Motel 6

2.5 stars, rounding up.
We needed a last minute spot to stay and since we had our two dogs with us, our choices were pretty limited since we didn’t want to have to pay a pet fee, and sneaking them in somewhere was out of the question since we have barkers. A long day trip from Vegas to Phoenix ended up with us going further down to Tucson. At 9pm, too late to make the 6 hr+ drive back to Vegas, we looked for a place to stay.
$ 35/​night, $ 42 incl tax, plus did I mention no pet fee? Not bad. The room was what you’d expect: loud AC (worked well), crappy old 19″ TV (needed an antennae, had cable though!), shitty bedding/​pillows. But the room overall was clean. We’ve unfortunately stayed at a few bad motels before where the carpet was so dirty you didn’t want to take off your shoes. Not here. The bathroom was clean also. Shower was like on an older cruise ship’s shower (meaning if you’re a bigger person, the shower curtain might try to get fresh with you), but no gross old tub so it was fine.
This location was mostly families instead of weirdos/​crackheads you usually see at cheap motels. Lots of kids using the pool still at 10pm.
Bad things were no poop stations so dog poop randomly all over the place. Also no free wifi. They charge either $ 2.99 or $ 4.99 (faster apparently). We were fine with no internet for one night.

Pros: Free parking, good location, felt safe, reasonably comfortable bed.
Cons: No tub. Long hair on towel, missing wash cloth
This is not somewhere I would stay for more than a quick late night check in/​early am check out.

Meh. It definitely wasn’t the best, but it wasn’t the worst. I think my only huge complaints would be the really low pressured sink in the bathroom, no refrigerator, and how the internet sucks. The cleaning ladies are very nice though!

Tiny room with a bed of average comfort and tacky Motel 6 bedspread. Shower water pressure was good, however. The desk crew was nice enough, but not memorable. There was no complimentary breakfast which sucked. Price was right, though and I lived how it was per friendly even though I didn’t bring a pet with me.

Internet does NOT work!!! They told us on the phone it does, After we checked in we learned it is old and rarely works. Writing this from a restaurant! Old TV, toilet is for a child. Cutting to many corners to be any good, dingy. Never again!!!

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that a cheap hotel in Tucson would be pretty indecent. Work training in Tucson does not seem to really focus on attention to detail.
As a former roomskeeper, I can tell you never to touch anything on the bed except sheets. Those other covers never get washed unless someone pukes or bleeds on it.
The bathrooms should be clean though, and this one was not. Skid marks in the toilet, an almost empty roll of toilet paper on the rack, and a dirty shower. There was also a hair in the new towels by the sink (see photo).
The good news is that there is a security guard that patrols the parking lot at night, which is good considering that there are a bunch of vans parked out there right now full of people waiting for everyone to go to sleep.

On Friday November 30, 2012 after driving 7 hours from California I checked into Motel 6 at 960 S Freeway, Tuscon, AZ… I was given incorrect information about the internet service that was provided, the pillowcases were inside out so I called reception to let them know, they gave me another code for the internet and said they would let housekeeping know about the pillow cases. There was also an
ashtray in a supposedly non smoking room which let her (Tiffany) know also)… My 7 year old son and I both fell asleep around 8pm. At 10.20 there was loud knocking on our door which woke me up. It was a ‘security guard’ who was insisting that I need to open the door and speak with her. I pulled back the curtains and she couild clearly see that I was in my pj’s and I informed her that we were sleeping and I would not open the door unless she could give me a valid reason which she did not. I called up the front desk and spoke with Tiffany who said that it was fine she would let the security guard know that she was not needed. I then got back into bed… 2 minutes later the security guard CALLS ME, starts telling me that if I have any further small complaints they will boot me out of the hotel. She was extremely rude and behaving in a threatening manner. I called the police who came about half an hour later. The police office came to my room after going to reception first despite that fact that it was I who called THEM as I felt threatened. And she informed me that they were asking me to leave the premises. By this time it was after 11pm. My 7yo son was fast asleep, I had to wake him up, go and get a refund for TWO of the three nights I had paid for as they refused to issue me one for tonight and find another Hotel. I am ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED at being treated in such a manner. I have stayed in HUNDREDS of Motels and have NEVER been treated so badly. I asked the Hotel Manager to make sure the CCTV footage was saved so that when I go to a lawyer about this we will have all of those conversations on tape! That security guard should be ASHAMED of herself for treating people so badly. Had she come to my door and asked if everything was okay, I would have responded yes it was (we WERE sleeping) and she could have gone on her way.

NOISY!!! Since it’s next to the freeway, you can hear every car going up and down the freeway all day and night. Other sounds that kept me up all night included: dogs barking across the street, an old truck with a modified muffler in the parking lot, the toilet that kept refilling itself, the sound of people slamming their doors, the sound of loud voices next door. These are sound that are common to hotels but not as loud as it is here. So if you are deaf… this is the place to go! It’s also a little musty.

It’s a Motel 6. Inexpensive — $ 44 including tax. Clean room, clean smelling, friendly desk staff, easy check-​in/​out. Road noise from freeway, but did not affect my sleep. Good shower, clean towels, and worth the $$.
I give it four stars, not because it is a four star hotel, but because it was what I expected, for the price I thought was fair.

Two words… dirty shower.
Yes, it was cheap but that doesn’t mean you can’t clean your showers.

Had to find somewhere to stay for a few days before we could move into the new house and stayed here because of the cat.
First of all, it’s a freaking Motel 6. It’s cheap ($ 45 a night if I remember correctly) and it’s not in a great part of town. However, for all of that we had a really good experience. The room wasn’t luxurious but it was clean if a little worn and the people were helpful though not falling over themselves to serve.
I ended up with horrible food poisoning and didn’t feel squeamish in the least about hanging out in the bathroom for long periods of time. The cleaning staff was fantastic about bringing me clean towels and changing the sheets on the bed while I curled up in the corner wanting to die.
If I needed somewhere to stay for next to no money in Tucson and had an animal in tow I would stay here again with no hesitation.

«They smile in your face, all the time trying to take your place. the back-​stabbers…»
After leaving my ‘give a damn’ at the California border, Daisy and made it as far as Tucson before stopping for our first overnight stop. I know Motel 6’s take pets so we stopped and checked in. A friend of mine is from Tucson and now I see why she got the hell out. This location has quite the ick factor. The room was good enough for an overnight stay, but I not sleep well for getting up peep my ride with all of my stuff in it. It was covered up with a black blanket and you could not see anything through the tinted windows, but I was taking no chances. In addition, Daisy kept growling and barking at anyone who passed our door.
After a restless night for both of us, I got into a cold shower as the water would not get hot. WTF! We packed up our overnight bag and got on the Interstate for our next leg of the trip.
Weird kinda night but at least I was heading further away from back– stabbing bitches.

Wow, just a really bad deal all around… There are four of five motels in a row on the frontage road here and this one is the most expensive. The room was the smallest room I have ever seen two beds squeezed into – we had trouble closing the bathroom door without hitting something. The carpet was filthy. The bathroom tile was stained horribly; it looked like someone bled to death in there and they couldn’t get the bloodstains out of the grout. There was even what looked like not-​too-​old blood-​splatters on the ceiling – real horrorshow!