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Reviews of Howard Johnson Hotel & Conference Center by Wyndham Salem

2 out of 5
Howard Johnson Hotel & Conference Center by Wyndham Salem
1671 Skyview Rd, Salem, VA

Reviews

6.0
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6.2/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

5.6/10

Amenities

5.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Mark

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Old motel, with old carpets, peeling paint in the room, no sofa, was removed and not replaced. Generally run-down. Poor breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Vanessa

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

4/10 Poor

Scott

Traveled with pets, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sorry, but I can’t recommend this property. Although the room was ok (nicely remodeled) the rest of the facility was in pretty poor condition. Pool, workout room were nonexistent. I was concerned about security and safety. No coffee or even cups, and only 2 towels that weren’t much better than a dish towel. The hostess and cleaning staff are doing the best they can with what they have to work with. Sorry but there are better lodging options in this area.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

ALEXANDER

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was quiet and appropriate for the price
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Amanda

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel did not have a working gym, even though it said it did both when I booked it and when I arrived. They also did not have extra blankets, the toilet would not flush when we arrived and my husband had to fix it. The staff were not so helpful and the overall experience was not at all positive.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

David

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Heat barely worked. TV did not work and staff did not offer much at getting it working. Had to wait 15 to 20 minutes before getting waited on. No one at desk and had to call number. Other features were good.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

edgardo

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Dirty
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Keith

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Tyrone

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Awful
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Kelly

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

shawnna

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

MARY

Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was nasty. No cover over light in bathroom wires hanging. Capet was nasty. Bathtub had cigarette burns all over it. Wengot there early they charged 35 toncheck in 2 hrs early. Window was nasty. Breakfast looked like they put the same food out both days. That room looked as if it had not been updated since they built the place.. if it wasnt for losing the money i would have gotten our money back and went somewhere else.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Josh

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The area is very quiet and people are respectful. I would recommend a stay to a friend or family. Rooms were clean as well. Breakfast is a plus and good.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Adrian

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Smelly bag
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Kylie

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Leeann

Traveled with family and small children
The bed was hard and 2pillows was flat. The food was terrible!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Adriana

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very run-down. Pictures in the website were deceiving, making it look much better than what it was. Trash and debris even in front of the door of the room. Room had a nasty smell. Didn't feel safe, decided to stay elsewhere even if it meant I would lose the money I paid for this place.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

AnaMaria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ellen

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
perfect to get off the road and crash - just what the doctor ordered! Thank you!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

George

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Robert

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
My check gave me exactly what I expected when I saw the room. The clerk wasn't friendly, nor interactive. The room was dated and half of the lights didn't work. The only reason it got 2 stars was because the bed was nice.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

gary

Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Paid for a king bed. Told none available for weeks; I got one 2 nights ago when I stayed here. Also told availability when making reservations via a third party like Expedia you don’t know what you will get when you show up. I told the lady at the front desk with red hair it was bad for business to not give people what they pay for. She said they have plenty of business. I told her not mine anymore. No more hojo.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Donna

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Mark

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Piettro

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Really like the fact that everyday they clean the room, breakfasts they could improve a lot, it was the very same thing everyday, the last 3 days they were out of milk, but never bought it, overall is a good hotel, beautiful view, pricing is good
Stayed 9 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Hotel room was different from picture on their website. Hotel quests were noisy. Property around hotel was not very clean.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Patricia

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Needs updating in bathroom
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Peggy

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
No food on site and Chinese restaurant doesn't deliver to here so had to order pizza. Lot of noise outside but stopped before 10. Also since there is a pet fee for each. Would be nice to have a dog area besides the 8 x 10 spot between the buildings that was occupied by two very large pit bulls that were NOT friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Hugh

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Ben

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

John

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good Staff, fair continental breakfast, poor lighting.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Coralena

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Nikki

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
First room smelled like garbage, second room entry door handle was broken, third room was fair but paint chipped and peeling in bathroom, couldn’t adjust water pressure on shower head. Front desk person was not friendly

6/10 Okay

Rachel, Lafayette

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Teresa

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay!
Everything was fine, appreciate the stay.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Patrick, Fairfax

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Front desk charged us for early check in and did not issue receipt.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Mary

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Do not stay here! It is a creepy place. The front desk person seemed clueless. The first room we were given was a mess. It looked like someone was living there. The second room was clean, but showed neglect. The hair dryer was missing and there were sloppy repairs to the walls. The breakfast was practically nonexistent.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Espedito, Alexandria

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property is in need of a facelift.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ashok

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great View
Great view, good rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Arianna

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disgusting, couldn't offer a different room. Slept in my car
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Brandon

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Did not have my non smoking room available as per my reservation. Only smoking rooms and would not let me stay after admission of smoke allergy. Total scam and worst hotel experience ever… took the reservation but did not hold it
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Larry

Traveled with pets, Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We booked 2 rooms- I have email confirmation. only 1 room is available to us! No attempt to rectify. Toilet leaks when flushed. Some lights don’t work. Cobwebs on ceiling- lots!!! Bathroom door doesn’t completely close. Entry door sticks, difficult to open. No tv guide. Broken furniture. I have never been as disappointed. We had planned to extend an additional night- no way now!!!! I believe we have been taken!!! I think a refund is in order.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Darren

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stay away!! The hotel is really dirty and so noisy that you can’t sleep
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Ciro

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Derek

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worst stay I have had.
It was not a great exp. The hotel overbooked so we had to pay an extra 45 dollars to check in early to make sure we got the hotel. Also, AC was not working well and overall just a bad exp.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Andrew, Glen Allen

Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
I arrived at 2:10pm and the lobby was completely empty. I tried to check in and the clerk told me that check in was not until 3:00 and I could either wait or pay an extra $45 for "early check in". No one was working on cleaning any of the rooms by that point, and it was really pathetic customer service. Then, when I did check in, they tried to tell me that they had no rooms with 2 doubles available- only kings. Despite the fact I had reserved a room with 2 doubles and made my reservation months earlier. After arguing with them, they mysteriously found that there was a room with 2 doubles after all. I've stayed at this hotel multiple times for VT football games and never had a problem until this year. The current front desk staff really needs to either be replaced or sent to remedial customer service training.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Omar

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
They over sale the rooms, when I arrived they don’t have room for my family
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Patricia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
TEERIBLE
We had booked a reservation and had called to say we would be arriving very late. Hotel said it was no problem. Arrived at midnight and was told sorry no rooms good bye. As there were several college parent weekends on 81 there were absolutely no rooms available for a 120 mile stretch on 81. Now to drive three hours home unacceptable
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023