I cannot stress enough, this was by far the worst motel experience of my family's lives!! We were not expecting a 5 star hotel by any means, however, we figured by the Motel 6 reputation in the past, we would get a small, clean, unremarkable room at a decent price. HA! We arrived at the Lancaster Motel 6 a little before 11 PM. It was in a relatively OK area, right off the freeway. And, from the entrance, looked fine. We should have been suspicious at first by the cruising around of several vehicles that were not in the greatest condition. But, we were exhausted and just wanted to check in. After all, how bad could it be?
Wrong question to ask of this place. After checking in with a woman behind a bulletproof glass vestibule, the kind used by 24-hour gas stations, we unloaded our luggage into the room. It was after 11 PM by this point, and there were people roaming around as if it were 5 in the afternoon. And this was on a Wed. night! Small children were unattended by any visible adults, drug deals were being made blatently, and although I am in now way pretentious, the calibur of people was quite terrifying. I don't think anyone there had showered in the last few days (although after seeing the mold in our shower, I don't blame them). The final straw was my husband's discovery of a syringe on the stairs leading to our room. He locked us in our room with strict instructions to NOT Go OUTSIDE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. The room was disgusting, and I lay down my own blanket on top of the cirgarette burned, stained comforter on the bed in fear of what diseases might be on it. As my children and I sat huddled on the bed, I attempted to look up other hotels in the phone book. As soon as I grabbed the phone book, my hand was in some foreign sticky substance. I don't even want to know what it was. The walls were filthy, the shower as I previously stated, had tons of mold and it smelled as if someone had smoked 100 packs of cigarettes in there just prior to our arrival (apparently putting them out on the comforter!) Finally, my husband called telling me not to unpack anything, that he had found a better hotel. When we went to get a refund, even the woman who worked there said she wondered why we were staying there. How pathetic that the employees warn against staying there! It wasn't all that cheap either! $160 for 3 nights! We found a Holiday Inn in nearby Palmdale, and after hearing about our ordeal, shaved $30 off their usual room rate for us. Thank God! So, unless you are a drug dealer, pimp or just want to fear for your life in general, do NOT stay at this motel!!!