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Reviews of Econo Lodge

2 out of 5
Econo Lodge
11237 Shaw Ave, Meadville, PA

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 143 out of 778 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 265 out of 778 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 169 out of 778 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 119 out of 778 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 82 out of 778 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

5.6/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Breana

Traveled with partner
Booked a room with a queen bed. Checked in and was put in a room with a double bed. Told the front desk and they moved us to a different room, which that room was slightly bigger, but still did not have a queen bed. It was only a double. Tv was fuzzy and had a terrible picture.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Jerome

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
I booked my appointment on Expedia for 1 night. Room was paid in full. When I arrived they asked for my credit card which I thought was to put a hold for damages. I realized shortly after they charged me for the room. Nobody there understood why. The called other employees down to the desk. All employees stated they live there which was awkward. They said that the owner was coming in later that night. I walked to the desk later because I needed sleep. The owner was there. He stated he was not sure why and gave me his cell phone number to follow up. He said he believed the charge was pending and would fall off. It didn’t. I texted him several times for weeks and never got my money back. He stated that he would give me a free room next time I want to stay there but I’m skeptical about that. They also photo copy your drivers license and credit card which I now regret doing so. Pay the extra money and stay elsewhere. You will be thankful you did!!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Timothy

Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Mark Richard

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The toilet not only wasn't clean, but there was a hairy turd in it.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

MARTIN

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Marshall

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Its unacceptable that the ownership does not allow the heat to be turned on in a room until that room is occupied. I have NEVER heard of such a policy.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ray

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Zachary

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Brrrr
The heat did not work. We had to sleep in a cold room
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

angela

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was wonderful!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good value for the price. Clean bathroom and bedding, quiet. Breakfast had eggs and sausage as well as cereal and toast so could make breakfast sandwich. Good shower head. Staff busy but friendly and customer oriented.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from kas on Oct 16, 2023
thank you for taking our online survey I'm glad we could meet your exaptation of your stay. we are still in the process of improving the quality of the hotel. hope to see you in the future if you come in our location.

2/10 Terrible

Jennifer

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room smells awful, beds are awful building is in much disrepair, if it wasn’t so late would go elsewhere.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from kas on Oct 16, 2023
thank you for your response of your stay we are in the process of improving the quality of the hotel. sorry we did not meet your satisfaction of your stay if you're in the area hopefully you will give us another chance to improve and meet your needs and expirations

4/10 Poor

JERRY

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from kas on Oct 16, 2023
sorry we did not meet your expatiations of your stay. We are in the process of improving our quality of our hotel hopefully you will give us another chance to meet your expatiations

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Don't book through expedia they take your money and then don't pay for the reservation
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from kas on Oct 16, 2023
sorry you had a bad experience with your booking hopefully you will stay at our location again if you are in the area

6/10 Okay

Thomas

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bad experience
There were many issues, first at check in the desk personnel stayed on her phone during the entire check-in process. 2nd, the room was nothing short of filthy. The fire alarm was missing and appears to ha e caught fire at some point. The towel rack in the bathroom was broken and missing. The bathtub plug was broken right out of the tub. When it was addressed, it appeared the morning desk personnel didnt care.
Water damage
Broken drain in the tub
Towel rack broken and missing
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Diedre

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Not complety happy
The hotel staff was plesant the breakfest was a joke if you were not down there right when the food came out you didnt get any saturday came back with to tried grandkids 3&5 the key wouldnt work had to go down 2x to address it my sister went back out later and the key still didnt work my sister she has never stayed in ecno lodge so bad
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Christine

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The whole place smelled of stale tobacco . Bedspread filthy with large stains and large cigarette burn holes . Blanket underneath also had stains and cigarette holes . Floor dirty . Refrigerator in room did not work even when plugged in . We asked for decent bed covers and blanket and the staff said they all were the same with stains and holes!!!! Unacceptable!!! The staff appeared to be doing the best they could under the circumstances but we payed a lot and slept badly as we had no covers and worried the place would go up in a blaze with all those smokers . The outside had bunches of weeds and old cigarette butts laying around in piles by the entrance and curb . A most unpleasant experience and we left exhausted . No luggage carrier available and they have only one and a family abandoned it on the third floor and did not return it until they left the next day . Breakfast tables in front of elevator in a hallway like area! Just put a basket of items in the room! Bathroom had no exhaust ! Sheets also had shavings of something black between them!! What was that! I request a full refund .
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Clifford, greensburg

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was run down , holes in the bed covers ,holes in the walls of the room ,had been bug sprayed so had to air it out a few hours . Staff was very nice and the breakfast was more than i expected, but I will not book at a Econo Lodge again
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from kas on Oct 16, 2023
thank you for taking our online survey we are in the process of improving the quality of our hotel hopefully you will give the hotel another chance to satisfy if you are in our location.

10/10 Excellent

Barry

Traveled with family
Location
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from kas on Oct 16, 2023
thank you for responding!

