Econo Lodge West Lafayette, West Lafayette

The GM for this hotel (Jack) listed the room as $16.00 for the night. I made the reservation, it was secured via my credit card, and i got a confirmation stating that it was $18 after tax. When we arrived, Jack said that HE made an error and that we owed $160, not $16. Because there were other customers behind me waiting to check in, he let me go to the room, unpack, and then called 15 minutes later to kick me out. He said if I wouldnt pay extra I couldnt keep MY RESERVATION! He started making threats about how we had security cameras and was going to charge my credit card ("I already have your number on file!) if he saw me enter the hotel to crash with another guest. Now, I am traveling 3 hours out of town. Its football weekend. There are NO hotels. And I can't afford this insane $144 markup. SO, I am left to SLEEP IN MY CAR based on his error! Another guest in the lobby was as appauled as I was. He even admitted it was his mistake but still would not honor the reservation. I am dissgusted, absolutely disgusted at this "service"

The owner of this place is a cheat! He tells people at the front desk to first offer good rates for rooms. Upon check-in he will get you to sign a form agreeing to pay a certain amount for the room rent via a credit card. The form is filled using a pencil! When you check out they want to charge a higher room rate. When you dispute, the owner (an abnoxious Patel!) comes out, takes a look at the form you signed, gets an eraser out and infront of you erases what was written and rewrites on the form!! How outrageous....he thinks people will not go to the trouble of disputing the charges. People like him need to be stopped from cheating customers!

Hard beds, super thin pillow and blanket. Door lock didn't work right. On one of the rooms I stayed in the door lock fell off. The walls were super thin- I could hear people in the hallway walking by easily. The heater in the room didn't work. All told, during 3 nights I spent time in 3 different rooms because there were so many problems. It is offensive to call their breakfast that- it was only coffee and soggy bagels. The only thing good about this hotel is that there weren't bugs coming out of the walls. It was also very far from Purdue, where I was headed. The gas money you will spend back and forth can instead be spent on a better, closer hotel- avoid this one!