Rodeway Inn, Gainesville

We booked our room with a credit card, but when we got there., we had to pay cash!!!??? It was late at night and we had no choice. Next morning came, he wanted us to pay cash again?!?!? What kind of hotel expects cash??? I wrote the owner, who hasn't answered my letter. I have a credit card machine for my customers and it only takes one phone call to customer service to fix this problem. Something fishy going on here...the manager keeping the money or doesnt want to pay taxes!!! He also wanted to use my credit card and "run it" thru another hotel, WE SAID NO WAY!!!! We moved to Quailty Inn and their customer complained of this ALSO happening the previous weekend to them at Rodeway Inn.

For the price it was good. We rented 2 rooms. They did try to clean the room early, but they are nice people. The bed was not hard which was wonderful because I hate hard beds. If you want a hard bed this may not be a comfy sleep. It was close to the casino. Prices at casino were almost 3 times as much.

Advertises hot tub and pool,Pool is the size of a medium bedroom with leaves and bugs.The "hot tub" is more like a miniture swimming pool with 2 jets,no heat at all. Beds were too soft,Vending machines do not work,they take your money but no products vended,They want to clean your room at 8:30am ON A SUNDAY!!!,other than that it was ok.

The desk clerk was very friendly and wasted no time getting our key to us. Room was a double queen and very clean. I am booking again tonight for our a trip next week. I was disappointed that the dispensers in the shower were all empty but that was my only negative thought.

Although I specifically requested a non-smoking room when the reservation was made, when we entered our room it smelled strongly of cigarette smoke. The clerk was nice enough to let us look at a 2nd room which reeked of either pet excrement or something that smelled equally as badly as that. The 3rd room was better than the first two, but still had an odor that was probably pet urine. We stayed in the 3rd room because we felt bad for the clerk. The room was nice and fairly newly renovated, but if the owner keeps this up the parking lot will stay as empty as it was the Sunday night we stayed there.

IT WAS A GREAT PLACE TO STAY !! I LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WHEN THEY GO TO GAINESVILLE TO STAY AT THIS HOTEL!! IT WAS VERY CLEAN !!