Econo Lodge

I arrived and headed for the reception desk. The area outside the main entrance reeked strongly of cigarette smoke.
I was given a room. It was a standard motel room. It appeared clean, but there was a slight scent of smoke to everything in the room. As I am allergic, and also because I had paid for a nonsmoking room and didn’t want to be charged a cleaning fee because of the odor, I returned to the front desk to let them know. I was given another room, this time upstairs above reception, which was a lot less convenient but didn’t smell of smoke, although I had to walk through the horribly smelly area outside to get to it. The room was run down, but clean. The ceilings were sloped, low enough that I had to stoop to walk in some parts of the room. The door lock seemed a bit iffy, and the dead bolt was not functional. I departed for an evening social function for which I was in town, taking my valuables with me.
When I returned the room was chilly, so I turned on the heater. This promptly filled the room with a light scent of cigarette smoke. It may be that all the rooms in this motel are *officially* non-​smoking, but unofficially, everywhere you go on the property you can smell it.
I managed to get part of a night’s sleep, but woke up early choking on heavy cigarette smoke which had filled the room while I was asleep, and I was rather ill from it for several days. I barely managed to stay in the room long enough to shower, and then rushed to get out as quickly as possible to get away from the smoke.
I will not be returning.

I have some friends in the New Jersey area and booked a room here during a weekend long visit. The hotel was a little difficult to find via GPS so I would suggest looking it up as a «point of interest» or via a search rather than by address — it seemed to work much better that way for us.
The location is set up like an old-​school motel with all guest rooms entered from outdoors with an office in the center area of the two wings. The office and «breakfast area» were pretty small and I don’t think more than 4 – 5 people could comfortably be in there at once but it is very clean and well kept up.
The guest rooms are very affordable (about $ 65/​night on the weekend) and of surprisingly good quality for the price. The beds were clean and new, the carpets well-​maintained and each room seems to also include a sitting area as well as wifi service and flat-​screen TVs. The bathrooms are small, but kept up and not out-​of-​date like you might find at other budget minded motels.
The staff is quick to help and to share their local knowledge. If you’re in this area of NJ and looking for an affordable, short-​trip stay I recommend it heartily.

Wow, for an economy motel, what a great place. SUPER clean rooms, good TV with Dish Network, friendly lady at the front desk. Price was quite reasonable /​cheap for the area. Didn’t feel at all shady, which unfortunately is not often the case with Econo Lodges. Would stay here again.