of their websites that states "One well-behaved family pet is permitted."

    Not suspecting that there would be a problem, I never hunted through their websites for their pet policy. The hotel knew I was bringing 2 dogs and never contacted me before I started my trip. I found in their websites this statement: "Our Commitment. The Red Roof Hassle-Free Guarantee because your comfort is our No. 1 priority! Should you have a concern during your stay, simply contact the front desk and allow us to address it. If we cannot resolve your concern prior to your departure, we don't expect you to pay for that night. It's what every stay should be with our Hassle-Free Guarantee."

    Because of the hassle I was put through, I don't think I should have to pay for my night stay. They ended up charging me double what they advertised. Their ads should show their true pet policy, my pets did not stay free at Red Roof!

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    Reviewed Sept. 12, 2010

    I stayed at this hotel with a group. We booked 2 adjoining rooms to accommodate a total of 7 people. Upon entering the hotel we noticed that it was crawling with crickets both outside the building and inside the halls. This was initially not so bad, until we noticed after check-in that the bugs were crawling all over the inside of our rooms as well. We still weren't completely disgusted until we saw the blood stains on both the headboard of one of the beds in Room 217 and bathroom of Room 219. Already seriously questioning the cleanliness of the establishment, we next found multiple dead crickets inside one of the pillowcases. Thoroughly disgusted, we pulled back the sheets of all of the beds only to find a live spider crawling around between the sheets of one of them.

    We called down to the front desk manager, who informed us that there was no staff available to change the bedding, but that we could carry the pillowcase full of dead bugs to the front desk ourselves if we wanted it replaced. After informing him that this was simply unacceptable, he told us that there was no manager on duty and that he would have to call the property manager on his cellphone to see what he could do. Several minutes and phone calls later, we were told that we could move to a new set of rooms.

    The second set of rooms was equally disgusting, if not more so. The second room was full of not only crickets and spiders, but also several cockroaches. We turned on the air conditioning unit and cockroaches swarmed out of it. We also found them in the bathroom and front hallway. Due to the thoroughly unsanitary conditions of the hotel, we decided to simply check out, leave and find other accommodations. We were in the rooms for less than half an hour total.

    As we had not actually stayed in our rooms and because their conditions were positively unlivable, we demanded our money back from the hotel. The front desk manager informed us that refunding our money would not be possible. He then refused to let us speak with the manager of the property. He also claimed to have inspected the rooms and found no evidence of any bugs, despite being shown picture evidence to the contrary. We did not have the foresight to photographically document the conditions inside all of the rooms, but we did manage to take several photos of Room 219, which are attached. Even as we debated the bug infestation with the front desk manager, bugs were crawling all over the lobby (and around the area containing food and drink) as well. We stomped on a cockroach crawling through the lobby within plain view of the front desk employee.

    The front desk employee was rude and derogatory to our group -- insulting us, calling us names and insisting that we were liars. He yelled at us in the lobby for several minutes and then threatened to have us forcibly removed from the property if we did not leave. All of this unreasonable conduct resulted merely from a simple and civil request for a refund based on the gross misrepresentation of the rooms. Eventually, in attempt to get us to leave, the front desk manager refunded one of the rooms and removed the charge from that credit card. However, he flatly refused to refund the charge to the second room.

    In an effort both to resolve this matter and to inform the appropriate authorities about the unsanitary conditions and unfair business practices allowed at the Red Roof Inn, we contacted the debit card company to dispute the charge, as well as Red Roof Inn corporate management, the local chapter of the Better Business Bureau, and the City of New Braunfels Health Department.

    However, given the recalcitrant and uncooperative nature of the management at Red Roof Inn, I have little hope that this matter will be resolved without outside intervention. All that we are asking for is a refund of the charge made on the debit card for the second room. It was misrepresented to us, we found it in absolutely deplorable condition, and we did not stay in it.

    It is worth noting that the New Braunfels Health Department informed us that they had received multiple other complaints against the Red Roof Inn that week alone. We booked new rooms at both the Quality Inn and Best Western in New Braunfels and neither hotel had any issue with bugs of any kind.

    I have never in my life encountered a hotel with such positively despicable conditions or a staff so unconcerned with the welfare of their guests. I hope these practices will not be allowed to continue for the welfare of future guests.

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    Red Roof Inn Company Information

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    Red Roof Inn
    Website:
    www.redroof.com