Please, listen to those that have gone before, this place is not a nice place. The people working there are rude. The rooms are all different, so you never know if you'll be in a dirty room or just in a room that smells dirty. The pool was merky (that was fun), but it is in a good location. Maybe someone should tear it down and build something better.

The pool area is quite nice and the lodging comfortable, but the Ocotillo is not much of a happening place anymore. They ran off lots of people with the front desk poor attitude and service, although that seems to have improved somewhat from 2003, when it could not have been any worse. They raised the weekday rate from under $100 a night in 2003 to $160 in 2005. It's a very nice facility in a convenient location and may work out for you, especially if you are low-maintenance as far as your needs from the front desk.

DONT Stay at the Ocotillo Lodge. It is a old crusty motel style timeshare development on the white trash south part of town. No night services. Lobby closed at 10:30 pm and does not open until 8:00am. No early checkout or late check in. IF you show up late expect to sleep in your car. If you have to play gold early and need to check out, forget it. You must wait for them to show up. Lousy and unprofessional (Jerry Springer style) desk service. Ripoff prices. Not clean. Avoid at all costs. Take your money somewhere else and thank me later!

In the 1950s, this place was probably Palm Springs at its best. Unfortunately, little has changed about the place since then; it's badly in need of updates. But, it's also not without it's charms. The good: the pool and spas, just wonderful; the rooms are fairly spacious for the price, all variations on one bedroom, one bathroom suites with little, very inadequate kitchenettes - no dishwasher, pathetic stove/oven. The bad: totally indifferent staff that will likely make major mistakes with your reservation (we booked nine rooms for a family reunion and virtually every one of our reservations was goofed up and several of us called more than once to confirm what we wanted and our dates.) Don't look for an outlet in the room to charge your cellphone: there are virtually none. And the towels are little more than thread-bare rags. Now, here's the ugly: security. We had items go missing from our rooms, including an errant suitecase that was delivered by the airlines and promptly stolen from the front lobby. A mystery man offered to "find" the suitcase for $50 and after vociferous complaints to the management, the bag miraculously re-appeared (in the hands of the same "mystery man.") A missing bottle of wine that had disappeared from the room also made a great comeback. BE CAREFUL WITH WHAT YOU LEAVE OUT IN YOUR ROOM!