Days Inn Ann Arbor

By far the worst and most expensive «hotel» stay of my life
To add context, I stayed here for the OSU-​Michigan game, so the extreme hike in prices (about 300%) is par for the course, but it made the frightening facilities here even more unacceptable. We checked into our rooms that was prepaid for by a family member and were surprised that our identity was not verified. Although a call was made ahead to ensure early check-​in would be available, the message apparently didn’t make it to the front desk, as they told us they didn’t have early check-​in on our reservation but would let us in if our rooms were ready (which we had to verify ourselves).
We walked over to our rooms, one on the first floor and one on the second. The second-​floor room was very cold and had the distinct smell of cigarette smoke permeating the air. When we turned on the heat it smelled like there were cigarettes in the furnace as the smell immediately became much stronger. I was pleasantly surprised that a microfridge was included in room amenities until I realized the fridge was broken. We had to be very careful when shutting the door because it would loudly slam. The first-​floor room was slightly more updated, although a strong chlorine smell substituted for the cigarette odor.
We only had two towels for a room for four people, and when we asked for extra towels they said it would be 30 – 60 minutes because they had to wash them. (They never came.) While we were planning to stay two nights, we left in the middle of our stay just so as to not have to endure staying here another night.
Icing on the cake was having to wash all of our clean, unworn clothes and travel bags upon returning home because they reeked of cigarette smoke. Save yourself the trouble and stay anywhere else!

Well, I couldn’t find any other hotel available this weekend that U of M is having a big football game. Rooms are very small and u believe the carpets smell pretty bad.

Avoid this place. I booked a room here without reading any of the Unilocal reviews. Once I saw the bed bug bite photos I called to cancel a week before I was to check in and was informed by a customer service representative that my room was non-​refundable. I feel ripped off. The customer service representative was less than helpful. When I raised the bedbug issue he professed ignorance which is his skill set. I asked what he would do if we had bed bugs and he told me we will give you another room. I then asked what if they all had bed bugs and I wanted a refund and he said cancellation policy is no refunds. Dishonest, disreputable, bad business. If I had the time I would sue them for this.

This place was absolutely disgusting. Do not stay here. Seriously you’re better off sleeping your car because at least it won’t smell or make you wonder if you got bedbugs. Our room was dirty and smelled.

At first my stay here was okay, we booked a standard room for 2 nights. The staff is super friendly and accommodating and the room, while in need of some repairs, wasn’t terrible. The bed was comfortable, we had a patio and screen door, it was dated but you get what you pay for. The pool situation was a bit ridiculous though, they shared a pool with the Comfort Inn next door and you have to go through long hallways, through the fitness room, and outside to get to the indoor pool that they share. It took us forever to find it.
Unfortunately though I want to warn that we only stayed one night, and got a full refund for our stay due to BED BUGS! It was unfortunate because we were having such a nice time, I thought at first it was just hives but I am now pretty certain it was bed bugs. Will post pics.

I gets one star only because there is no way to give a negative 5 star review.
DO NOT BOOK OR STAY HERE
unless you are looking to score some crack and a raging case of nearly every disease and bug bite known to man.
The place is run down on the outside and worse inside. They’ve tried to «renovate» but slopping in a coat of paint indoors and out, but it didnt work. Its still a run down dump. The «newly renovated» carpet in my room was held down by duct tape. The fresh paint on the walls was already scratched up and it still smelled of smoke. I took one step inside and said, «Nope». Went back to the front desk, watched a fist fight in the parking lot (no joke) and demanded my reservation be cancelled and refunded.
the place should be burned down. Its the only way to cleanse the ground it sits on.
Did I mention?
DO NOT BOOK OR STAY HERE

We drove in from New York and we reserved the room for the night, letting the hotel know we would be arriving late but we would pay for the room anyway. Not only was my hotel room NOT clean upon arrival, but when I went to my moms room to shower, the towels were dirty with pieces of hair lint and who knows what else. Luckily for me, I was able to cancel my reservation and stay elsewhere.

