We were in McComb visiting family and really wanted to stay at TripAdvisor's #1 rated hotel there, the Holiday Inn Express, but no rooms were available there. So, we opted for the #2 rated Comfort Inn.
We took two adjoining rooms. One for me and our newborn, and another for my husband and our pre-schooler. My first room (200) was a King "suite" but this was merely a King sized-bed, with a half wall and a couch on the other side of it. It was a fairly large, fairly clean room, but there was an awful mold smell that I traced right to the A/C. There, in the vent, I could see huge puffs of mold.
The staff downstairs was very polite and apologetic, and swtiched rooms for me instantly. I was assigned a room (210) about 10 doors away from my husband's, but we immediately went out to join family, and I never saw my room until bed time. When I got back that night, there was mold in this A/C as well - though less than in my first room - and the carpet was disgusting. It was moist and matted and filthy and I could not imagine putting my feet on it. There was also a small cigarette burn in my comforter cover. Between the mold smell and the truly nasty carpet, I was unhappy. I later found out that the mattress was very uncomfortable. I woke up with a backache, and I usually do fine on hotel/motel beds. Since it was late and the baby was sleeping I didn't attempt to change rooms.
On the upside, the bathroom was clean, and my shower the next morning was good. Hot water was plentiful and the water pressure was strong. The next morning we were satisfied with the continental breakfast. Lots of diffent teas, cereals and pastries to chose from, which was good enough for us. Thankfully, that was our only night in McComb.
The night before we spent $79 per room at the Jackson Marriott, which was truly a lovely hotel with very clean, spacious and comfortable rooms. The following night, we spent $80 per room at the Fairfield Inn in Pearl, MS, right near the airport. Also clean and comfortable rooms. The Comfort Inn was the most expensive, at $89 per room (the King "suite" would have been $95 if we had not moved) and the least appealing by far.
I liked the Comfort Inn staff so much that I was sorry that the room was such a disappointment. The manager left notes in each room that he should be contacted directly if there was any problem, but I didn't call. Honestly, there was no way he could not know that he had a mold problem at his motel, and that he had at least one (if not more) room with seriously filthy carpeting. To be fair, the King "suite" I originally had, didn't have a filthy carpet and neither did my husband's room. I can't speak to any of the other rooms, but if this is the second best motel in all of McComb, then I would recommend that travelers stay in another town, like Brookhaven (20 minutes away)
instead.
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