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
Great weather
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Darrell

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No AC, door locks not functioning. Did not stay, cancelled reservation.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Kerry

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Pro: easy access from the interstate and main local road, inexpensive in comparison to other area properties, and friendly staff. Con: property is in serious need of physical upgrades inside and out, including a deep overall cleaning

6/10 Okay

Adam

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Melvin

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

TOSHA

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
I was told my door battery was dying, and that I would need to prop the door open if I wanted to leave my room. The mirror in the bathroom was not cleaned as I saw dry toothpaste splashed on it. There were no washcloths, just hand towels. I could see dry liquid spots on floor looking as if they didn’t mop. Apparently I wasn’t the only unhappy customer as there was a man screaming at 5 in the morning about the conditions in his room as well. We were just passing through, and all the other hotels were booked. I will not book with that hotel again
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Joseph

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Paul

Disliked: Staff & service
Absolutely not nice. Dirty and unkept. People were constantly at desk wanting their money back
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Trevor

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Catherine

Traveled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is run down. The air conditioner in our room only worked sporadically, making the room very hot and humid. We stayed 4 nights. Housekeeping never came to our room. I had to go to the front desk and get towels and toilet paper. The WiFi was terrible.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Dennis

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
There was poop in our toilet.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Cody

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

RAHSAAN

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The wifi was down all weekend so I couldn't watch TV or use my laptop.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Winifred

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Tina

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Since Erie, PA was largely sold out or outrageously priced, I found this more reasonably-priced option at $140 through Expedia.com (though outrageous for an Econo Lodge). From the outside, it looked nice enough. It is in a small cluster of stores, with an Applebee's right next door. The moment I walked in, however, I was greeted by 3 unpleasant realities: 1) A sign on the front door announcing that the hotel is closed from midnight to 6:00 am, the front door will be locked, and no one will be on staff. Seeing as I was arriving late and had not eaten all day, it was disappointing to learn I had a curfew. 2) An overwhelming smell of cigarette smoke despite it being a non-smoking facility; the smell goes throughout the hallways and rooms and gets refreshed by ongoing smoking. 3) The sickeningly dirty area rug at the front desk and hallway carpets, foreshadowing the experience I would have. The first room I was assigned had a bag of garbage in it and a stripped bed. The front desk attendant did find me another room after telling me there were none. The new room was passable for a night. The hotel was loud (both because of the guests and the noise transmission from slamming doors and conversations in the hallway). A drunk man was wandering and seemed to appear everywhere I went. The cable in my room did not work, and the attendant forgot to give me the wifi info. I would not stay here again even at $50/night!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Verne

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Racheal

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Robert

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
In my non-smoking double room there were cigarette burns completely through the bedspread on one bed and knife slashes on the other bedspread. The safety chain was missing from the door to the adjacent room. We had ongoing problems with room keys. On the positive side the staff was responsive and the place was quiet at night.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Carol

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The door key machine was broken. I had to wait in an un-air-conditioned lobby/hallway for around 45 mins to get this resolved; never did get resolved. Room floor was wet and sticky — made my feet dirty. Yuck! Toilet had a scummy ring. Some towels were heavily stained. Room air was stale and stagnant. Manager immediately came in to try to deal with door key issues. Thumbs up to her and the desk clerk.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Jami

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
When checking in and asking what breakfast was like, the lady started telling us everything at breakfast. During a pause I asked what time it started. I was told “Hold on. I’m still talking” Room was dirty and clearly not cleaned - and old key sat on the shelf, sticky marks all over the room, ice tray was not cleaned.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Place is not cleaned and window sill are filthy with dirt and dead bugs
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Sheryl

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Nice staff. Our door lock was broken after 3 times back to the desk to make sure the key was ok the staff checked it and then issued us a new room and checked that the key worked before we walked up a fourth time. The facility needs cleaned everywhere. It is conveniently located off the highway with restaurants in walking distance. Breakfast was meager. I am not sure I would stay here again, I suppose if it was given a good cleaning I would consider it again. Cleanliness goes a long way.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Lynda

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Area was nice. The hotel itself was dirty, we had to have our room changed when we checked in bc the bed was dirty and window was wide open with no screen or lock on the first level. Sound carried room to room and it was extremely dated. Front desk staff was nice and changed our room immediately.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Shannon

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

2/10 Terrible

Shannon

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Do not make the same mistake as I did staying in this hotel. We finally arrived at 215am after car trouble. We wanted to stop at the vending machine area before bed because we hadn't eaten, they were all out of order. Okay Fine. We go to out room open the door and the lights don't work. We had back to the front desk and the women working takes us to a new room. Opens the door and we here "Hello??". The room was already occupied. We go back to the original room and she plays around with different light switches and finally the lights flicker on. The room was absolutely disgusting. Crumbs all over the floor, burn marks on the bed spread, blood on the wall. But the worst was the toliet. We couldn't even use it. We slept for 3 hours and got the hell out of the nightmare of a hotel. These pictures were taken from the room they put us in. I did tell the front desk person in the moening and she didnt care. she she just said they are a Choice Hotel and we need to take it up with them. The worst hotel I have ever stayed at. What a mistake

4/10 Poor

Erin

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Constant slamming of doors and a bed so squeaky that sleeping through the night was not comfortable. Staff were awesome but the paint and drywall in our room was severely water damaged telling the much needed renovation for the building. Exposed rusty nails within the shower fixtures was also a little worrisome. No sounds barriers between rooms meant everything and all things were heard.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Amy

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Checked in and checked out five minutes later due very unpleasant odor and lack of cleanliness. The bed cover had burn holes and the blanket had stains. The hotel smelled bad - a mixture of mold/mildew and cigarette smoke. Avoid at all costs.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Nick

Stayed 1 night in May 2023