I've stayed with ABVI before, and found them to be a decent no-frills hotel, so I had no hesitation to stay with them again. I have one of their Value Club cards because it gets me an additional 15% off.

First off: if you expect anything other than basic accomodations, this is not your place. All I ask for is internet access (for downtime), a TV with reasonable channel selection (NO Lodgenet), and clean facilities.

When we pulled up, it was decent and presentable enough. It's obviously an old hotel, but that doesn't really bother me. Things were clean and in fairly decent repair. The person who I assume is the owner checked me in. I reminded him I had a Value Club card (as I did when I phoned the reservation in previously) and he just nodded - he didn't ask to see it. He gave us a room on the 2nd floor, which didn't make me too happy (I have chronic arthritis and there is no elevator) but I can deal. We went to our room and I'm glad my husband had to immediately use the restroom and I hadn't had a chance to unpack.

There were a number of dead bugs in the bathroom. In the shower was one of the biggest Daddy Longlegs spiders that I've seen. The shower curtain had something on it that looked like dried blood (not sure if it was or not - did not want to inspect closer). When I looked up at the ceiling, there was something odd smeared on it. When my husband pulled a towel out of the rack to wipe his face (it was incredibly humid outside), it had some sort of spot on it. I'm normally not to critical over things like a water spot here and there, but this was a bit much to take in all at once.

I phoned the front desk and asked for something cleaner. He said OK, and I sent my husband down to swap rooms. He said that the owner's wife was super apologetic and said if the new room didn't meet our satisfaction she'd take care of whatever needed to be done while we watched, and she'd take care of the other room. He asked for a room on the first floor (or in the one story building) but was told no by the owner. When he yet again reminded him that we had a Value Club card and were entitled to a free room upgrade on check-in if available. He told my husband that since we booked online, we weren't eligible for that. When he told the owner that we booked over the phone, he said we weren't eligible because we didn't book online. That sort-of ticked me off. Just say you don't participate or something.

The new room was much cleaner. We were downgraded to a Queen bed from a King, but we were able to deal. The only issue I had with that room is that the deadbolt wouldn't catch, and the door "bar" lock was broken, but held if you pushed the door open.

When we came back from the casino, we noticed a huge amount of beetles on the building by the stairwell - that really needs to be addressed. They need to call an exterminator. We noticed that a lot of air was coming in around the door (it was raining outside and you could feel the air coming in). We didn't notice the beetles coming in until I was jolted awake by one crawling on me. I did not need that.

All in all, it's not that bad of a place if they could address a few issues, like the beetles and the issues with the door. Also, they need to stop advertising a pool because we were eager for a dip to cool off only to find the pool was covered, and looked like it had been closed for a long time. I saw someone else mention that they weren't allowed to have a different rate, so this must be a trend with this particular hotel (never encountered a problem before with that). The bathroom fixtures (sink, toilet, shower enclosure) were all relatively new, the tile in the room was relatively new and nice, the bed was comfortable as was the couch, the TV was decent, and the Wi Fi worked good (need to get the password from the front desk). The fridge and microwave that all ABVI hotels that I've stayed in is a HUGE plus.

I would recommend this hotel to others looking for a NO FRILLS place to crash (I can't stress that enough because otherwise people will pick it apart) provided they address the few issues they need to address.