The short version of this review is that the place is old, run down, and badly in need of renovations. That said: the room I ended up in was clean and was fine for the price.
My room assigned at check in was extremely run down and smelled strongly of old cigarette smoke. It isn’t that someone had been smoking or that the room wasn’t properly cleaned: it’s that the room was formerly a smoking room and it had not been renovated or painted most likely. I doubt it had been updated since it was built. Decades of smokers ruined the room in a way that the housekeeping staff would be unable to fix.
I requested another room and the front desk guy was understanding. The second room I checked out smelled even worse than the first. I did end up finding a room that was perfectly acceptable, though.
I don’t want to give the impression that the room was _​dirty_​. It wasn’t. None of them were dirty. Outdated and rundown: yes. Light bulbs not working in the first room, bad paint job on the bathroom door, tear in a lamp shade, cigarette burn in the carpet, etc.
But, everything was CLEAN. The bathroom, despite looking outdated, was immaculate. The room I ended up staying in was much better. Still outdated but nothing was broken or run down. Just old looking. That room was very clean as well. The housekeeping staff is what saved this from being a 1 star review. Props to them for working hard to keep a dumpy looking hotel clean.

A high pitched alarm or screech woke me up at 330 and went on and off until 415 am. Finally I walked to the front desk where the best they could do was a room change. The women at the front desk checked it out and didn’t hear anything. A few minutes after she left it started again. The next morning I spoke to the manager who said if his clerk didn’t hear anything then there was nothing he could do. So basically he called me a liar. Well the place is a run down piece of crap where no one cares much about the customer so enter at your own risk.

HORRIBLE!!! Every room reaks of cigarette smoke but they will tell you every room is non-​smoking. Do they think everyone is that stupid? Keep looking. Every room allows pets too… Need I say more? I give this one ‘0’ star

Absolutely disgusted with our stay. Found bed bugs in the morning, they’ve infested our homes and cars. The manager on duty said that pest control would be contacted to confirm that they were bedbugs (which they obviously were) but when I called today they still had not done that, it has been a week since the incident. I got in contact with corporate and they said it would be another week to «investigate» the situation before they can do anything. Extremely dissatisfied with the poor quality of service and the lack of response in such a dire situation. This is a very expensive problem to try to fix.

I struggled with whether I should only give one star. I decided to be fair and take the whole experience into consideration, including value for price, and this is the cheapest stay in the area.
The positives:
1. The room was clean and the bathroom was in excellent condition.
2. Everything worked properly, and the TV and appliances were modern. Lots of hotels this price still have tube TVs, but this had a flat screen. Big fridge and full size microwave.
3. Housekeeping staff was excellent, room was always perfectly serviced and never personal items moved or rearranged.
4. Breakfast was nothing special, but my expectations weren’t that high.
5. It appears they are doing work on the buildings. Many A/​C units and furniture were being removed from rooms, hopefully for replacement.
6. Free Wi-​Fi, and good connection /​speed. Had no trouble using Netflix.
The negatives:
1. Smoke smell in room
2. Furniture old and in need of repair /​replacement
3. Someone had driven into the side of the building and done massive damage to a part of the wall before I arrived. This was roped off with yellow safety tape and it was there the whole week I stayed there.
4. When I had a problem with the vending machine not dispensing, the desk clerk actually «helped» by walking around to the machine, and demanding that I help rock the machine. He said «look, I am trying to help, do you want the candy or not?» I’ve had rude service before, but I’ve never been asked to endanger myself.
5. Skeevy wiring. When I got into the room the first time, the electrical devices were all unplugged. The extension cords provided did not look good…
6. Hallways and public areas horribad; walls, security doors, carpets all in desperate need of repair /​replacement. Those A/​C units and furniture I mentioned were being staged in the hallways, they were dirty and gross.

Stay away!!! Room smelled horrible felt dirty and had cockroaches in the bathroom. Would have been better off sleeping in my car or renting a hayloft in a barn. Health department needs to condemn this place. My dog house is cleaner than the room I stayed in.

