Econo Lodge Sequoia Area

Priceline books this hotel without knowledge of the hotel owners. It took us 30 min to check in because they didnt have the itinerary. Pool was closed for maintenance in June. Fridge was old and unplugged. Big box TVs. Its a low star hotel that is roomy but dirty. We got a non smoking room that reaks of cigarettes. Its more like a locals live in hotel. But its cheap and thats what ya get.

A little overpriced. Check_​in time is at 3pm not 2pm. Early check-​in will cost you $ 25 more even though you have a room booked already.

I was very upset that Priceline took my money despite the fact that their relationship with the hotelier was over some time ago. I managed anyway and am happy I did. This is a darling gem of a place close to Sequoia National Park and is very affordable compared to their competition. The room we had is quite spacious, very clean and has a convenient microwave and big comfy chair for all that computer work! Oh… and did I mention that the WiFi is free? The breakfast is free too! For less money than a tent stay in Yosemite, we have a King sized bed and a flat screen TV. This is a great place for a family on the road with kids between parks!

We walked in to a room with multiple hairs on the sheets and a cock roach in the refrigerator. When we brought it to the owners attention, she looked at us as if we were lying. She then gives us another room as if she was doing us a favor and said «if we didn’t like this one this is all she has and their is no other cars in the parking lot. I will never return. I recommend if you have another option, do not come here.

very rude… called to see if they except pets… or know of one that does. because we’re going to a funeral, coming from sd. what a rude person for him to be that way and hang up. he doesn’t know a thing about customer service…

So room was clean, room was hot when I got in, the bed was so hard! !!! Wouldn’t sleep here again

This bad review is because of what my wife discovered and what I discovered in the room. Sure, the room was clean, but not enough. My wife discovered smudged dirt near the bathroom switch. I moved the night stand to put my laptop on it, and I found a box with 2 used condoms inside it. The Staff was nice enough, but their maids do not know how to read English. We placed the «Do not Disturb» sign on the door, and they disturbed us anyway. This place needs a kick in the pants, and I would not recommend them to anyone.

Solely based on me meeting the night employee. Straight ass. Boss pays for my room because my car broke down. Because the two bed is not under my name but yet I provided info that only I knew and my boss even spoke with him, still didn’t let us. And after, my boss tried talking to him again and they guy just didn’t want to talk or try to help. Douche. Maybe the rooms are nice.

The management has lost their minds with the «deposit» hustle. I’ve literally watched them arbitrarily vary the amount of funds placed on «hold» with credit cards of various customers. I’m seriously convinced that if you «look ghetto» or appear to be riff-​Raff to them, you are charged a HUGE ($ 200 – 300) «deposit /​hold» on your credit card. NOT COOL. I was charged only a $ 50 deposit, supposing as a result of my appearance; unassuming working professional. I’d even wager to state that they determine «deposits» based on race. Other Unilocal users have mentioned this and I’m convinced their suspicions are accurate. Overall, it’s a so-​so cheap hotel, A/​C units in all the rooms I’ve booked over the years sucks. I’ve been mobbed by hordes of crickets inside the rooms as well. Cleanliness also leaves something to be desired. Will NOT be doing business with them ever again.

Our experience was pretty positive. We expect the following from a budget hotel: cleanliness, safety, basic amenities (I am obsessive about cleanliness, especially). Based on that criteria, the hotel satisfied. The price was right; the rooms were relatively new, and the front desk personnel was kind to us. Here are the negatives: breakfast was wanting; the tv was old and with poor reception. All in all pretty good deal, if you are going in with the right expectations.

Never go here, overpriced because of world ag expo in Tulare, looks worse than anything I have ever stayed in. Shady outside.

Don’t go here!
Dirty!
Hotel owner is shady & rude!
They only accept a cash deposit!
Took me 2 months of begging & calling & disputing w the bank to get 80% of my deposit back!
Room was small & ghetto looking!

Listen up ppl there are NO EXCUSES not price nor conviences to stay here. Even if they paid me I would never return! These Indians are rude greedy lying cheating dirty and disgusting business owners. I am ashamed to confirm the cum stained furniture! Its so gross the guy wouldn’t refund us. Charged us a 300 $ cuz we paid cash. Told my black friend not to steal the tv and he might get it back. The tvs btw are old school fat tvs no one wants to steal heavy crappy crap! In the am they tried taking the deposit saying their dollar tree hand towel was ruined by me wiping my make up on it. Not for $ 300. And that also tells me u dont use bleach in the linens Nd towels yuck! These ppl are disgracful and racist. I try to stay away from Indian store hotels/​motels everything cuz they have bad/​poor customer service! They’re family owned with no one to answer too. Well I reported your stunt to econolodge corporate. I am looking into reporting to the health department as well. Yuck zero stars

