Rodeway Inn

We stayed 2 nights with our 6 year old grandson. Our room was big enough with the roll-​away opened up that the 3 of us were hardly ever tripping over each other. The size of the bathroom was. good. They served a continatal breakfast in the morning and it was a very nice, big room with plenty of seating and S large selection of breakfast foods including making your own great waffles. If will ever come up to Bellingham WA, we most likely will stay here again?

Driving here, it would be helpful if the signs on I-​5 would point which direction on Meridian Rodeway Inn was. There IS room for it next to the Econolodge sign.
I’m confused by the other commenters who say it’s a cheap hotel… my 2-​Queens room was $ 114/​night for two nights, total $ 254 with taxes. AC was loud in room, I can hear every flush and footstep of other guests near me. Fridge, coffee maker and microwave were nice. Breakfast every morning was nice. My room had no pen/​paper, or «Do Not Disturb» sign for doorknob. The HD TV needs HD service, and since it doesn’t, it’s an annoying fuzzy picture. Hotel location was perfect, easy access (once I learned which side of I-​5 it’s on). I would stay here again if it only costs $ 80 or less next time. I booked last minute and other properties were sold out.
The sports bar adjacent to Rodeway, the Slo Pitch, had an amazing bacon-​swiss burger with a side salad! ¹⁰⁄₁₀ would drive to Bellingham for that burger again.

We just stayed one night. Though the room stated non-​smoking, it smelled of stale smoke. There was a TV but it wasn’t hooked up. The room had a scuzzy feeling, as if it could be rented by the hour. Not sure if it is pet friendly but you could hear a whining puppy through out the night.

Not happy, saw the sign saying breakfast served here and was never told it was in a room, so missed it completely. Place is kind of a dump, nothing to be happy about.

Bedbugs, urine, trash?!? This is far and away the most disgusting, gross, filthy, dirty hotel I’ve ever stayed in.
We walk in, go to the bathroom and there is urine all over the place to the point where it has dried in puddles on the toilet seat. I’ve uploaded the photos to Unilocal a few minutes ago. These join the photos of urine and blood-​stained mattress and sheets by Rikki E.
So, I called the front-​desk to and ask the manager if we can have a clean room. She asks what the problem is. I tell her about the urine. She’s silent so I go on — the rug is dirty, there are cup/​drink stains on every surface, the telephone has fingerprints all over it. The sheets are stained, there’s trash on the floor… it does on and on…

My experience was quite different than others listed here. I was in a smaller, Queen size bed room. Being a single male my needs were minimal. My room (#225) was small & yes CLEAN (no stains or filth anywhere that I could see) A great no frills generic hotel room. My purpose was to come on a little overnight writing/​brainstorming retreat & the room was very amenable to that. (table, fridge, microwave, hot tub)
My experience with the staff also differed from others listed. From the moment I was greeted til I left my interactions were positive & helpful. (& NO I don’t have any association with the staff or hotel manage ment)
So if you’re single & looking for a low-​cost free breakfast place to stay, from my experience I would recommend it to you… At least room #225.

Note: This is a pet friendly well worn Inn…
I booked this hotel on a special through Choice Privileges for a one night stay– quick trip to the airport. At $ 66 including tax I decided to give it a try. Spend the extra money saved on some craft beer. (Note to self: Don’t go by CP site reviews– check Unilocal… It would’ve saved me… I knew that)
Upon entering the hotel one of the first things I see is a sign «Pets $ 10 extra». I asked the agent if that meant that some rooms were pet friendly, his response «There isn’t a room in the hotel that hasn’t had a pet in it» He noticed my panic look– concern and followed with «Not to worry, the housekeepers do a good job cleaning»
I headed up to the third floor to give the room a quick go over. On the way I immediately noticed an unrecognizable smell– almost like that from some type of acid. The room smelled a little better, but again had a different smell to it as well. Old smoke and a covering agent?
The room was well worn, but for the most part seemed fairly clean. Old style television, basic essentials, bed was comfortable and the Wifi worked flawless. Small microwave and fridge.
A lot of road noise, but once you turn on the ventilation it’s well covered. Staff seemed friendly and helpful. I would say it was a little depressing, but thankfully I brought some beer back from the brewery so…
Comforter hit the floor, hand cleaner at my side and Teva’s stayed on.
All in all I really can’t complain. I slept 6 hours straight through.
I learned a lesson… I guess it’s what one should expect at the rate.
I won’t be staying here again.

Hands down the nastiest hotel I’ve stayed in since that time in 1991 when I was young, dumb, and drunk and paid $ 12 for a room in Nuevo Laredo. Have all my questionable life choices led to this fresh hell? Blood stains on the sheets, filthy old stained mattress and crappy box springs, black mold on the bathtub grout… I wanna go home.
(And yes, I have photos to back up this review. Tragic, horrifying, gag-​reflex-​triggering photos.)
Update: My colleagues and I paid in advance for three nights (4 rooms total), but we checked out after the first night and got refunds for the two nights we didn’t stay. We moved to the Holiday Inn, which ended up being a major upgrade for us without costing too much more.

I waited over a month to post my review thinking I could forget my experience but alas, it apparently is imprinted on my old but feeble mind.
I stayed on 23 December 2012, crossing the border in Blaine, Washington from Vancouver, British Columbia late that Sunday afternoon to avoid the perceived Christmas Eve shopping rush (and also Monday traffic into the United States) in order to visit Leavenworth, Washington and Portland, Oregon.
This was the first of my almost two weeks in my country of birth.
The hotel itself appeared clean enough on the outside with ample parking, a bright lobby, and reasonably friendly staff.
Inviting as it seemed, from there, it went downhill quickly. Apparently, it is okay for those of you with kids to let them run up and down the halls unattended. I say this since the parents were nowhere to be found (probably making another mistake) and the hotel stuff said it was not their job to police the halls. Adding insult to injury, later that evening, as I was watching TV, I received a call my TV was too loud. I turned it down, went outside to the hallway, only to hear the TV in another room (no doubt, the room where the kids had left their belongings) and the kids playing in the hallway.
The previous reviews mentioned free wi-​fi but that did not work most of the night. The bed, as previously mentioned, was firm and very quiet under repeated duress. The bathroom was very clean.
Good things to say about this are the location on Meridian Street, next to Econolodge, west of the IH 5 freeway from the IH 5 south Exit 256 ramp and within walking distance of the west side of the Bellis Fair mall housing a Target, Macy’s, and Old Country Buffet.
It is true that you get what you pay for since that is what we settle for instead of expecting quality and pride in our work. What has society come to? Thirty years ago, this place would have been condemned.

You get what you pay for, people. A room to sleep in is all we wanted and it had to be cheap. It wasn’t that bad. Yes, it was old. Yes, it wasn’t the Hilton or the Holiday Inn, but shit, sometimes you just need a bed to sleep on. And this place did the trick.

$ 55 on a Thursday night, last minute booking. This is fair value, clean room but well used. Free in-​room wi-​fi, hot water, very firm bed which I like but, many people will cry about, complementary juice and muffins and US Today in the morning in the hotel lobby rounds out a totally forgettable stay.
If a $ 55 stay is memorable it will be for all the wrong reasons. Rodeway Bellingham let us remember all the reasons for a quick trip and doesn’t give us any surprises.