Let me preface — I stayed here about 5 years ago during a stint moving into a new home. I recalled it being moderate /​ok and at that time they had a decent breakfast offering. During a recent business need for two days in Ann Arbor and with the idea to save some money — in a hasty decision I chose this place again.
One star is too much. Granted you get what you pay for — but even low end should have some standards.
First — I arrived a little after 2pm and checked in. Was given a room at the far back of the building. Proceed to the room only to find –upon opening the door — it looked like someone was living in it. I’m pretty sure I heard a cat meowing (probably in desperation to be rescued from the dump I was still oblivious to at that moment). I proceed up front and question being double booked. Keep in mind I had a reservation and the fact there are plenty of vacant rooms on site (consider the quality and half empty parking lot). The front desk was hardly concerned and proceeds to blame me for checking in early as opposed to taking responsibility for their own inability to look on a sheet or on a computer and identify an open room. Some job tasks can be hard I guess.
Then there is my room. ¾ of the lights didn’t work. The toilet would barely flush. When I took a shower the ceiling drywall would begin to flake and fall off because of the steam. The «cable» TV had less channels then I could have gotten with old school rabbit ears. The floor wasn’t cleaned prior to my arrival –or after being there two nights. I promptly called family and told them I might be assaulted or violated during the course of the next two nights and to throw a prayer or two up for me.
Finally there is breakfast: which I figured my luck with Eboli might be better than to delve into their offering. Thankfully the best choice I made those two days was to opt out of the little breakfast buffet they had. When I saw the «fresh fruit» I bolted (thankfully). I’ve never seen green (not ripe) bananas with brown spots all over them. Which probably means they were brought to the Days Inn last summer, stuck in a fridge to rot to perfection, then served right on time a year later. I figured the Carb items or malt mix for the waffles couldn’t be exempt from being spoiled. As if the hotel wasn’t cutting corners in enough other areas to save money…
In conclusion, I went thru this experience but you don’t have to. Stay away and you will assure safety and won’t shave years off your life like I probably did from the exposure.

This place is one of the worst hotels (not even sure if I can even call it a hotel. Felt mostly like a motel) I’ve stayed at. It was the homecoming of Michigan and we were in town for a wedding. So needless to say, we really didn’t have a choice on where to say. Everything else was completely overbooked.
The room smelled like cigarettes when we first arrived. When I went to use the heater, my bf walked out of the shower and asked what was burning. Needless to say I had to turn off the heater in fear of burning down the room. When I needed an iron, I had to call the front desk and have the housekeeper bring it to my room. Which provided me with the iron and a stained small ironing board. Also, when we were in need of towels, I called the front desk to bring some to my room. He said I could look out for a housekeeper around 10 or 11am and ask them for one. I told him I needed them ASAP since my bf was taking a shower and he said.“oh you can come pick them up front if you need one”. How rude!
The only think I cared the most about was the fitness room. When I went to use the fitness room, I walked into a room with a non working treadmill and elliptical. It looked like it had not been in use for a couple of years. I had to jog outside, which was better for me anyways.
Please do not stay here! Go to the Hampton Inn next door. It looks so much better!

I checked into the days inn about half an hour ago and I’m already afraid of my upcoming nightmares. There is a plastic stick used as a lock on my door to the outside. I honestly gave this place a fair chance after reading other reviews, but then realized they were pretty accurate.

