Linwood 2 Stars Hotels

"GREAT job on renovations for this older building! The bathroom had a modern shower stall, new flooring through the entire room, comfy mattresses & pillows w/ bright white bedding, & everything smelled clean & fresh. Excellent room with all my needs met; WAY better than I expected at such an affordable price. Based on just THAT, I would've given it 5 stars. However, there was one big hiccup with check-in, though I'm hoping it isn't a "usual" occurrence. I arrived at 6:50, way past the 3PM check-in stated on my Hotels.com confirmation & the hotel's website. I was told my room wouldn't be ready for another hour because someone from housekeeping was late to work that day, causing ALL room preparations to fall behind schedule. Fine; no problem. I grabbed dinner & came back. No room yet. Two hours...no room. By the third hour, the desk manager starts cancelling reservations of people who haven't arrived yet. I'm not sure who owns &/or manages the property day-to-day, but I should think they'd have a better back-up plan when someone doesn't show up to work on time. I finally got into my room shortly after 10 PM. The ONE housekeeping person - who was hustling to do everything himself - apologized profusely as he completed mopping the floor & backed out of my room. I can't be mad at the staff that WAS there because of their colleague's lack of responsibility. I hate to think of the negative reviews this hotel will receive due to the fallout from one person pulling a no-show for work."

"Room was clean. TV did not work. We called 3 times before finally told us it was unplugged in the back, nice man came to show us. There was a woman in parking lot high on some kind of drug, there were pallets and trash everywhere on property. One of worst hotels I have ever stayed. I have been booking with EXPEDIA for over 20 years and online did not reflect condition of the hotel. We were told remodeling, very rough hotel, people working on vehicles in parking lot, employees live in one side of the hotel. Breakfast was not good at all, coffee was horrible. "