The Cardinal Inn

Crooked /​Charged me twice … Do not recommend you stay in the CARDINAL INN (Luray). The Indian gentleman at the front desk insisted that my Orbitz reservation was to hold the room only. Wi-​Fi absolutely did not work and the wall sparked through the night. When asked about the double booking in the morning the same man twisted the story and offered no refund. Handed his key back and called him a thief. Proceeded to Orbitz for refund.
Should receive negative stars
No I’m not kidding

It is what it is for the lowest price close to the Thorton Gap park entrance. I checked in fairly late and the guy at the front desk was nice and I got my room right away. It is a bit worn down but I didn’t see any bugs in the room and other than the shower it was clean, had temperature control and password protected wifi access. Starting with five stars for what I expected for the price, I had to remove some stars because there was hair in the shower which grosses me out no matter the rate.

Clean, comfortable and quiet. Cold A/​C Reasonable rates. Dated is the only thing someone could whine about unless they expect the room entertain them. they had to have made major improvements. That’s the only thing that explains the crappy reviews. It’s $ 90 bucks a nite for goodness sakes.

I would give it NO stars if I could! This place is the shittest hotel I have ever been in. All the rooms smell horribly of cigarettes even though it is «smoke free». We came in town for a wedding and this was just a awful experience. The rooms are dirty and the ceilings are falling in. The wi if is free of you stay outside of your sketchy as hell room. They moved us from one room to another and it was actually worse. It was just so disgusting!!! The owner seems like the only person working there and he is a lying asshole. Hard to work with and gets all worked up. Pain in the ass dirty little stinky hole! Please please please be warned.

Cheap and very basic but smells like smoke. Room had a «No Smoking» sign but either it is ignored or they just put it up last week. Owner was friendly and motel was convenient for our needs, but I probably wouldn’t stay here again.

Nice little Motel. Non-​expensive. Nothing fance but fair deal. Clean and friendly service. Check-​in was quick and it is not far away from the entrance to the Shenandoah Park. We’ve been here a few times whenever we are spending the weekend hiking or kayaking. They have a big field in the back, with a picknick area and a small grill for BBQ’ing.
If you want something fancy then this won’t be your place.

Got lots of bedbug bites here. Enough said

DON’T STAY HERE.
I made a reservation (five months in advance) and upon reading some sketchy reviews elsewhere, decided to cancel three months in advance. Keep in mind, the cancellation policy was 24 hours, so I did this in AMPLE time.
Well, they «couldn’t find» my reservation and kept telling me to go online, which I did, but my reservation number was not recognized by the system. I called them on three separate occasions, after they told me to «try and call back», to no avail. I finally told the gentleman that he would not be allowed to bill my card when I didn’t show up, to which he said, «yes I will.»
So I called my credit card company, warned them, and called Cardinal Inn to tell them that I had done so and that I would be calling the Better Business Bureau. All of a sudden, they found my reservation and cancelled it! Very interesting, don’t you think?
There are a dozen other places to stay in and around Luray. Just make sure it’s not the Cardinal Inn.