I needed to book a room for a week for business travel out of state. Keeping budget in mind, I booked with (Ann Arbor, MI) Days Inn, as they have traditionally offered budget friendly, but clean and functional rooms as a franchise. I wasn’t looking for any frills, but did expect clean, secure, and functional.
Day 1: Check in — reservation lost, after a scramble, it was found. Sent to back of building to enter building, to get to room. Exterior card reader was out of order, so could not get in. Card not programmed to open room door either. I was able to get a little extra exercise lugging a weeks worth of stuff down the flight of stairs a second time to go to the front desk to fix the swipe cards. My struggles appeared of interest to the homeless guy wheeling his buggy past. Furniture is circa 1970, and is in poor condition. My nonsmoking room smelled of smoke with an undercurrent of pee and mold. My bedding had cigarette burns in the comforter. The room was dirty. There was no safety lock on the sliding glass door, so anyone that could climb 8 feet, could break in for a little mayhem. Oh yea, they clock was blinking «12:00,» and the safe didn’t work.
Day 2: Sunday morning, but if you want the «free breakfast» you better get your lazy self downstairs before 9:00 a.m. when it is over. Who gets up and is ready for breakfast that early on a weekend, or on vacation? Checked out the pool. Great amenity for anyone looking to pick up Hep-​C. Card reader still not fixed. Leaving building wide open now so anyone can enter off the street. I am keeping an eye out for the homeless to come wandering by.
Day 3: Card reader still not fixed. Building still left wide open. Upon returning to room, discover that on a 94′ day, the maid opted to keep my air conditioning turned to «off,» so I could enjoy the sauna like conditions of a smoke/​pee/​mold smelling room to it’s fullest upon returning. Too lazy to change rooms and haul all my stuff up and down the stairs again, so am trying to deal. Have pulled chair in front of door wall as security measure.
Day 4: Card reader STILL not working. Air conditioner nonfunctional now, because it tripped the jerry-​rigged GFI that is attached to the power cord. I called the front desk to ask for maintenance, and was told maintenance is not available after 4:00. I asked desk clerk to please open electrical box, and flip the breaker for my room back to the «on» position, in order to restore power. Request denied! I was told that the outside air is «cooling off» and in an hour or so I should get a nice breeze from the open sliding glass door. As if! I am afraid in my room with the door locked, drapes closed, and a chair propped in front of it. What kind of open invitation am I supposed to be giving the homeless serial killers roaming the area?
Day 5: Called front desk to ask for air condition repair while I am away at work. Fingers crossed. Hoping the exterior card reader is also fixed, but doubtful.
Summing Up: So while I have yet to complete my entire stay, I think you are probably pickin’ up what I’m layin’ down… This place is a dump, and I am surprised that Days Inn has allowed their brand to be applied to such a disgraceful hotel. On the up side, as others have pointed out, it is in a great location, if a bit sketchy (stay indoors after dark) and is cheap. In hindsight, I think I should have checked out and spent an extra 20 bucks a night to get out of that squalor, so, lesson learned

So this isn’t the nicest hotel but in my review I’m comparing it to other budget accomodations, taking the sketchy carpet and general run downess as a given, not something to lower the rating.
I’ve stayed her a couple of times in the past two years.
So the pluses:
1. The counter staff always seem pretty nice. They are accomodating and don’t mind if you check out the room first or switch to another one because you don’t like the one you’ve been assigned.
2. Location is great. There’s a Bob Evans across the street, Red Lobster is about 100 yards down the road, CVS is a two minute drive (turn right when you leave the lot).
3. Lots of parking.
4. City bus stops literally right outside the door.
5. Always cheap.
6. the breakfast room is a decent place to sit and work on your laptop while watching TV if you want to get out of your room for a bit.
7. Free wifi
8. Rooms have a microwave and a fridge.
The downside:
1. Four of the five times I’ve checked in I’ve had issues — I was given a room that hadn’t been cleaned (this happened a few times), I was once given a room that sitll had people in it, or I was given a room that didn’t match what I was paying for.
2. the carpet is nasty
3. In general, it’s run down and dirty.
4. Even though all hotels are non smoking in Michigan, the clientle of this hotel doesn’t seem to have any problem with lighting up, thus, many of the rooms smell like smoke.

I don’t know about the haters posting reviews here… do you expect the Plaza for under $ 60 a night, including breakfast?
This place is a solid mod to inexpensive motel.
They are conveniently located to the major local highways and to E.M.U.
Our room (#104) was fine– unoccupied, clean, functional a/​c, microwave & fridge. Shower was above average– never a shortage of hot water.
There is ample, easy to get to parking.
The breakfast is fine for the carb lovers out there (oatmeal, cold cereal, toast, bagels, make your own waffles, fresh fruit, coffee, tea & juice). If you don’t like the TV choice in the breakfast area, you can bring your feast back to your room. There is also a fridge and microwave in the room.
Easy to find, convenient to local, major highways.
In addition, there is a restaurant next door who delivers for no extra fee. Bonus.
For the cost, I’d stay there again.

staying here on business. Front desk staff very courteous and helpful. Room i had was clean, pretty basic though. Bathroom needed some maintenance attention. Went to use the fitness center and was very disappointed, nothing like what was advertised on the hotels website. Wesite says recently renovated, but i think they need to keep renovating. In a bind, not a the worst place, but i won’t be back.