Clean room, clean sheets, clean bathroom.

AC is not strong enough though for the Sept night. I cranked it up to the max and the room is still hot. However, it was like 90-100 at night too.

The Days Inn doesn't look like much from the road, but the rooms are actually reasonably nice for the price in this area. The room included a fridge and microwave. The bedding was nice with the 4 pillows all lined up, and the bed was comfortable. The A/C unit was modern and didn't make a ton of noise. The TV had many channels, but there was no channel line-up guide (at least in my room). The high-speed wireless Internet was fair-to-good. On the downside, the basic infrastructure shows some signs of wear -- for example, some of the outlets were a little questionable, with broken cover plates exposing the internals. And there was a slight whiff of mildew in the bathroom.

As far as location, it's truly EZ-Off, EZ-on the I-10 freeway. There is a Subway and Starbucks adjacent, a couple gas stations at the freeway exit, and McDonalds, Taco Bell, Carrows, Sizzler, etc. just a short distance away. There is also a casino and outlet mall a few exits up the freeway. Banning is a nice little town about 90 miles from L.A. and perhaps 20 miles from Palm Springs.

A suggestion -- the motel is "L" shaped, so request a room in the part of the "L" that doesn't face the noisy 8-lane freeway. Much quieter.

We checked in easily with the front desk. They were very friendly and willing. We were going to a concert that night at Soboba Casino featuring Stevie Nicks and Chris Isaac. Since all the motels in Hemet/San Jacinto were booked, we had to book 14miles away in Banning, right off the 10 freeway. Still, the room was clean as a whistle, fluffy pillows & comfy beds were great plus a microwave and mini refrigerator were a nice touch. Subway and Starbucks are right next door so you won't starve and you'll be comfortably buzzed in the morning. Although there is a continental breakfast, it is miniscule and there's no place to sit down, simply carry out. The negatives in our room was a non-working hair dryer which we tried to fix but it needed to be replaced. The tub had a little age with some dark dings on the bottom. The stucco job in the bathroom which has had been repaired(?) left little to the imagination. Below average. I did hear a couple of thudding arounds at 3am on the second floor but I just cranked my ocean machine at night. Just a heads up, there is no safe to put your valueables in their rooms so hide your stuff carefully.

I thought this motel was actually really nice! The rooms were newly painted and very clean. Good service (a bit slow, but whatever) but a great stay overall! Don't let the bad reviews scare you!