Let's face it - you're not expecting white glove service and artisan face wash at the Days Inn, ever. What you are probably hoping for, however, is a good nights sleep and cleanliness. You might get these things, if you're really lucky.

Upon checking in with the friendly front desk staff, I headed up the back stairwell with my luggage. It appears as though someone at one point was making an escape whilst bleeding quite significantly, losing enough blood to make a nifty little trail right on the carpet. It does seem like that kind of place, where maybe some cracked-up teenagers got into a bit of a scuffle in the hallway and one of them took a broken off bottle of Colt 45 right to a main vein. It's quite fun, in fact, to sit in your dimly-lit, minimum-security-prison-feel hotel room and wonder all that has happened there over the past, say, 30 years or so. As a matter of fact, it's tough to get a good nights sleep when your mind is reeling. It's also tough to get a good nights sleep when your neighbor's television audio bleeds through the double doors and your air conditioner sounds like a Freightliner. For me, though, at least the sheets were clean.

Here's a few more fun facts about the Days Inn of Shrewsbury:

-The sink is significantly lower than a normal sink. This may make you feel more powerful, or just completely annoyed.

-Your room will come with a few seemingly random pieces of particle-board and Formica furniture. In my room was a dresser and a desk, which was in a dark corner.

-All rooms come with a collection of rotund mauve-colored lamps, which look like they'd be awesome to drop out of a third story window.

-The third-story windows do not open.

Thanks for reading my review. I hope it was as enjoyable and entertaining as your stay at the Shrewsbury Days Inn.

Needing to stay over mid-week, I searched one of the bidding websites, and got my room for $60. At that price, I was satisfied with my stay. For these type of one-nighters, my standards are:
1. Cleanliness
2. A good night's sleep

In both cases, this hotel worked for me. The room was somewhat aged, but the place was clean. I slept well, and had a continental breakfast before leaving. In all, for $60, it was worth it.

We came during leaf season, but there seemed to be a lot of highway or construction workers based here, as a bit rougher crowd than usual tourists. Lots of late night loud conversations and TVs on below and besides us. I called to complain around 2:00 and the staff promptly had them shut it off. Lots of noise with water and doors early in the AM as the guys went off to work. The room was quite dated, tolerably clean, not the nicest Days Inn we've stayed at. You're better off in Methuen if you're trying to be around Boston.

Please of all the hotels/motels in the Boston area, this is not the place to go. This hotel is dirty, we had a bottle cap under our bed when we checked in and was still there when we checked out. We had ants all over the dirty carpet.