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Red Roof Inn earns a 1.2-star rating from 3 reviews and 510 complaints, showing that the majority of guests are dissatisfied with their stay.

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Red Roof Inn rude, nasty service & bugs

I stayed at the Jessup Maryland Red Roof Inn March 27, 2010.

The room had these bugs in them, and when I called the office they came out to see the bugs. They tried to tell me they were "normal maryland bugs" that they couldn't stop getting into the room. The manager was willing to change the room, but the room he put us in had urine on the floor in the bathroom. Because it was late at night there was no house keeping, and by the next day they still didn't clean the room. We asked for a refund, but they wouldn't give it. We said we rather stay at another place, but they said the card was charged and because they were willing to give us a new room that we had to stay.
The new room had NO HEAT and smelled so bad they gave us a spray bottle to use.
We refused to stay, and the front desk lady became so nasty she insulted me and my boyfriend with slurs and threats. We left, and rent at another Hotel and when we called to complain they said they had no history of us staying there and deny all claims BUT they charged us 89.00 for the night.
I advise people to STAY AWAY from there. I wish I read these complaints before i booked there. I still have not had my money refunded.

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Apr 02, 2010 3:02 pm UTC

I stayed at the Jessup Maryland Red Roof Inn March 27, 2008. The room had these bugs in them, and when I called the office they came out to see the bugs. They tried to tell me they were "normal maryland bugs" that they couldn't stop getting into the room. The manager was willing to change the room, but the room he put us in had urine on the floor in the bathroom. Because it was late at night there was no house keeping, and by the next day they still didn't clean the room. We asked for a refund, but they wouldn't give it. We said we rather stay at another place, but they said the card was charged and because they were willing to give us a new room that we had to stay.
The new room had NO HEAT and smelled so bad they gave us a spray bottle to use.
We refused to stay, and the front desk lady became so nasty she insulted me and my boyfriend with slurs and threats. We left, and rent at another Hotel and when we called to complain they said they had no history of us staying there and deny all claims BUT they charged us 89.00 for the night.
I advise people to STAY AWAY from there. I wish I read these complaints before i booked there. I still have not had my money refunded.

Update by Ekia J
Apr 02, 2010 3:07 pm UTC

The date is wrong people. I stayed there this year March 2010.

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Chrissiann
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Apr 07, 2011 11:46 pm UTC
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What is it with Red Roof and urine all over the place? I thought our urine incident in Red Roof in Austin TX was maybe an isolated incident, but reading these complaints about Red Roof all over the country, it seems it must be a right of passage for RR employees to "mark" each room in every RR motel everywhere. Disgusting!

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I stayed here on march 27th till the 28th, when we awoke in the morning my 3 boys 5, 6, 8 got up and went to see if they had a breakfast but they didn't so we were going to pack up to leave for breakfast while we were loading the car the boys were being boys and playing around, it was 9 am. When all of a sudden a Really transient looking woman appeared and...

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Red Roof Inn they have bugs

Attempted to sleep at the Red Roof Inn in Salem, New Hampshire on Dec 2, 2009. Took a room on the first floor. The room smelled bad and the linens were dirty with human hair and had burn holes all the way through. 2 hours later I awoke and found bed bugs on the bed and on the floor. I had my money refunded after a month, but thought this place should be leveled. Don't stay there it isn't worth the worry of infecting your luggage, vehicle and your home! The new manager said she'd call and let me know if they found bugs. This has never happened as of 1/19/2010.

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Oct 30, 2010 1:27 am UTC
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The one I stayed had cockroaches.

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My husband, young son, and I were recent guests at a property in Belleville Michigan. Arrived Thursday/Friday at 1 a.m. after a 5 hour drive, took everything into the room, unpacked, was getting ready for a shower and oh my god was the room a disgusting mess... urine everywhere in the bathroom, as if someone had a peeing contest. It was evident that thi...

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Red Roof Inn horrible hotel... stay away

I booked this hotel through Priceline as a two-star hotel. When my daughter and I arrived at mid-night, there was no clerk just the bookkeeper checking guests in and he clearly had no idea what he was doing. I asked for a newly remodeled room...what a joke...the bathroom floor was all moldy, the tub was moldy and metal was showing through the tub, the vent had no cover and spiders and nests were living there for some time, the floor had not been vacuumed for some time, there were no tables or chairs, the curtain was half hung, and the bed sheets smelled badly. The parking lot was full and only had enough spaces for about half of the rooms so we were sent down the road to rent a space from another vendor. This hotel was a dump and should be rated minus two. Priceline is not taking ownership of this complaint and the Red Roof Inn policy reads 'If you are not satisfied, we will refund your money!" I am still waiting! By the way folks, Priceline cannot be trusted either...the last time we stayed in Seattle through Priceline, we had a shoot-out in front of our hotel which was in a bad part of town and also not rated properly by Priceline as well! I think these companies are too big and feel they can rip us off...stay away from Red Roof, they are getting a lot of complaints!

