Motel 6, 3430 Saint Vardell Lane, 22817
We are doing a RoadTrip and so tried to find cheap but safe places for just one night stays.

Ok location, but not alot around the area. I'm not keen on the Motel 6 chain not providing a coffee maker in your room even if they do say they offer coffee in the morning at the Reception Office.

The Air Con was good but there is no Wi Fi at all here (not even at a price). There was no bathtub and the shower was hard to stop the bathroom from getting wet. The other guests were fairly mixed (we are 2 white girls) and the room was nice. For a price of $46 it was just about right.

Now I realize that motel 6 even though is not franchising so much as other motel chains its very unpredictable. Some motel 6's are good but some not. About this one basically I agree with the previous reviews. First, the hotel as a previous reviewer mentioned is not located in a bad part of the town but attracts people that you definitely don't want to invite in your home. I guess that's why they have this "late night check-in" where you basically cannot access the lobby. Note that I went for a coffe at 8 am and still the lobby door was locked!
Motel is difficult to find. Even though visible from the highway, once you take the exit there is nowhere a sign to guide you. The area looks ok. Appears to be commercial. Many hotels around and across motel a gas station and convenient store. But be aware to see many weird guys shopping there.
Big advantage of the motel is that it is at walking distance from the light rail station (about a mile). I walked this even after dark and felt safe. With the light rail you access downtown in 10 min and pay just $1.50.
I stayed two night and the first night was terrible. People at the next room very noisy. I could also hear footsteps from the room above. I slept only two hours. For the next night I requested a new room at the second floor. This was excellent and quite. Lesson to be learned: Request a room on the second floor and pray that the people next to you sleep quietly. Unfortunatelly, it turns out most rooms areconnected by a door. This not only contributes to the noise but also adds a somewhow "unsafe feeling".
In summary, to be honest if I had the choice again I would pay the "extra $10.00" and would select the super 8 across the street. This motel 6 is designed for this "bad people" that also the previous reviewer indicated. It's not made for you, so why risking?

We stopped at this property when inclement weather decided that we could not go much further safely. We should have known that any property that closes the lobby at 7 pm and heads to the 'night check-in' is in a somewhat, er, challenging part of town.

For $48+, we received a room with one double bed, a TV powered with satellite that not only was two channels off the screen display; the default channel was HBO, which at the time we arrived in our room was showing a documentary on vintage soft-core porn, narrated by a lissome young women wearing absolutely nothing.

The light in the clamshell shower was unpredictable; the laminate finishes showed wear and tear; the threadbare towels had the unmistakeable scent of chlorine; and our in-laws, in a room around the outside corridor, reported a rather sizeable cochroach in their bathroom. I fought the urge to check the mattress for signs of bedbugs.

The staff, such that it was, was perfunctorily polite. And. to be fair, while things were clearly run-down and necessarily stripped down in its amenities, it was presentable and basic.

Suffice to say that if we had a choice of properties, this would not be our first choice. But if you need a place to rest your head and not much else, this will suit your needs just fine.

Charlotte South, NC
Motel 6
I-77 at Clanton Road, Exit #7
3430 Saint Vardell Lane
Charlotte, NC 28217

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When you stay at a Motel 6 you're not expecting a luxurious stay. This
one met our low expectations with a bathroom light that you need to
smack from time to time due to a short, worn out box spring and mattress
and those paper thin comforters that you hate to think what's been
spilled on them. What I wasn't expecting was the crowd. I checked in on a
Wednesday and while the hotel is not in a bad part of town, the property
itself seems to attract a bad element. As I was checking in a girl in
the lobby asked if I had any trees or rocks. She then asked another guy
in the lobby and he confirmed he did. She asked for his room number so
"The guy I'm dating tonight can come pick some up". There were
numberous folks hanging in the parking lot openly drinking. I wish I had spent
the extra money to go elsewhere.