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8171 South Main Street, Helen, GA 30545 (Formerly Motel 6 Helen)
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Americas Best Value Inn Helen
Ranked #15 of 18 hotels in Helen
2.5 of 5 stars 12 Reviews
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Atlanta, GA
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Eww, gross, and nasty!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 August 2009
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This has to be one of the worst hotels around. First, I know it's a Motel 6, but some are newer and not bad. On the Motel 6 website, it has a picture of a nicer, new hotel and says that the rooms are renovated. To its credit, they did put in granite countertops and new bedspreads. But that's where the "new" ends. The picture on the Motel 6 website is not of the actual hotel.

The walls are so thin you can hear the people in the room next to you talk. There are gaps so big under the door, light, cigarette smoke, etc. come into the room. There was mold/mildew in the shower. There were bugs (plural--including spiders) in the bed. There were NASTY stains on the floor and on the blanket. The a/c was propped up by molded, wooden blocks. The bed sagged and had tears in it (see my pictures!)

I went to get ice, and the ice machine didn't work. In the lobby they, instead, had a freezer with a scoop, but there was no ice inside--you just had to pick it off the insides of the freezer.

After getting home, I felt so gross I had to shower again. All I can say is this place should be shut down, it's that bad. YUCK YUCK YUCK!

  • Stayed August 2009, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Florida
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“Not Recommended at all!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 November 2008

Stayed at the Motel 6 in Helen, GA because we travelled through on a busy weekend and everything else was booked. We were given the last room on the ground floor (#102) which was supposedly a NON-SMOKING, handicap room. Shame on me for not checking it more closely before taking the room. The room smelled badly of old cigarette smoke and mold. Everything was old and dirty. I've stayed at other bad hotels and this ranks as maybe a number three from the bottom! The sheets looked stained. The AC/furnace did not have a happy medium between being too cold or too hot. The walls were very thin and our neighbors had their TV on all night forcing us to turn on the bathroom fan to drown them out. There was no phone. The handicap shower head was broken away from the holder so you had to hand hold it while showering. Plus, it alternated from scalding hot to freezing every few minutes! Very bad if you were actually handicapped I would say! I do NOT recommend this hotel and am issuing a complaint with the Motel 6 chain. The one upside to this motel is that any bugs in the room were dead.

  • Liked — location
  • Disliked — Not sanitary, broken facilities, old and shabby
  • Stayed November 2008, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 September 2008

We stayed on a friday night,the price was the cheapest,motel was very clean,looked new,and the nicest staff you will ever meet .Will stay there again .

  • Liked — pillows
  • Disliked — nothing
  • Stayed September 2008
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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Acworth, Georgia
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23 helpful votes 23 helpful votes
“Motel 6, true Motel”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 June 2008
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person found this review helpful

Well, I expected the worse which made our stay better. Not near as bad as I expected. The room had new carpet, new paint...and get this....great pillows. Not your norm in a Motel. It does have true Motel style...bed...cabinet with TV on it and bath. Walking distance to all of the shops.... The shower had great pressure and was very clean.

Stayed June 2008
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“Good standard room, very friendly staff”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 February 2008
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Stayed in room 106. I arrived on the final weekend of Oktoberfest. Very busy in Helen. Many of the motels were fullly booked, but Motel 6 had plenty of rooms.
The entire town is in Baverian design, including Motel 6.
Standard room, NO coffee making facilities. NO fridge or microwave.
Recently refurbished.

  • Liked — location,
  • Stayed November 2007, travelled with friends
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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  • Motel 6 Helen
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  • Helen Motel Six
  • Helen Motel 6
  • Days Inn Helen
Address: 8171 South Main Street, Helen, GA 30545 (Formerly Motel 6 Helen)
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