Travelodge Cincinnati, Sharonville

I stayed at the hotel on 7/25 thru 7/27/08 and had all kind of problems. The hotel has bed bugs and another couple left the because her husband had bed bug bites on Saturday. The cable did not work and I called the Host "Ben" and was told sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't". The airconditioner was blowing out warm air and I told the General Mananger on Saturday. He told me he would have someone fix it by the time I came back from my outing. I got back around 1:30am and the room was still warm. I called the mananger back and he said he would get back with me. I called again one hour later at 2:00 am and he said he would move me. By this time I was so tired and frustrated I went to sleep because I was too exhausted to pack my things When I woke the next morning my significant other had all of these red bite marks on him. We left that next morning around 7:30am. I was tired of arguing with the manager.

The place was cheap ($33/night for 3 nights vs. next closest price of $40/night), but now I know why. The place was in transition from being a Ramada to now being a Travelodge. I don't know that it really made a difference to change brands, as the property was so dirty that it must have been that way when it was a Ramada. The floor, walls, and carpet on the hallways were dirty. The door to the room was dirty on the outside and inside. To their credit most of the inside of the room was ok. It was not great, just ok. For example, the bathroom had not mold and was generally clean and the two beds had no hair from previous guests. Still, I cleaned the filter on the A/C because it was so dirty I was afraid of breathing the air for a prolonged time and shades to the outside were too short so light would come in front the streetlight outside. On the security front, none of the the doors leading to the outside of the building were locked, or even closed at any time, day or night. The place is isolated at the end of a road, so this is an issue. The internet connection was poor at the far end of the building where I was staying. If you stay, make sure you ask to be closer to the mail office if you are going to use their wireless connection. I would never have my wife, mother, or children stay at this place. It was ok for me given that I had already made the reservation. Still, I will never stay here again. Try the nearby Drury Inn, Holiday Express, or La Quinta if you have to stay around this area.

This place was a nightmare. The first room we got had not been cleaned, the bed sheets hadn't even been changed. The second room was cleaned but things had been recycled (like the shampoo bottle) and we were worried if the bed had been changed or just remade. The pool had a sign that said it closed at 10:30pm but they closed it at 9. The staff was not friendly nor knowledgable and their english was difficult to understand. We were told 3 different prices on our room and for what we paid we could have gotten a lot better at another hotel. This hotel is a Ramada Inn Limited, and it's called limited for a reason. We will never even consider staying again.

A) Wall plug broken, Fridge, Microwave and two lamps did not work. I could not plug in my sleep aid (that was the only available plug other than in the bathroom) B) Returned at 2am from a wedding reception to find carpet soaked from air conditioner. Office staff offered no alternative or compensation C) Waterbugs in the bathroom (several) gross! D) Even worse, 3 large blood stains on the bottom of the blanket (not from either of us) that I didn't discover until we woke up the next morning... yes, I had been using that blanket as my cover! the blood was crusty and the blanket had not been laundered. E) Staff seemed genuinely unconcerned with my experience.

It wasn't huge, and it didn't have a real "wow" factor, but for the cost, I couldn't complain one bit. Everyone was friendly and it felt very safe.

The rooms were great for the price and for the area where I needed to be was within a 10 minute drive. Close to mall and restaurants.

The room were good. The first room I was in was very noisy because it was close to the interstate. I had to switch rooms to the other side. They were very nice about switiching rooms.