This JUST happened to me for the first time! I, ironically, was driving back from DW. I had to take a new route due to flooding & stayed in a town unfamiliar to me. I chose a national chain hotel & read several reviews before choosing. Basically, the place was a dump, I had ac issues, & there were men sitting in cars for hours observing the comings & goings. It also had outside entrances, which I somehow missed when researching the hotel. Being a lone female, I felt more uncomfortable & unsafe than I ever have when traveling solo. I finally just called the hotel next door & packed up & left. Even though the hotels were next door to each other, the new one felt like a new world & I felt very secure. I now know which national chain to avoid!