We were going to attend a reunion and wanted to stay in Newton, Mississippi. I found the Days Inn by looking at TripAdvisor but was a bit put off by the strong negative tones of many of the reviews. This Days Inn sounded a bit like the motel featured in the 1980 horror B movie called "Motel Hell" (which starred one of my cowboy heroes gone wrong - Rory Calhoun). However, we took a chance and booked a room anyway.

When we arrived I found the Days Inn right off the freeway (I-20), and it was an older, two story building, probably built in the early 70s or so. The check-in was easy, the front desk person was friendly, and I headed with some trepidation to my assigned room. To my relief, I found it was clean, the A/C worked well, the bed was relatively comfortable, and the toilet & bathtub worked fine. The furniture was a little old but I didn't find any unpleasant surprises such as those listed in the other reviews.

I also didn't find much of a breakfast in the morning. However, since the Days Inn is right off the freeway, there are some national fast food chains within walking distance where you can get a reasonable breakfast. We even ate one night at a nearby Japanese restaurant that offered a pretty good meal.

Here's my recommendation - if you are really tired and want to stop, then this Days Inn is okay. However, if you've got a little travel left in you - about 25 minutes - you should drive on to Meridian and stay in one the nicer, newer motels they have there. For example, I've stayed in the Hampton Inn in Meridian on several occasions. It had more features (e.g., better free breakfast) and the price is about the same.

I had stayed at this motel in May and had a great room, great receptionist, no problems. I came back through and thought I would stay there again. The service was terrible, internet was not working, The bed smelled like pee. I had a little dog with me and they had a mouse glue trap in the room that my little dog found and he had that glue trap on his face, ears, feet( he has long hair on his ears ). It was a mess. I took him down to the receptionists and they turned it around to that they didn't know how it got in the room and made me feel like it was my fault he got into it. Had no concern for my little dog. They asked me if I wanted to leave and said they cancelled out my room and wouldn't charge me.(this is late at nite) My little dog is house broke and well behaved and he doesn't bark. His manners are better then most children and most partying adults. I usually stop at Days Inn because they are pet friendly...but I won't stop at that motel again. The management who was from India was also very rude!!!!They are NOT customer friendly and they DO NOT accommodate or help their customers. Thank you.

Poorly maintained room that had a strong odor of damp. Reason, when the AC ran it drained into the carpet and thus soaking our luggage. All of this for over 70$ a night. Not again.

The hotel is bad, but I was not aware of what was ahead on I-20 so thought I was making a good decision on a name brand hotel. This is the type of hotel that will keep me from ever choosing Days Inn again. If the price had been lower I would have not have been as disappointed, but it was $70 with taxes for a really bad hotel room. The room was bad, the toilet had a dirty ring around the inside like it had not been used or cleaned in a really long time. Bed was really old and noise from other rooms passed through walls. Like another reviewer said, stay in Meridian.