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3 reviews for Vagabond Inn
This hotel was the cheapest of the cheapest hotels I have ever stayed in. Yet I still enjoyed it. It was within a block of the venue we needed to go to, the clerks were nice and even though it looked like a place where you could get a room at an hourly rate, it was really clean and the beds were surprisingly comfy.
On Expedia it says they have a continental breakfast -- biggest lie ever. They barely have a front desk, where the hell would they serve breakfast?!
This motel ain't winning any beauty contests, but, as the clerk explained to me when I hemmed and hawed over whether I wanted to stay there, you could stay across the street at the nicer hotel and pay $70, or you could stay here and pay $50. It was cheap and close to the downtown shopping/dining/drinking area. I could walk 2 blocks to the Madison Bear Garden and a dozen other bars and restaurants. Gwar was playing at the Senator less than one block away, so I thought it would be a noisy "party" atmosphere at the motel, but it really wasn't that loud. I slept well enough. It was definitely run down. There was a septic-looking pool, planter boxes filled with just dirt and cigarette butts, and a little fountain that wasn't working. The room was pretty bare bones, but it did have a microwave, coffee maker, and mini-fridge. It seemed clean enough and didn't smell bad or anything. A basic breakfast of individually-wrapped pastries and fruit is available in the lobby (you make your own coffee in your room). All in all, I got what I was looking for: a cheap, convenient hotel walking distance from downtown. If you're looking to hang out in your room, lounge in the pool, and enjoy a hot complimentary breakfast, stay at the Comfort Inn or Holiday Inn. If you're looking for quick and cheap, this is the place.
I have traveled a lot in my life, and never have I stayed in a place where I was as utterly disgusted as I was with this motel. Actually, the Vagabond name was quite fitting, because I think the only people who would feel even remotely comfortable occupying the room we stayed in would be actual vagabonds. Here is a short list of red flags:
-Clerk at check-in was extremely unfriendly (if you dislike your job that much, why come to work?)
-Planter outside of room above was constantly dripping in front of motel door, so you would get wet trying to get into the room and it sounded like Chinese water torture all night
-There was 1+ inch gap between the bottom of front door and the floor, you could see light coming in around all four corners of the door (felt very Poltergeist-ish)
-Multiple questionable stains on sheets and mattresses...and carpet...and ceiling
-Room smelled like a sumo wrestlers armpit
-The HVAC unit was crusted with dust and grime
-The towels had been bleached so many times they had giant holes, yet still didn't look clean
-The toilet seat was broken
-The carpet was dirty and coming up from the floor
-Sheets might as well have been crafted from sandpaper
-Bedspreads were sticky...how they were sticky, I don't know, nor do I want to...but they were
-Curtain falling off the curtain rod -- had to use the filthy bed spreads to keep the light out
-One of the two whole lights didn't work
-The other patrons were downright frightening...we were watched whenever entering or leaving the room, I now feel for celebs that deal with the paparazzi daily...I give them props, I couldn't hang!
The room was disgusting. It was dirty and gross and smelly, and I was seriously waiting for some sort of creature to come crawling out from under the beds at any moment. I wouldn't have ever normally booked with the hotel, other than I was visiting a family member at the nearby college, and every other hotel was fully booked. The ONE redeeming factor about this motel was the bathroom. It was immaculately clean, and looked as though it was transported from somewhere else, because it sure didn't fit with the rest of the room. To be honest, I would have felt cleaner and safer sleeping on the floor of the dorm hallways at Chico State...even though they smelled like feet. DO NOT STAY HERE UNLESS THEY UNDERGO A COMPLETE RENOVATION, even then I would be wary!
The one good thing about our stay there...it is the butt of many a joke between me and my friends...and we know that no matter how cheap of a room we book somewhere on our extreme budget travels, it couldn't be worse!