best bang for your buck... nice clean rooms...friendly staff... central location... great rates...if you are looking for a full service hotel this is not the place...will return next time i am in san clemente.... more

I called this motel to get directions and was told I didn't need a reservation because they had plenty of rooms. I tried to give them a credit card over the phone and they said it wasn't necessary to reserve a room and refused to take my credit card number. When I got to San Clemente I called them to... more

We stayed at the Best Value Budget Lodge the weekend of August 19,2006. One of the busiest summer weekends of the year. We paid $198.00 plus tax, it seemed high at first but we later realized that it was the going rate for that weekend. We got a nice clean room with the standard motel amenities, it was nothing fancy,... more

This hotel was $198 per night with tax. It should have been $125. The owners who checked us in were very unfriendly. When we got to our room, we noticed there was no shower but a big jacuzzi with a water wand. To get ice you needed two quarters which I have never seen this degree of cheapness before. The... more