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Jan 23, 2010 1:30 pm UTC

when travling from new england to fl., we stopped in williansport md. at a red roof inn. the free booklets said, free pet clean rest, on premisses, 53.99. guess what, no roomsd when they saw the booklet, when i explained the booklet was out dted and i would go somewhere else. they came up with a room 61.00. why, i still dont know. When we entered the room, it seemed clean, until, i opened a draw, there was a empty dounut box whith pieces of dounuts in it, the refeg, had milk in it, the remote for the tv didnt woek, and the 24 hr. resturant they said was on premesses, was a waffle house on the property, not premesses the best part is when i checked in, i wanted to pay cash, well ok, but you had to show id. and credit card why, because they claim too many drug dealers who klive locally had came there, so if they hold your acredit card number, and hold the amount of the room, (which you get back in up too 5 days) if theres anything wrong they keep your money. people be where of this hotel. you basicly get overcharged in my opinion because you pay cash and then they hold more money for days . i asked the clerk the next morning if the attorny general knew of this and all of a suddden i was given back 11.00 because the room was not clean.
we travel sometimes 4 times a yr. and never been to such a terrible red roof.

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Aug 14, 2009 8:47 am UTC

Priceline does not rate the hotels. Priceline just made the reservation.

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Red Roof Inn Internet pricing and customer service

I got a price on the internet. Their website quoted me a 3 night stay for $116.98. When I booked the rooms, their reservation switched my resevation dates to only 2 nights for the same price. Their recap on the same page still listed 3 nights. I even printed the pages and to show them. I called Red Roofs customer service line. They told me that they had never seen that happen but they are having trouble with their internet site. Anyhow bottom line is they quoted a 3 night stay at a price and will not honor it. I told them I thoght it was wrong and I probably would cancel my reservations and they said they didnt care. I also called their head of marketing 4 days ago at their corporate office and he hasnt had the time to get back with me either. Shocking isnt it? False advertising or what. Stay away from thier website, and thier hotels if this is the way they do business. They just dont seem to care even when they admit their wrong.

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Jul 28, 2009 12:21 pm UTC

Even though its an honest error, they should have to honor the rates quoted.

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I was a Red Roof Inn employee and I was grabbed in the chest and my breast was shook, it also happened to another employee. I was chased by the manager while she was holding a sausage in front of her crotch screaming that its not big enough for me, while she was drunk partying with the renovation crew and some corporate employees during the renovation of...

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Red Roof Inn Terrible customer service, unclean room

