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Motel 6 South Lake Tahoe – reviews, photos

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2375 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, US 50/Lake Tahoe Boulevard at SR 89, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
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Motel 6 South Lake Tahoe
3.0 of 5 stars 62 Reviews
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
“If you need an affordable clean place to just lay your head..”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 February 2012 via mobile
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After a long day of skiing, this place is more than that. Management is great! Tell them your tired an just need a place to sleep before heading home and not only will the price be at or under $50, 9 times outa 10 Mgmt will give you a free brkfst coupon for Denny's. Some rooms have fridges and Most have coffee pots. But for $39.99 in South Lake take a clean room an get your coffee in the office! I love this place, but I don't go to Tahoe to sit in a room. I'm either skiing or gambling!

  • Stayed November 2011
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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“Pleasantly Surprised!”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 January 2012

Let me start off by saying that I work for a 4 star hotel and major branded hotel. So I know the ins and outs of hotels.
When I waited until the last minute to make my travel plans for NYE I was looking at paying $400-600 at the "casino/strip" hotels. I work for a hotel -I'm not paying those prices. So after looking and searching I came across the Motel 6. First Reaction? All the bad reviews below were going to ruin my trip, but for $100 and a place to shower and get ready I wasn't going to be too picky. After all it's only 4 miles from the "main event"
Pros:
-Great Rate (it's motel 6 after all)
-Hotel front desk was kind, courteous and welcoming
-Hotel room was clean and smelt clean
-Hotel is 4 miles from casinos
-Bathroom clean
-Microwave and Fridge clean
-Carpet clean
-Bed clean (and even newish, again I work in a hotel, I can tell a newer bed from a older used bed)
-They kept the light on :) (haha)

Cons:
-few little dust bunnies here and there however nothing horrible AT ALL probably what you have at your own home
-towels are stiff not fluffy (again it's a motel not a 4 star hotel)
-Exterior Corridors (I'm a woman, it's just not as safe but it's a motel and you can't change the building)

That's it! It was totally worth the money for a night that could have ended up costing me a LOT more!

I received a survey from Motel6 and after I filled it out I actually received a personalized "Thank you" from the General Manager - I was in shock but it made it that much more caring, friendly and customer service oriented than I EVER thought a motel6 would be.

This location changed my opinion of Motel6, however, the General Manager regained my trust of true customer service.
Thank you for a nice stay!

  • Stayed December 2011, travelled with friends
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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17 reviews 17 reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“Disgusting, smelly and scary”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 September 2011

Oh, good lord what a dump!!! Not only is it as far away from the middle of town as you can get, but it is in need of some serious upkeep. When we walked into the lobby, it stank of stale humid urine, so bad that I had to leave and go outside and let my husband sign in, then to the room. The people next to us must have been staying long tern, they had weird books and stuff in their window and literally smoked non-stop day and night outside the room, which of course was our room also, smoke billowing out at all hours. The property looks like a crack house, very run down, pop machine and ice machine both OUT OF ORDER. I literally could not wait to check out of this dump, thank goodness we went to dinner and spent the evening out with friends, I would have had to check out if we would have spent any more time there. Stay Away!!! Oh, and we had to pay for Wifi, which did not work after we paid for it.

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“icky!”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 September 2011

I realized the day of our weekend trip to tahoe that i had forgotten to book a room! so i jumped on motel 6 website knowing they'd most likely have a room last minute. Now, i'm nobodys fool, i know not to have high expectations but, wow. the people in the room next to us were smoking weed the whole time and the front desk said they couln't move us but "had some orange spray"..... so don't forget to book a room anywhere but motel 6 in advance before you take off the weekend to south lake.

*also the pool was closed cause they were painting the fence*

  • Stayed June 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“this is why i never go to motel 6's...”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 August 2011

this happens to be one of the worst hotels that i have ever stayed at.
the MOMENT i walked into the hotel room, i could see countless things
wrong with this room and hotel. The bed comforters are ugly as hell,
they look like they would be for a little child's bed. The room smelled
like nasty old people. We stayed in a room with 2 beds and they're
were only 2 towels in the bathroom. They should have more than that.
There were countless bugs in the room and when we looked under the
bed, it looked like they haven't cleaned it in many, many months. And ontop
of all of this, you have to pay for wifi. $2.99 for a ONE day pass for wifi is absolutely
ridiclous, most hotels have it for free which is what i would usually expect and prefer.
The front desk lady was rude. When we called her from the room to ask her a simple
question, she replied with attitude and an 'annoyed' tone. They made us walk to the front desk to get our extra pillows when we asked them if we could have some, they could've easily gotten off they're lazy butts and brought them to us, but no. They didn't even put the pillow cases on them, they made us do it. The rooms are small as hell, if you have more than 3 people with you on your visit, get a suite cause you definately sure won't be able to fit them all in here. OH & they're showers have rust in them and it doesn't look like they clean it very well. Well your welcome for letting you know how TERRIBLE this hotel is and how TERRIBLE our stay was. (:

  • Stayed August 2011, travelled on business
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Address: 2375 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, US 50/Lake Tahoe Boulevard at SR 89, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
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