Room #204
$59.95 with travel book coupon + taxes/fees
The room was average but if you plan on being at the beaches, shopping, going to attractions, etc. then you'll just be sleeping here. They updated the bathroom, which was clean. Beds ok. But if you're the kind of person that wants an elegant, plush room don't stay here because you'll be disappointed. Very nice pool area. The hotel is close to restaurants and shopping!

The traffic on this road (Gulf to Bay Blvd) is horrible. Be extremely careful driving. We passed the scene of a deadly accident (body covered on the ground). The man at the front counter said this happens all the time.

A small group I was with had 3 rooms and we stayed here for 5 nights in mid-March. The rooms are basic. One of our rooms on the second floor had a damp carpet and we were relocated after the first night. Some rooms took a long time (20 minutes) to get hot water in the morning. The pool was clean and has a few tables around it. The continental breakfast included coffee, tea, juice and a few thawed supermarket type donuts. The place won't kill you but it also is hard to find something special to recommend it. .

My wife & I stayed here from 23-28 Dec. We were able to check in early as our room was ready. The front desk clerk was friendly & helpful. We had a lage room in the front part of the motel with a micro-fridge. It included cutlery, dishes, single-cup coffeemaker, & a toaster (that set off the smoke alarm, of course). However, we moved to another room upstairs the next day, as both mattresses were just too hard & we were too close to the road so the traffic noise kept me awake. Unfortunately, it had a musty smell from damp carpet. We observed that the rooms w/o micro-fridges were much nicer: well-maintained, larger windows, newer furniture. I would surmise that the majority of positive reviews came from guest that stayed in these nicer rooms. They had lots of free parking. The pool & hot tub area looked nice, with lots of patio furniture. The location is pretty good, close to shopping (Super Target) & a small beach along Tampa Bay adjacent to the Courtney Campbell Causeway to Tampa. The free continental breakfast is pretty good: cereal (2), mini-muffins, mini-bagels, mini-cinnabuns, oatmeal, toast, juice (2), coffee (room coffee was much better), tea, decaf.

CONS: It is a rather old property that could really use some maintenance & improvements in the micro-fridge rooms: replace old, worn out mattresses, replace wobbly chairs & tables in the rooms, replace really old mini-fridges, replace damp carpet, repair the bed lamp cord, replace old, noisy phones, repair room doors that won't close without slamming. Although the A/C unit looked pretty new, it had only heat & cool, no fan only setting. Local calls are not free (25 cents). And, the guest laundry is $2/ machine (which I did not use).

Overall, I would not stay here again unless they made some improvements. Our rate was really good ($49), but the property was below our normal standards.

In August my wife & I attended a show at Ruth Eckerd Hall which is very close to the hotel. We stayed at the Days Inn on Gulf to Bay for 1 night. We returned in November & stayed another week. We had a non smoking poolside room with 2 queen beds. The room & the rest of the hotel was very clean. They have a great hot tub & heated pool surrounded by a nice tropical landscape. The front desk clerks, Dee, George & Mike went out of there way to make our stay a pleasent one. This hotel is close to many nice restaurant's like Joe's Crab Shack, Smokey Bone's & Village Inn. They have a nice continental breakfast & every morning the staff was there to say hello. The housekeepers were very kind. I would highly recommend the Days Inn on Gulf to Bay & will return this spring.