I rented a room for 1 night due to my wife and I losing power at home. We called the Reservation Phone line and asked for the closest Red Roof Inn to our home that still had power. I asked specifically for a NON-Smoking Room as my wife has asthma, I have sleep apnea and we are both sensitive to Smoke. After several short minutes it seemed everything was in order. The rep on phone with the Reservations center was nice and friendly and very helpful. We wanted to get to the Hotel quickly as we were basically freezing at home without power. We called the hotel to find out if We could Check in Early or not, the lady on the phone said no the room wouldn't be ready till 3pm. So we killed some time driving around to a couple stores. However when we arrived to the actual location it was a different story. The Two Front Desk ladies said very little to me. One smiled the other one seemed to have her head glued to a phone. Check in was quick and simple. They had no problem accepting my Cash up front. I asked if the Room was all ready, they said yes, gave me a key and told me how to get to it.
I parked the car and told my wife to wait in the warm car while I checked the room out. I hate dragging all the luggage to the room and find out its got issues. I got to the room and went in. It appeared to look straight but there was a slight Funky smell in the air. Lights worked, TV worked, water worked, Heat worked, I assume the Smell was just Stale Air. I figured it was better than sleeping in the Car. So wife and I lugged luggage to room and settled in. We sprayed Air Freshener in Room figured we could live with the stale smell. Soon we started having One problem after another. #1 we noticed the bathroom had Half of 1 roll or TP. Maybe it isn't a big deal, but when you got 2 adults in for the night Half of 1 roll doesn't cut it. I called down to the Service Desk to ask for more TP. The Lady at the desk didn't seem like she had time for me. So I hung up and came on down on my own. I went to the window and she told me she was busy and would have to go find me Another Roll and would come to me. It was weird. I tried to be patient and go back to the room. OVER 2 hrs later she knocked on the door gave me 1 new whole roll of TP and acted like this was a major problem and hassle to her and she left. #2 when we rolled the bed spread off and laid down on the sheets although they looked clean they Stank of Old Smoke. It was maddening to us because When You go into an Alleged NON-Smoking Room you Expect that The Room isn't Casually used by Smokers. But the bedspread stank, the comforter stank, the pillows stank. We used some Air Freshener to try and cover up some of the Funky Nasty stink and Figured we could Tough it out. #3 The Last straw... my wife has Asthma as I said and I have sleep apnea and I use a CPAP to breathe while sleeping. several times I woke up coughing cause that Old Funky Stink of Smoke was coming into my Tubes and into my Mask. And My wife noticed the Smell of Tobacco smoke was stronger on one side of the room. It was like Smoke from Smokers next Door or Below us was wafting into the Room. A few times My wife put on her Coat and went outside the door to try and breathe in some of the cold night air. But that didn't help much. Finally We couldn't deal with it any longer. I look at the Clock, its 530am and we can't stay here like this. I call on the Service Desk again. The Lady down there acted like my phone Call was bothering her. I told her, Miss there is Smoke coming into this room from somewhere else. I asked for a NON-SMOKING ROOM but This is ridiculous. We can't stay here, Is there any other Rooms? She told me They were fully Booked and there was nothing she could do, then told me she had another customer and Hung up on me. I was furious now. I told my wife get dressed and packed We are leaving... We will tough it out at home or try and go to her moms. So we packed up everything and loaded the car. I went down to the front Desk, saw the lady, her nametag said SERENA. Serena DID NOT SAY ONE WORD To me. She had the damn phone glued to her head again, I recognized she was the same Lady who was on the phone when I checked in, just over 18 Hours before. I put the Keycard on the counter and Said I am Checking out. She printed some receipt and I left.
Yesterday (Tuesday 12/30/08) Our Power Came back on fully and I went to the Red Roof Inn website and attempted to leave a Scathing Comment about our stay. A few hours later, I got a response from Mark Jurek, General Manager of that RRI who sent me a short Apology Email. It did not say much and made me feel Indifferent and apathetic about Red Roof Inn even more.

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Jul 22, 2018 1:59 pm UTC
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Yes there was black mold in the bathroom. The whole place stunk of mold and smoke. It was filthy

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Debbie Jenkins
Livingston, US
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My husband and I stayed at Red Roof Inn Jacksonville Airport this past Thursday evening March 8, 2018. The "non smoking" room absolutely stunk of smoke and mold. The bed sheets were dirty and there was long black hairs in the bed. The bed cover was stained and smelled. There was faeces on the bathroom walls and the floor was filthy. The light fixtures above the bed were hanging off the wall, the drapes were dirty and coming off the curtain poles. I understand that it was a budget hotel, but it shouldn't be filthy. We slept in our clothes and got up and out of there as soon as it broke daylight.

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Rice Lake, US
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Did you have black mold in your room too?

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Delightful Lady
Dearborn Heights, US
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Mar 11, 2009 9:48 am UTC

I made reservation for the Red Roof Inn at Jackson North, Ridgeland MS... I was terrible i never seen a room in such poor conditions... The bathroom was a totally a mess the tub looked it was never cleaned right along with the toilet bowl rim never been scrubbed... The walls was dirty carpet had a musty smell to it... The air condition was filled with dust... I never in my wildest dreams thought a hotel room could be in such poor conditions... The word best describe this hotel is GHETTO it was almost like living in the slums... RED ROOF INN NEEDS TO CHECK INTO HOW THEIR SERVICES & POOR MANAGEMENT... Anyone who visits JACKSON, MS... stay away from THE RED ROOF INN

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chrisconq
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Feb 04, 2009 3:44 pm UTC

Did the email look like this:

Dear Cory Conquest:

The Guest Relations Department of Red Roof Inn informed me of your concerns. I also learned of this by telephone from my Guest Service Representative on Sunday.

Unfortunately, the search for your computer did not result in finding it. I have notified our Risk Management department of your loss. Please accept my apologies and we are truly sorry for the misfortune you have experienced.

Thank you again for bringing this to our attention and we hope you will give Red Roof Inn the opportunity to provide for your lodging requirements in the future.

Very truly yours,

Ella Bowen
General Manager
Red Roof Inn Brentwood

Our laptop was stolen out of the room and there was plenty of evidence it was the desk clerk. However, they can't find it anywhere. And they must think this email is going to settle everything.

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Stay away from Red Roof Inn. Particularly the one in Williamsburg, Virginia. We went for a vacation and checked out a day early. The bill was $247 and charged to a credit card for that amount. When I received the credit card bill, the amount billed by Red Roof Inn was $308. The corporate office refused to correct the charge saying it was the business of...

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