Okay, the first thought that went through my mind when I pulled up to this place after a 3 ½ hour drive was «Welcome to Visalia.» I’m no hotel prude, all right? I saw the price, imagined what I’d be getting, and decided that was gonna be fine for one night. The place reminded me of my own crime-​ridden, god forsaken neighborhood (actually seemed safer, too) and to all of you pampered suburban kids who thought this was an Embassy Suites in Orange County… get a grip. Look, we’re all entitled to a clean place with basic necessities and a low risk of getting hepatitis, but you get what you pay for.
The lady at the desk was overly suspicious and half-​conscious, and managed to piss me off ten seconds into our conversation. We got into an argument over a $ 25 deposit that I wasn’t required to pay, and she eventually held my friend’s ID in lieu of sucking up my gas money. Then she got all bent out of shape because my signature didn’t look like the one on my driver’s license, so she made me sign again in different handwriting. I call that Econo Logic.
The first room she gave us was torn up and obviously under construction (DE-​struction?) so we called the front desk and got another one. I didn’t inspect the new room for seminal fluid or other lovely surprises because I knew it was probably everywhere. Let’s be real. The bathroom was clean, there were no bugs, and the air conditioner worked. What more could you ask for?
Stay here if you want a bed and a shower. Do not touch the black lagoon they call a swimming pool. Don’t go out at night unless you’re an idiot. It’s that simple.

My truck was broken into in the parking lot.
Found used crack pipe outside of room.
Interior of room was a combination of mold /​bodily secretions /​peeling paint /​broken A/​C etc
The icing on the cake was the high school wrestling team that was practicing in the room above us (no, I’m not joking) and the front desks refusal to do anything about it.
I think the crack pipe belonged to whoever was giving this place a 4 star rating. Call it anything you like, but a spade is a spade — and this place is still a dump. I’ll never stay there again regardless of price.

Do you know WHY I AM GIVING IT 4 STARS?! Because I want you to think about this very carefully… WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FOR around $ 50/​night?
Really…
Do you think you’ll get clean furniture that does not have cum stains?
Do you think you’ll get clean floors where you feel safe to walk around on with your bare feet?
Do you think you’ll get a fridge that actually worked? (yes I checked, and it was plugged in)
Do you think your bath tub will be spotless?
Do you expect to feel safe walking to your room from you car after dark?
Do you expect the lock on your door to work properly?
(One of us couldn’t leave our room because the lock was new and was having electrical problems, so we could have possibly been locked out. Thank god we only stayed for one night 12am to 7am so we didn’t really need to go out.)
If you expect all that and more for $ 50/​night, PLEASE TELL ME WHERE YOU CAN FIND A PLACE LIKE THAT?!
This place is really you get what you pay for. You MORE-​THAN-​LIKELY stayed here because you’re just looking for a cheap place to crash at with a bed and a shower.
Yes, the place is a run down, and in a way I did complain about this place, but also I am being fair and for $ 50 bucks you get a bed, a shower, clean towels, Cable TV with HBO and Free wi-​fi and to me that IS a GREAT DEAL.
So again, please. consider what you are paying for and what you are getting.

Wowsers. This place just doesn’t get a break, does it? But I guess I’m not going to give it much of one, either. So my friend and I get here yesterday, and the first thing I see is the tagging on the door of room 108, which the staff attempted (poorly) to cover up with paint. First sign of a positive experience. We check in and start to walk to our room, yes, room 108. Yes! But before we even walk in the door, we hear a pretty heated dispute in the lot next door between two guys, though one of them sounded sort of like a chick. While I had a difficult time determining what they were yelling about, I was sure that I heard a good amount of profanity and talk about finishing a job and yada yada. When I look over, I hear one of the guys get super pissed, yell something, then I see an axe swinging in the air. Second sign of a positive experience. Fortunately, the guy was just hacking an axe at the ground, «digging» what looked to be the size and shape of a shallow grave. Hmm… comforting.
Now the rest of the stay wasn’t too terrifying. The room was of decent size, it appeared to be pretty clean, and we kept telling ourselves that it was nice because it had a flat screen tv. Come on, we had to keep it positive. The only thing that sucked was that being on the first floor, we could hear every single step that the guy in the room above us could make because the friggin’ floor squeaked like crazy. And I could hear him walk back and forth from the bed area to the vanity area like ten times in only two minutes. Who needs to access the vanity that many times in such a short time period? And if you really do need to spend some time over there in that vanity, how about bring everything you need over there and stay there until you’re done?! Okay, I wouldn’t be so passionate about this, but seriously, when you’re trying to sleep but you can’t because this guy keeps squeak, squeak, squeaking above you, it can get on your nerves.
Oh, and be advised not to walk around without your shoes on. There was some kind of nasty stickiness on the floor, and my feet were dirty after only a few minutes of walking on it. Friggin’ gross.
But hey, there were some positives about EconoLodge:
1. Flat screen tv
2. Free HBO (this turned out to be pointless when the only thing that was ever on when I flipped the channel was The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor — really? They just had to keep beating that dead horse?)
3. Free wi-​fi — the best feature of this place, even though the signal kept cutting in and out. It allowed me to start this wonderful review for all (what, 2?) of you to enjoy.
I really, really, hope I don’t have to come back.

