My girlfriend and I stopped in Edmonton to catch a baseball game and decided to stay at the Econo Lodge. This was the first time that either of us stayed at an Econo Lodge and we found our experience to be a little interesting.

For starters, it's not in the best location. There were alot of sketchy people hanging around outside and I worried about the condition my car would be in the next morning.

We walked up about three sets of outdoor stairs to get to our room and when we opened the door we were far from impressed. The carpet was FILTHY (I actually borrowed a pair of my girlfriend's socks because I was worried I'd catch athlete's foot or some kind of foot fungus). When I tried to shut the curtains the entire rod fell to the floor. The bathroom was dirty and I didn't want to step inside the bathtub, nevermind bathe or shower in it. The beds were disgusting and I was very tempted to sleep fully clothed on top of the blankets. I didn't notice any bedbugs but the bedding needed to be cleaned. I spent the entire night wondering how many prostitutes and seedy drifters had been in that bed.

When I woke up the next morning I thought about making a cup of coffee... until I discovered a hair in the coffee maker. The remote was sticky. I was genuinely embarrassed to bring my girlfriend to this hotel. I knew it wasn't going to be nearly as nice as the Delta hotel that we stayed in the night before but I didn't think it would be THAT bad. Lesson learnt.

Pros:
-the staff was polite

Cons:
-see the 3 paragraphs above.

Do not stay here, do yourself a favor and spend the extra $30-$40 and go to a Best Western, Holiday Inn, etc.

booked on internet, we found a motel with railway on the back and road on the front. Breakfast included but no breakfastroom
everything a bit outdated but acceptable

When we arrived in Edmonton we headed to what we thought was the centre of the City and saw the Econo Lodge and the 99 dollar a night sign. The room was clean and the staff were friendly but when we went out at night we realised it was more a business district and there were however a lot of people hanging about on street corners close to the Hotel.

The facilities in the Hotel are what you would expect for a hotel in this price range

The Internet was a problem. They gave me smoking rooms when I ask for non smoking. The room smelled bad. I lost money in the washer and they would not give it back and the worst was the cleaning people who forced me out of my room before the 11:00 check out because that was the last room for them on my floor. They opened the door twice and then went some place and call and ask was I checking out. I was pissed.