My wife and I stayed @ Southern Suites (Spartanburg, SC) recently and found it to be under a huge upgrade. A new Manager and staff were very nice and helpful. I did find some folks staying term but they were working in Spartanburg and commuting home on the weekends. All said I would ask that you give this remodeled property a second look as they are working hard to make changes. We found the remodeled rooms to be quite nice, fair prices and a very clean place to stay.
Dennis Varner

Im writing this review because, I use tripadvisor EVERYTIME I book a trip and while searching for reservations for our 3rd trip of the year, I came upon a really bad property review which reminded me of my stay here last year.

We relocated from NJ to SC and had about 4 weeks from the time we confirmed we both had employment in SC to relocate, buy a house and put our old house on the market, so in my defense, I was really busy arranging everything and simply was pressed for time when I booked this reservation.

Well, I thought I was smart because when I found this property on another website (a good website for finding ALL properties in area, not as good for getting traveler reviews as tripadvisor tho) I knew the property from our previous trip was just down the street abt 5 miles from where we were buying our home and that the area was in a decent part of town. We just needed a place to stay for 1 week b4 we closed on our home. How bad could it be?

Well I will tell you. First off, a lot of people 'live' at this hotel. At less than 200$ per week I can see the allure for those who may be have a hard time getting rental leases. When we drove up there were abandoned and broken down cars in the parking lot and people sitting in lawn chairs outside w/ the the door wide open. The place looked more like subsidized housing than a hotel.

The room we stayed in was filthy and I mean filthy. The carpet which was very dark, was so dirty my childrens socks (i wouldnt let them walk around the room without them) were pitch black at the bottom after walking around the room for only a few minutes. Everything leaked including the refrigerator, toilet and kitchen sink. There were fleas or knats or something and a 'family' of them living in our room. We went to the walmart abt 1/2 mile away and bought cleaner, sheets, blow up mattresses, and anything else that we could think of to get thru the night. We had to wait until 10:30a the next morning for someone to open the front office so we could get the heck out of there. With no argument and a look like she was shocked we lasted the entire night in our room, the lobby attendant gave us our money back.

On the bright side there is a mall down the street and a Dennys right across the street and quick access to i-26 one of the major interstates in the area. I guess there is a place for every kind of traveler. This place was not for us.