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Days Inn - Durham: Traveller Reviews

2.0 of 5
3460 Hillsborough Rd., Durham, NC 27705
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Days Inn - Durham
Ranked #54 of 66 hotels in Durham
2.5 of 5 stars 60 Reviews
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dave333
1 review
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Horrendous”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 July 2011
1
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Actual quotes from our time here:
We need a chemist in here, what is that?
What on earth could possibly cause the stain on the ceiling? I think it's brown.
Oh you can really hear what goes on in the bathroom, huh?
That's egregious in a way I did not expect.
Tell Mitch not to come upstairs now cause there's people yelling in the stairwell.
What on earth is that on my ceiling?
I hope nobody's sit on this before.

  • Stayed March 2011, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
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KEN PATEL, Manager at Days Inn - Durham, responded to this review
26 July 2011
Thank you for staying with us and if there is anything wrong during your stay, we will do our best to take care of it or we will refund you. But we value your opinion and please let the hotel know before putting a bad review.
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Reading, Pennsylvania
1 review
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“The worst hotle I have ever stayedin, I woul have been better off in a tent”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 June 2011
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The floors were filthy, feet turned black after walking across once. Peeling paint everywhere, leaking water, ripped curtains, cracks in walls, etc. Never cleaned the pool or checked the chemical levels. The breakfast was a joke. The worst of any Days Inn I have ever stayed at, we travea lot and I have stayed at Days in in 6 different state. On top of that we prepayed on line and the would not give our money back to stay at a different hotel. The pictures online look nothing like this hotel. Not even the pool pictures are the same. The also act like everyone is trying to steel from them, they come into the pool to do a "check" to make sure only guest are in the hotel. The accused a white boy of sneaking in, he was actually staying with an African American family, had a room in his own name--what a "nice attitude". On top of the horrible conditions we left some items in the room, called a few hours later after checking out, the room had not been re-rented but the items were gone- not stolen we were told because we had checked out, so beware of cleaning staff the do take things.

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  • Stayed June 2011, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“BEWARE - nasty rooms and nastier service”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 June 2011
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I would not suggest staying here and would sleep in my car rather than stay here again. I had to get 2 rooms (1 for me and 1 for my Mom) due to having medical appointments at the Durham VA Medical Center. The rooms were absolutely filthy dirty, TV remote did not work and other amenities did not function. The pool had several people with kids swimming and "picnicing" which were not even guests. There were fome people actually grilling with open flames on the sidewalk right outside the room door. The vending machines did not function and staff was extremely rude and would not even attempt to refund my Mothers money after she had made several attempts to get a soft drink. It was scary even to leave the room during daylight due to the type of "street" people who were hanging aroung the motel. I have never seen rooms so filthy and experienced service so bad when staying in a ruputable motel. This was a terrible experience and it is well worth a few dollars to stay elsewhere. BEWARE !

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  • Stayed June 2011, travelled on business
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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KEN PATEL, General Manager at Days Inn - Durham, responded to this review
20 June 2011
I am extremly very sorry to hear about your experinence at the days inn . We are constantly trying our best to keep all our customers happy. But we didnt hear any complains from you while you were staying with us. I promise you if we had known i would have done my best to satisfy you. As far as the pool is concerned we have one of the biggest pools in a hotel in durham and therefore we stay busy in the summer months, but it is only for REGISTERED GUESTS. We do not let anyone in our pool but customers of the hotel. We do not let people grill on the property, so if you saw somebody doing that , it was against the rules and i am very sorry for that. Please give us another chance and i will try my best to satisfy you.
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1 review
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“House keepers stole money from my room.”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 June 2011
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We stayed at this place for duke graduation. It was late when we checked in and there were no rooms left in town otherwise we would have never stayed at this place. Next morning when house keepers came to clean my room they stole $ 700 from my purse and threw the envelope in the trash can as an insult to an injury. I ran to the front desk and notified desk clerk. Luckily when desk clerk confronted the house keepers one old guy ran along to some lady and asked her to return the money. I guess they all work in a team to rob customers.

  • Stayed May 2011
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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KEN PATEL, Manager at Days Inn - Durham, responded to this review
13 June 2011
First of all we do not have a team to rob customers. My staff has been here for almost 10 years and they are very very honest. When you checked out you forgot your money. Again i am repeating this that you forgot your money. When you came back you were given your money. Most people lie and make excuses if they want to steal. Despite you thanking and rewarding my housekeepers you are acussing them. Well just for your knowledge we work hard here so customers stay here and return to our property. We are not trying to rob and lose customers. Well i am very proud at my housekeepers for returning your $700.00 and i personally rewarded them for their honesty. Honesty always stays here at days inn- durham.nc.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
“Nightmare on Hillsborough Road”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 June 2011
1
person found this review helpful

This hotel would be an excellent horror movie location. Broken door hinges and deadbolts, the toilets are broken, the towels have black spots all over them(mold, I presume). There are gangsters all around the hotel, the pool is very dirty with green water, there are cars without license plates. When we tried to check out early, the front desk clerk tried to keep us by asking if something was wrong with our room, he would give us a free night, etc. Eventually we convinced him that we would be continuing down to Wilmington. Immediately after leaving, we found a nice Comfort Inn down the road - which was certainly a much needed safe hotel.

Liked - The fact that I can inform people to not stay here
Disliked - Everything

  • Stayed July 2010, travelled with family
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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3460 Hillsborough Rd., Durham, NC 27705
Price range (per night):* 55 AUD - 95 AUD

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