Clean room and friendly staff. Not a luxuary hotel but clean and comfortable room for an affordable price.

Hotel is located next to a lot of other hotels and chain restaurants on the same street as Ball State Univ. Check in was quick and easy. You have to remember to "ring the bell" for service when you arrive at the front desk because there isn't always somebody there all the time to greet you when you enter the lobby.

Room was fine. Typical Days Inn bed and furniture. The desk and dresser looked a little old and beat up. Bed was fine. Overall just an OK stay. Nothing spectacular and nothing really bad either.

Stayed for Ball State orientation. Made 4 trips to second floor room (after heart surgery and their refusal to honor first floor even with a two + week prepayment) because key would not work. After getting upset and asking for a return of payment to stay elsewhere, was given a first floor room. Returning second night at 9:30 pm, found room not cleaned (at least need towels). Never recieved an apology and after multiple request, recieved no call from manager. Later trip at Super * around corner was great!

I booked on April 19th for a stay on April 24th for my son's prom. When I went to check in at 9 pm that night after finishing prom setup, I was told they had overbooked 2 rooms and didn't have any room for me. Apparently this was a big Ball State weekend, and all the hotels in town were full. They told me they had a room available where I could stay at a motel several miles across town (which turned out to be run-down and didn't provide any amenities at all, even a breakfast).

I never signed anything at Day's Inn, and didn't give my credit card info at the other motel and nothing was ever said so I assumed they were covering my stay since it was their error. By the looks of the place, it couldn't have been more than about a $35 hotel, but Day's Inn charged my credit card their full price. When I contested the charges with my credit card company, Days Inn provided a copy of my registration (forged by them since it was an internet reservation and I never actually signed in) to show that I had stayed there so my credit card reinstated the charge. When I called the Days Inn manager to complain, he claimed that it was a busy weekend, that seedy motel was the only place available in town, and he had to pay $85 to them for the room, and I'm stuck paying Days Inn with him covering the difference.

So... while Days Inn is a fairly decent hotel normally, I can't recommend it because it is obviously not reliable. When you make a hotel reservation and give your credit card to guarantee it, you expect to get charged even if you don't show up, and you expect to have a room if you do show up.

For those willing to risk the above... there is a small fitness room with 2 basic machines and a fairly basic but free breakfast. The desk staff provides basic service. All in all it's a basic hotel at one of the lower rates in the area, but not worth the risk in my opinion.