Kensington Inn, Howell

In the dark of the night, you may think this place looks decent from the outside....but don't be fooled! The rooms have an odd smell, and the raggedy linens and towels smell nasty too. The blankets and towels are worn and torn and have stains and holes in them, and the elastic in the sheets are so worn out that the sheets won't stay on the bed. You roll over a couple times, and find yourself on the bare mattress. We didn't see any bedbugs, but our children got sick after staying there a day and a half, and we had to take one of them to the E.R. It was a nightmare. The only thing louder than the toilet running all night was the heater clicking and clunking each time it kicked on. Oh, and the fight that broke out in the parking lot at around 1:30am. You see, this hotel is conveniently located right behind the town's biggest nightclub, so when it closes, the local lowlifes continue their "festivities" in the rooms at the hotel. If you didn't read this review, and you stay there, you will likely be charged twenty dollars per towel, for supposed "damages" that you incur to them. Which is particularly bad news if you paid by credit card, and you don't know about those charges until days later, when you are several states away and can do nothing about it! If you are travelling, and this is the only place with a vacancy, I suggest you consider sleeping in your vehicle at a well-lit convenience store instead.

I loves the outside apperance. Until we got inside our room. Immediately blasted by stale smoke smell. NON SMOKING ROOM! and, DIRTY. I still havent unpacked my clothes because I fear the filth. Uncovered the beeding and found crap stains on the blanket, blood spots on the sheet and dirt, years of dust under the bed. Upon moving things around to clean up myself more dirt. I had to run to Target to get some bleach. and now suffer chenical head ache. When I asked for clean sheets the man said, well there are no cleaning ladies here. It was tough to get clean sheets but after an hour we did. I am glad we traveled with our own blankets and pillows. the heater is also very unsanitary. the coils are full of built up dust and I am already feeling sinus issues building up. I only wish that there were more choices of hotels in Howell MI. And how the cleaning staff get away with their lack of cleaning is beyond me. I am thinking of contacting the BBB. Too bad it is Feb and below 0. The truck would be a much better and cleaner stay. Tammy in room 233

I was not impressed with this hotel. The outside appearance and the internet make this place out to be nice place. We stayed in a smoking room by request. It stunk really bad even after being there for awhile it still stunk. Smoking rooms always have a smell but not like this one did. The bed was not comfortable either. You hear horror stories about comforters being dirty. These definitely were not clean. The blanket on the bed was HARD...really hard...fabric softener does wonders. The internet says they have rooms for $39, but they don't. I got the room for $57 w/ tax, but it wasn't even worth that. My overall experience was not good and I will not be back.