One simple sentence to say about this motel 6 in Danvers, MA.............BED BUGS..........Never stay there, never!!!!!!!!

I recently put an employee and his significant other up in this property for the night so that they might make an early morning meeting. The whole experience was a horror show.

When I went into the lobby to register them it was a parade of drunks and trailer park rejects. Some low-life, possibly a hotel employee, started to hassle my employee's lady friend apparently making the mistaken assumption that any woman in the facility must be a hooker.

I was advised that the bed linens were stained and that the blankets were a study in cigarette burns. The electrical outlet in the bathroom was broken and, if one were reaching in the dark for a light switch, presented a serious shock hazard as it was essentially a hole in the wall with live copper busses.

Overall the place was the summation of all of the reasons that I try to avoid Motel 6's when travelling. The place was a dump.

We did respond to the automatic "how was your stay" survey and got the equally automatic "we're sorry your stay was less than perfect" response back. Really? Did they expect a five-star review?

I must honestly admit that I was disappointed. Could have been my mistake, but I swear I asked for a fridge in my room...didn't get one. The pool that I was told on the phone was indoors and heated was indeed indoors, but quite cold. I asked for tub and shower...and got it, but there was no way to plug the tub for a soak. I was excited by the websites claims of newly renovated rooms, but my room had tattered carpet.
Sounds awful so far but I have to end on a good note. Despite working in a hotel that is obviously older and maybe a bit rough, the staff does a wonderful job of keeping the place clean. My rooms was space but clean and fresh. New sheets every day! Everyone was very polite as well.
The shining star of my stay was Andrew, a very gentle spirited young man working at the desk when we checked in. As I waited to check in there was a woman ahead of me in line who was what I call a "chronically unhappy customer". She was unhappy about her room, her computer, her boyfriend and everything else she could think of. She spoke to Andrew in such a terribly ugly way that it made me feel for him. There was nothing short of a million dollars cash that could have made this woman happy. Andrew was such a pro...calm, cool,collected and even friendly in the face of this woman's tirade. This employee should be promoted and given a raise (or combat pay). He has much to teach others about conflict resolution and how to deal with people who refuse resolution. This woman's attacks continued throughout the day whenever I was in the lobby, but Andrew never lost his cool. Awesome!

We checked into this hotel at 3:30pm and were checked out by 9:00pm the same day!! My cousin and I came into town for the Haunted Happenings festivities in Salem, MA on Columbus Day Weekend, we decided to stay there based on price alone...BIG mistake! Upon entering our room which was located on the 3rd floor, we found a dirty, smelly room with beds that had small brown stains on the sheets and comforters. We figured we could get through it, as we did not plan on spending much time in the room. We left and walked around Salem for a few hours and returned to get settled in for the night, at which point we discovered bedbugs (small reddish brown bugs) crawling around in the sheets. We went immediately down to talk to the front desk and they offered us a full refund and told us we could leave...which we did. Unfortunately for us, this happened to be an extemely busy weekend in Salem and we were not able to find another hotel in the area with an available room....Our trip was completely ruined and we ended up heading the 7 hours back to Buffalo on the same night that we arrived! This hotel is horrible and I would advise anyone who is visiting this area to avoid this hotel like the plague!