I won't berate the hotel, there is a reason we paid under $50 on new years eve for this location. You get what you pay for. It was bare basics and clean enough. I wouldn't try to impress anybody by taking them here.

I have been traveling to Rome on average every two weeks for well over a year now. While there I have stayed at the Econo Lodge. The rooms are typically clean, well maintained and the staff friendly and accommodating however ..... you none-the-less take your chances if you choose to stay at this hotel.

To start ... 1 to 2 door keys out of 10 won't open your door when you get to your room requiring a trip back to the front desk. On 1 occasion, I was forced to make 3 such returns before ultimately being reassigned a different room. Returns to the desk for defective keys has unfortunately become even more common over the last few months.

Once in the room ... expect the occasional surprise. Like the bed that had obviously been made but appeared to have recently been used as made evident by the messy bed cover and trash can containing only a used condom and it's wrapper. I'm glad I didn't walk in on that. Perhaps the reason for the keys not working all the time.

You may discover housekeeping hadn't even been through your room despite it being after 4pm. Fortunately, I had no trouble finding the house keeping staff as most of them were just hanging out in the parking lot smoking cigarettes, engaging in a lively debate and talking on a cell phone.

Bolt your door. I for one like to strip down and take a shower at the end of long day and typically do it first thing but .... on this one occasion I had opted to eat first. Lucky me. As I sat there eating chicken and channel surfing (cloths on) a member of the house keeping staff charged in unannounced. She of course apologized and acted surprised to find me. Here again, it was well after 4pm.

Check to see that everything works. I found a sink would NOT drain and (on a separate occasion) a shower didn't work. Keep in mind ... both sink and shower problems should be detected and reported by housekeeping

Finally, leave NOTHING behind. If you leave anything of any value behind .... you'll never see it again. This is unfortunately something I know about first hand having just left a relatively expensive camera behind. Not surprisingly, when I called the hotel and asked if it had been turned in .... the answer was no. Out of fairness to the hotel staff it is possible, albeit VERY unlikely, that it was overlooked by house keeping only to be found / kept by the next person to rent the room. It goes without saying that leaving things behind on the morning that you check out is extremely risky. I made a mistake and paid the price. The irony is that given my experiences over the last year I had a long standing policy of taking everything with me when I left regardless of checking out.

In closing .... Keys and showers that don't work, clogged sinks, unannounced visitors and even the mid day (while you away) booty calls are all just inconveniences and it's not like they happen EVERY time but they do happen. The lost camera is a testament to my own age induced forgetfulness but it can also be a testament to a decline in personal integrity and honesty. People should not want to benefit or take advantage of another persons short comings. In this case my forgetfulness. Likewise ... the occasional inconvenience is a reflection on the integrity of the entire Econo Lodge staff.

I can take measures to improve or compensate for my forgetfulness but there's little I can do to restore another other peoples integrity so .....
it's time I move on. Perhaps somewhere else I'll find fewer inconveniences and God forbid I should ever forget something again .... maybe ..... just maybe ... it won't be lost forever.

In the ad for the Hotel it said hair dryer, which there was none, refrigerater which there was no refrig, and iron no iron in sight. My sister and I stayed there because we were going to Turning Stone and It was pretty scary the last night. All we heard was noises out side all night long didn't dare open the door to look. It seemed someone was doing it on purpose. It was not a bed hitting the wall either we would of laughed at that. I felt like I was in a haunted hotel my sister would not even let me turn the lights out. The shower was ice cold the outlet by the sink did not work. Glad it was only two days. My sister said there was like a big stain by the bed like it had been a pool of blood. I don't know what ever happened in that room But I recommend not asking for ROOM 206.

The hotel price was good and the over all appearence of the room was ok. The lotion & shampoo that is provided was used, which was gross. I went with my sister for the weekend. The first night the light in the corner came on all by its self. The beds were very hard and we woke up with back aches. The next morning I noticed bloody hand prints on the wall by my bed. It appeared that some thing horrible went on in that room. The last night we were there there was loud slamming door sounds til 1:30 am. The shower was cold. I don't think I would stay there again.