Travel Lodge Monaco Resort

COCKROACHES!!!
The only reason why I’m giving this one star is because I can’t give it zero. I did not have high expectations of this hotel given the price. However, I do not expect to see cockroaches in my room ever, no matter what the price. That is the most disgusting thing ever. The least you can do is fumigate. I did see another review online that said that there were roaches. I thought to myself, after the second day, well at least I haven’t seen any roaches. I spoke too soon.
I was very disappointed to find out that there was a $ 12 parking fee on top of the $ 12/​day resort fee. There are zero amenities other than the pool. There is a pizza shop next door, however, now that I’ve seen the cockroach, I will not patronize it. There is nothing worse than cockroaches. I’m going to go across the street to Walgreens and get me a can of Raid. I am thoroughly disgusted.
Only 37 of the property’s rooms are even available to rent. And you have to go around the side of the hotel in an alley to access the beach. The only thing nice on the property besides the pool is the tiki huts lined up on the beach, but they are a bit far from the water.
For two hours there was a homeless (?) man clicking around on the patio with his cane/​crutch in some sort of bizarre exercise routine disturbing my otherwise peaceful afternoon on the beach. The incessant clicking noise was maddening. Then later I saw him jaywalking across the street not using any assistance… just another quirky guy in Miami Beach. Sunny Isles is pretty ritzy, they need to just demolish this property and start over.
I hope to the expanding universe that I don’t carry one of those roaches home with me… gawd.
Oh, did I mention COCKROACHES!!!

My fly was canceled for 20
I was looking on booking to get a hotel on the beach. OMG everything from 300 $ and up… only one with 89 $per night travel lodge Monaco resort.
I came here yes looks little different from hotels on the sides. but wait it’s 89 $.so the guy from the front desk was very helpful by bringing me towels in the room.
When I read reviews what others says about this hotel it makes me vomit… people you want comfort and nice hotels go and pay 300 $/​night don’t pay 89 $ and want 5 star hotel…
Anyway.this hotel is worth the money they ask.

A pretty cheap hotel considering the fact that it is right on the beach. I don’t know why other people here are complaining. It is cheaper for a REASON! I spent most of my spring break here. When you arrive you notice the old design it has. The hotel sign can be improved in my opinion to make it more appealing. There is parking available for people who arrive on cars. The check-​in service went pretty fast. The place has wifi which came in handy. Past the check-​in you can notice a pool that is pretty big right in the center between all the rooms that surround it. I walked into my room with 2 prepared beds in which were clean. They also put new soap and shampoo in the bathroom. After unpacking, I couldn’t help but notice the beach and the beautiful blue water. It then hit me that I was in paradise. The hotel has a back entrance to the beach area. They can certainly put more chairs on the beach because most were taken which was a disappointment. After the beach I decided to hit the pool. The pool can be better in my opinion. I noticed that it was filled with a lot of leaves. After a long day I went to my bedroom and hit the bed. It was really comfortable. I then woke up and the cleaning lady was there to clean our room. They work kinda slow but I didn’t care because I was outside most of the day. I decided to check out there game room. It was pretty small and not much of a game room. There were little amount of things to do there so I didn’t even bother. There breakfast is really simple which concludes of things such as toast. Toward the end of the day we decided to explore Miami and used their car rental service to do so. The whole break was a pretty good experience especially with the nice staff that works there. If budget is an issue, then I defiantly recommend checking out this hotel because it is pretty good especially for the cheap price.

The bad news: Parking is terrible — they allow for double parking to make room AND they charge $ 5 a day. The hotel is very old (circa 60’s and 70’s). The complimentary breakfast is coffee, orange juice and toast! That’s it. That’s the worst, cheapest complimentary breakfast I have ever had. Good news: right on the beach and in the middle of very very nice hi-​rise hotels. Very affordable — I was able to get a poolside room for $ 70 per night. Do not book if you want a «nice» hotel but prefer a good location.

Whatever you do BOOK somewhere else! The price may seem affordable but w/​e you do book some where else!
1. When we got their our room wasn’t ready so we had to wait an hour in the lobby until it became ready and when it was ready the lady said they would bring us towels and we never received them. I had to hunt them down for towels for my room and my friends room.
2. The next day while we were out handing business for a wedding the cleaning lady LEFT OUR DOOR WIDE OPEN! We got back to our room with the door open. All our personal items and merchandise had been exposed to anyone that passed by. Anyone could have stolen our stuff! Thank God everything was still there.
3. We were leaving one night and we hadn’t moved our rental car because we were waiting for one more person when the valet guy backed into us with someone elses car. He placed their car in pack and ran back into the hotel, damaging the other car and I have PICTURES of this. When we went into report it the lady at the front desk denied that he moved the car and argued with us. And by the way the parking lot is way to small for the amount of guess and most of the time you will be blocking people in.
4. Hotel staff stole my friends cell phone and $ 200 worth of calls were made out of the country from her phone which she has to pay off. The guy was helping her put her beach chair up and her phone was on it. after that we never saw the phone or the guy!
6. My friends door didn’t shut all the way and the place was just over all dirty and creepy!
Guys I know online it may look like a good price but this place was a MESS! The Staff was shady and our experience here was just terrible. My friends who had rooms next door at the Double Tree paid a lot of money but they had living rooms, a kitchen, washer and dryer, and a balcony facing the beach! PLUS IT WAS SANITARY! IF YOU CAN FIND SOME WHERE ELSE TO STAY!