Stay in Corp owned hotels/motels

[Mari annie]

Hi

We had a very bad experience in Feb at a Days Inn in NC,
My advice to anyone traveling anywhere, call ahead, and don't stay in any franchised own hotels/motels.

We had a very bad experience, and I called everywhere to report them, board of health, hospitality board, Dept of Tourism for that area, it was alot of bother for me, they guy that owns this DUMP got away with it, and spent 80.00 to stay...midnight, drove for 11 hours straight....no hotels available in the immediate area, and we were coming back home to MA.
I finally got a check/voucher from Corp headquarters for 1/2 what we paid, and NO the hotel franchise owner, would never return our calls.
We learned the hard way, NO more franchised own hotels, only Corp owned for us, that way, any problems...they would be solved right away!

Stay away from the Days Inn in Wade, NC.
KEEP DRIVING!!!!!!

 

[mad4themouse]

Wow, it must have been a really horrible experience for you to make so many calls and complaints. I'm glad that at least the coporate HQ gave you a partial refund. Makes me wonder if they ever inspect their franchises. Thanks for the warning. Could you give us a few more details as to what happened?

 

[disneysteve]

While I'm sorry to hear of the problems you had and I applaud you taking the time to complain, I don't think its fair to generalize so broadly not to stay at a franchised hotel. There are hundreds or thousands of franchised properties throughout the country. Certainly, there will be some bad ones, but I'd guess its a small minority.

The DTD Marriott (now Holiday Inn) is franchised. I'm sure tons of other hotels in the Disney area are as well. To be honest, I never thought to ask when I've stayed anywhere. You may find avoiding franchised hotels greatly limits your options when traveling.

Steve