Budget Host Inn

I remember well the weekend that I stayed here with my now fiancé. We were looking for apartments in Owatonna at the time and it was the weekend that we got blasted by a huge winter storm. All of the other reservations for that evening cancelled so when I showed up the man behind the counter had assumed that I had cancelled and told me that my reservation (and cheaper room) had been cancelled due to the weather and I would have to pay the normal room rates.
Through a very frustrating phone call with Priceline, and forcing them to refax my reservation I finally got checked in, and settled would not really be the way I would put it.
The room was very dated. I know that I got a great deal on it, but you could still smell the lingering scent of smoke that some of these older hotels have. The carpet, drapes, furniture, and heaters all had dust covering them. The bathroom was very dated, and while I could tell it had been cleaned it was still tinged different colors than the original tile, and the fixtures were scratched up and blackened with deposit.
The old mantra goes, «You get what you pay for.»
I got an old smelly room that needed a good cleaning, but I paid very very little to stay there for two nights. All in all we will call it a wash. I can’t have expected more for what I paid, and they can’t have provided better for more.