This place is immune to west coast sticker shock when it came to price. We found out why. The city of Visalia is innocent– looking enough. We didn’t expect the meth lab-​vibe of Albuquerque, nor the complete desolation of western Texas. But that room sure was cheap at around 50 bones. It turned out that the ‘lodge was really just a place to park your car and not really to sleep in any sort of comfort. There were bugs in the shower, by the sink, the beds and even in the Gideons’ bible. We were better off sleeping outside. In that sense, the «lodge» is sort of like camping indoors. I should have brought a tent. The room was very dirty and in disrepair. But again, it was crazy cheap. I’ll take cheap and old over unnecessarily pricey and fancy. I give it two stars over one, because the toilet DIDN’T back up as expected. Nor did the shower yield some form of malicious worm that burrows into the brain and lays its eggs there. That’s a ringing endorsement if ever heard one.

My, you stay at a lot of Econo Lodges, you say. Well… yes, gentle reader. But let it be known, all Econo Lodges are not created equal.
I had stayed at the Econo Lodge in Visalia previously, and, having experienced the dirt that is Econo Lodge San Luis Obispo, was all ready to give it 4 stars just for being cheap, clean, and replete with a mini-​fridge, microwave, and free wireless internet.
However, I had to knock off one star today for this, my second stay. I realized that the haiku I was composing about ELV was a bit hackneyed, so I’ll let this IM conversation with D sum up my experience:
[17:47] D: MONKEEYYYY
[17:47] T: hi
[17:47] T: dude
[17:47] T: i just switched hotel rooms
[17:47] D: why???
[17:47] T: mine was so frickin ghetto
[17:47] D: lol
[17:47] T: well, for starters, i go into the room
[17:47] D: roaches
[17:47] T: and the deadbolt has been pulled off
[17:47] T: and then it looked like the place didn’t really get cleaned
[17:47] T: those are kind of whatev
[17:48] T: but it was on the other side of the bldg than the one we stayed in
[17:48] T: and the room was kind of obstructed
[17:48] T: it was creepy
[17:48] D: yikes baby
[17:48] T: and the room next to it had its number written on in pencil
[17:48] T: IN PENCIL
[17:48] T: so, all of those, a little sketchy, but i was dealing
[17:48] T: but i was just napping
[17:48] T: and then i was awoken by a horrible screeching
[17:49] T: hillbillies had moved in next to me!
[17:49] D: lord
[17:49] T: and this girl had the loudest voice that you could ever imagine
[17:49] T: high pitched and she was like «babbbbbeeeeeee you have to be nice to me»
[17:49] D: lol
[17:49] T: and they sounded so frickin trashy
[17:49] D: scarrrry
[17:49] T: but they were SO loud
[17:50] T: and so i called the front desk and was like, listen bitches, i am not part of the tailgate party
[17:50] T: i want in on the other side of the building
[17:50] T: so the guy said okay, come down
[17:50] T: and i got all my stuff and went to get das auto
[17:50] D: eeks
[17:50] T: and i felt their beady eyes on me and they had obviously parked their truck next to mine
[17:50] T: and it was seriously an experiment on how many confederate flag stickers could fit on one vehicle
[17:51] T: it was all REDNECK AND PROUD
[17:51] T: so i went to the lobby and was like lookit
[17:51] D: mmmmm
[17:51] T: the dirty room with no deadbolt i could take
[17:51] T: but the white trash honkies i will not stand
[17:52] T: it is so nice and quiet and clean over here
[17:52] T: my little oasis of econolodge
[17:54] D: remember: eyes, throat, groin, knees are weak points
[17:54] T: shit, with honkies you just grab their 40 oz
[17:54] T: or does that anger them?
So, in my recurring nightmares, there are three themes that I can immediately think of: sharks, broken elevators, and hillbillies (not in the same dream, of course). The sharks and elevators don’t really frighten me in a conscious state, but I consider hillbillies to be a real threat. The people at the front desk totally thought I was being a pussy about the deadbolt and that Visalia is wayyyyyyyy too diverse for me (if you consider varying shades of beige diverse, sure), and I was like, don’t you understand?! Hillbillies! Confederate flags! Haven’t you seen Deliverance?!
Anyhow, if you ever find yourself in the incredibly cosmopolitan and diverse Visalia and stay at the luxe accomodations of the Econo Lodge, make sure you stay on the cleaner and hillbilly free side of the building (near the office).