I'll start by saying, DO NOT stay here! To use tehphrase "Americas Best Value Inn" when talking about this motel is itself a joke. It's an old recycled Ramada Inn that saw its best days back in the 1980's. And that's no joke. It's managed by non-US citizens who bicker and argue with each other while you're standing there waiting for service. Very unfriendly staff and a very uncomfortale feeling about this motel. Everything is strictly low-budget here, including the service you get. Trying to get an extra towel (because they didn't put enough in the bathroom to begin with) is like asking for the key to Fort Knox. (That wasn't meant as a joke.) There is limited parking for motel guests during the day, but parking at night is pure hell. They have live bands in the bar downstairs at night and the bar patrons use all of the limited parking spots so the guests have nowhere to park. There is no dedicated parking for motel guests and no additional parking is available anywhere. We came back to the hotel at night and could not find one empty parking spot. I tried to get some help from the guy at the front desk but all he kept telling me in very broken English was, "parking around back". I tried to tell him repeatedly that we couldn't get to the "parking around back" because the drunks in the bar had completely blocked the driveway to the parking lot back there. After an hour of telling him that, he finally walked back there and saw for himself that (you guessed it) the driveway was blocked. Go figure. After 90 minutes we finally got a parking spot when one of the bar drunks left. If you have a room on the lower floors, you probably won't get much sleep with the loud noise and music from bar at night. We had a room on the top floor and could still hear the music. Our stay in this motel was like someplace you'd find in India. We stayed there for two reasons: budget price and a convenient location. We proved that you get what you pay for. We learned our lesson and won't stay there again. We've discovered since then that there are plenty of other really excellent hotels in that area that are far better that this place will ever be. If you're smart, you'll drive by this place and keep on driving.

This hotel is located in a busniess area. You have to buzz to get into the office area (1:00 pm), it is locked ALL THE TIME, to get ice you must have MANAGEMENT get it for you, (again ring the bell to ask), there are signs saying no refunds in the office. We had paid online prior to arrival. We choose it because we were traveling to see Thomas the Tank and with young children and the AMMENITY OF the PLAYGROUND was a positive selling point. Even with out the mention of NO POO, which many other area hotels offered we felt that outdoor play would be a better choice since at that time of year weather can be an issue. There is a green area with trees located on the backside of the building, just across the alley and it is patrolled by local police. When we drove up the alley to see if the playground was just out of sight; the police followed us. When we stopped he stopped. Don't look for the playground it is not there; when I asked the office I was told you can play in the back in the grass. Grass & trees do not make a playgound. Also this location is not in the tourist area of the town at all; the road is very busy and it is an industrial area. There is a pizza garden next door, whose customers on the outdoor patio were loud and AMAZING to watch. To find Thomas the Train, at the Strasburg Railroad Station, we had to drive 25 minutes or more.

I booked this hotel on hotwire and was VERY disappointed! Not a safe location at all! There are cameras all over the outside of the motel. Makes you wonder what kind of trouble has occured here. Staff was not friendly or helpful. Would not recommend this hotel for anyone, do not even consider it if you have children!

Major virtue was availability and cheap price (about $50).

Room was clean and fresh, not too noisy, bed comfortable, TV ok, internet access actually worked. Everything pretty-much as expected. Semi-industrial neighborhood. Bar-and-grill next door is really just "Bar", but not very far from other eating options. Not a great place to entertain the family, but an acceptable 1-day stay for a tired single traveler.