Econo Lodge

This place was disgusting our room had big black stains in the carpet beds were like cardboard shower curtain brown at the bottom tub was slimy with hair in it when we arrived dirty hallway and lobby carpet I expect a little more for 150 a night avoid this place for sure

I can’t say that we were disappointed, because what can you expect from Econo Lodge? I’m not that picky, but the Rooms need updating-​specifically the mismatched blankets, our entrance light was out in our room when we arrived, and the bathroom is uncomfortably small (the sink is in the room). The continental breakfast is what you would expect from a low price hotel– cramped quarters and cheap foodstuff.
If you want to stay in Traverse City– similarly priced hotels are available much closer to town– stay there

I stayed at Econo Lodge as I came up to Traverse City to visit family for the holidays. I’m originally from the area and came back but decided to stay here because its closest to my mom’s house. I’ll never stay here again for two reasons: 1) The heat did not work. It was so cold in the room that it felt like a cold december house with no heat for days. When I turned the heat on it just blew in cold air. So I turned it off and it was uncomfortable to even be in the room. I booked the room for two nights but did not stay here. Another reason I chose to leave was because their internet wouldn’t work and the front desk woman refused to help me or listen to what I was trying to tell her. I’ve been working in IT for the past 6 years and she just yelled at me and refused to listen to me. While trying to access their internet, it would tell me to enter the network key for whatever reason. She told me to use EconoLodge, not Econo-​Secure. I kept trying to open EconoLodge (even though I tried both), but both asked me for the network key. She kept insisting that I was «lying» and kept yelling at me till I eventually hung up. I know hotels shouldn’t have a network key but for whatever reason, there was one. Unless she told me to open the wrong network. But I tried several different things. So something was wrong with their internet and the woman just continuously yelled at me. Never bothered to check it or have someone help me. And same with the heat… I complained about the heat twice and nobody bothered to come to the room to check it, while I was busy with my christmas festivities. I had to come back to a freezing room at 11pm with no mechanic on duty, apparently.

We booked the hotel for many of our soccer families during a tournament weekend. We are used to staying in nice places but this one apparently was on the list and shouldn’t have been an option for us. This one should be called a motel due to age and upkeep. Doors didn’t lock to building. There was a wild dog (or badger) that hung out near the back door of the place. Building is outdated. Pool is very small. The rubber door stopper in our room was burnt up and remained on wall. Another family had an old lemon and cup in their fridge.
We did get our money back (159.00 Per night) for the second nights stay and went to the Courtyard Marriott! It was only 40.00 more for luxury!

Tired, stained, and worn with a strong sickly sweet disinfectant odor /​atmosphere. Long overdue for a refit. Exceptionally expensive for an Econo Lodge. Then they top off all the Fed, State, Local taxes with a $ 1.50 charge for a safe.

Booked this hotel last minute for a wedding we were attending. DONT GO HERE! When you look at the map on Unilocal it shows that it is close to the center of traverse city. Then I mapped it on my phone and it said it was the same location. IT IS NOT CLOSE TO TRAVERSE CITY! It is 20 mins out of the city. When we complained about this false advertisement they did nothing. No way you should pay this much for a hotel not in traverse city. I also called to get directions after we did not find it online and the person on the phone couldn’t tell us how to get to the hotel. She was useless. If you are looking for a motel in traverse city, go to the Sierra motel. 100% better than this place. Luckily we only have to stay here to sleep in. Leaving as soon as we get out.

We tend to stay at this hotel around Christmas every year, as many of the hotels/​motels closer to Honor, Michigan have closed for the season. It’s about what I expect from an Econolodge. For $ 70 per night, I don’t expect mints on my pillow or anything. Just a clean room, a reasonably comfortable bed, and a decent shower with sufficient hot water. And this place delivers that.
My gripes are but two.
First, housekeeping came knocking on the door WELL BEFORE checkout time. Not cool. I’m paying for a place to sleep, damnit, and should not be compelled to wake up and have a conversation with housekeeping to explain that checkout isn’t for another two hours. Buy a frickin’ watch.
Two. Apparently, the Econolodge is cool with having semi tractors camping out in their parking lot. Seems counterproductive to the hotel business, but who am I to judge? The problem, of course, is that a semi runs a generator at night to provide heat, etc. to the sleeper, particuarly in the month of December in Northern Michigan! ! The semi tractor was right outside our window, providing a melody (of sorts) all night long. I could have done without that.

This is a «Party Hotel» There were several rooms of very noisy partiers. I brought this to the attention of hotel staff twice and nothing was done. The noise lasted until about 3:30 am. There was nobody at the front desk when I went to check out. It took about 10 minutes of waiting for the front desk person to show up so that I could check out. This hotel and its management are a disgrace to the EconoLodge brand and should not be allowed to continue business as part of the Choice Hotels group