Days Inn Fultondale

Stayed 3 nights at this Days Inn. We are Wyndham rewards members so the points along with the price of this stay were well suited for us.
Online the place looks great… and when you get there-it’s not quite as great, but still great (ish). Its all been rebuilt since tornados tore through the area in 2011 (if you read the 3^rd review on Unilocal, I venture that it was before the rebuild). There is major construction going on in front of it and its tricky to navigate in the dark when you don’t know where you are going. On Thursday and Friday nights, the place was full of daytime landscaping workers and pulling up to a parking lot full of men hanging out on their trucks eating fast food, talking on cell phones and being loud was a little unnerving… but no problems to report.
The lobby has a weird smell. Not foul, just weird and odd. The staff are all friendly and Judy in the breakfast area is a picture of southern hospitality. Of course, the eggs are «fake eggs» and the rest is standard fare, but at least its not McDonalds or going out and spending big bucks on breakfast food I can make much better at home.
Our room also had a strange odor. I don’t know if it’s the cleaners or disinfectant or smoke or what. You get used to it and it didn’t wreck havoc on my allergies like other hotels with their perfumed rooms. Bleh. The alarm clock was broken and we joked all weekend about it being 8:88 or 9:80.
Rooms are very modernly decorated. No table and chair so dining in the room is a challenge. Room was clean and more than adequate for us. Micro fridge and microwave is nice. Bathroom is tiny! Almost like a stall with a tub. Good shower, though.
All in all, we would stay again.

Stayed two nights at this Days Inn. It’s fine for what it was, but certainly a «you get what you pay for». I travel a lot (about 120 nights a year) and use Marriott, Holiday Inn and Wyndham (of which Days Inn is a part), depending on where I am, what I need and how much money I have in the budget, lol. All I needed now was a place to sleep while I took care of business in the area.
So…check in was friendly. Noticed there was major construction going on literally across the street, and the hotel was very close to freeway… asked for quiet room if possible. She did put me at the back, but honestly I doubt that the highway and construction noise is really any less. But she tried. No elevator, but only 2 floors in my building, but didn’t see that detail mentioned on their website. Fine since I had just one light bag, but wouldn’t have been fun to hup a heavy suitcase or two up those steep stairs.
Room is clean but quite small. Bathroom is so small you literally have to squeeze yourself against the tub to close the door… well, to try to close… the building must have shifted at some point and the door stops when it rubs the floor… push hard it will close. Oh… the light switch… on the outside of the room. Towels and sink… also on the outside of the room. I told you it was a small bathroom.
There is a large desk/​dresser/​fridge. But the table is about 6 inches higher than an average table… and the chair is low… so it’s definitely not comfortable for computer work for more than an email or two. Two+ hours of working this way and my neck is cramped and my shoulders and arms sore from working so high up. Unplug and use my lap on the bed instead. There is one other chair in the room, but it’s literally crammed between the bed and the air conditioner and can’t be moved without also moving the bed… so forget it… prop some pillows, finish my work and forget about surfing for fun.
Breakfast was very disappointing… at check in she enthusiastically tells about eggs and bacon and waffles… so you’re looking forward to breakfast. Eggs and bacon are in a pan with no lid… imagine how warm the half empty dish is… yep. But hey, they’re better than the waffles… those were premade, started life frozen but they were thawed, and you have to put it in the microwave… and yeah, that’s how it tastes. Bacon was that see thru paper thin stuff with no flavor but plenty of grease. There is one kind of sweet roll, one kind of muffin, bagel, English muffin and white bread for toasting. Two kinds of dry cereal, but they were out of milk. Instant oatmeal packages. Oh well, it’s only two mornings. Coffee, OJ and apple juice to drink. Presumably milk if they weren’t out of it both days.
All in all, it’s a decent place to stop over and sleep… for a longer stay, I think I’d want to spend a few dollars more for comfort, a good breakfast and a quiet location.

Well we came to this days inn on june 25 2014 stayed & had a great time for
hats off to the cook.(judy)she was great& we loved our stay here. the place was clean& everyone was very friendly. the bed was great& comfortable. i know everyone works hard here&i will return here again. please everyone keep up the great work. from Kenny Walmart. thank you all.

Yikes. Room and lobby had an odor of smoke combined with garbage. Front desk attendant, an elderly Southern woman, was more intent on the Ice Cube movie on USA than on assisting us with check-​in.
Then the fun part: exterior corridors on a dark road off the main highway toured us past assorted cracked-​out and/​or drunk motel patrons hanging out of their rooms to really add to the vibe of the place. Really. I wish I were kidding.
The room was missing a lock on the door but did have iffy bedding, filthy floors, the television zip-​tied to the wall, and remnants of cockroaches in the bathroom and sink area. We practically sprinted back out and checked into another hotel the next exit up. Hotwire be damned.
It was «Joy Ride» meets the Bates Motel, only without Paul Walker or a genius Hitchcockian storyline. I wish I were exaggerating this review… it would’ve at least been funny, had we not had our three-​year-​old with us. Instead, it felt dirty and extremely unsafe, particularly for families or female travelers.