We were approached by a prostitute, who was not sober, before we even got our bags out of the car. She wanted to use our cell phone to get in touch who she referred to as her "mobster boyfriend who keeps her room here". We went to the lobby to check in and she followed us, taunting us even though we ignored her. The clerk behind the desk did nothing to stop her from bothering us. We went to our room and found there were no windows and the door didn't lock. At this point it became very clear to us that we were staying in a hotel which was used for prostitution, and there would be no locked doors between us. We went back to the lobby to let the clerk know we weren't going to stay the night. He apologized and offered to put us in another room but we wanted to get as far away from this hotel as possible. He became persistent and I finally had to raise my voice and tell him that there is no way he was going to get us to stay in this hotel. He then told us that we had to call choicehotels to cancel our reservation because they do all their booking through them. When I called the number they said the Econo Lodge had to cancel my reservation, there was nothing they could do. This went on for about a half hour, with this clerk giving us the run around. During this time he also called the police to report that we were being harassed by one of his guests (the woman following us). We just wanted to go to sleep, we didn't want to report anything to the police. But sure enough, we were delayed even further when the police showed up. When I asked the clerk to give me verification that my credit card would not be charged the only thing he gave to me was a faint copy of my credit card receipt with the word VOID written on it. At that point we didn't even care if my card got charged the $75, we just wanted to get out of there. This hotel was not safe and the clientele are extremely shady. Do not stay in this hotel!