I've stayed in the Hampton Inn all over the country, as I travel a lot. They usually have well-maintained facilities, with very friendly, accommodating staff. I stayed here 8 days, so I have a great grasp of this place.
If there were other choices, I wouldn't have stayed here. In my opinion, the Niles location is very poorly managed and very overpriced.
The price fluctuated between $114-$190 a night, depending on the day (weekday and weekend). I overheard the lady at the front desk telling another person the weekend rate was $170. They charged me $189, so I was overcharged.
From the pictures they have posted, this looks like a very nice hotel. I had a different experience from those perfectly lit pictures.
The first night I stayed, I reported things to the front desk. The cord to pull up the window shade was broken, and the panel to cover the wall under the phone ripped off. The phone didn't work. I went to the gym, and the water gushed out of the drinking fountain like a water hose. It splashed all over me.
I checked out to travel and had to come back. They gave me a room on the 2nd floor. When I came to my room, I wanted to put my stuff in there, and the refrigerator didn't work. The phone didn't work.
I reported the phone and refrigerator, and the lady said I could keep my food in their refrigerator. I don't know them, and I wasn't going to keep my stuff with the staff.
There was a bad smell coming from down the hall. Someone had put their garbage outside the door, and it was really bad. I was thinking of calling the police to do a welfare check, as it smelled it something had died. Another guest and I went to the front desk to report it.
The next day, housekeeping was supposed to clean my room, but never did. I came back, and it was the way I left it.
Two days later, I left my hotel room around noon and came back in the evening to find my grocery bag next to the fridge gone. It had all my snacks and vitamins, including iron and calcium that I had to take. I went down to the front desk to report it to Jeweliana and she said, "Oh, I believe you," as if this had happened before. After she told me that the manager would find out which housekeeper was in my room and I could sit down with the manager and discuss compensation or replacement, they dodged me. No call, no follow-up until I finally checked out, and Amy was at the front desk. She was very defensive towards me a puffing up when I told her I was staying in a room and my bag was taken. Then she raised her voice and told me they checked the camera and saw no bag. I've never felt such a deep level of discomfort staying at a Hampton Inn. It was incredibly uncomfortable speaking to the manager, and the front desk staff were not friendly. If housekeeping threw out my bag by accident, they should admit it and compensate me. If they took it on purpose for themselves, that's a low blow.
Here's more of what I experienced. The breakfast was okay, but I found the sausage at room temperature every day. I saw a huge dead roach on the lobby floor near the dining area. It appears that someone had stepped on it as it was dead.
50-75% of the electrical outlets in the rooms didn't work. The wall panel under the phone was either on the floor or cracked open, exposing the inside wall and wires.
The chair in the room was stained with something. I had to put a comforter over it so I could sit on it.
Smoke alarm in both rooms I stayed in had an annoying, bright blinking light. It was like a strobe light and went off continuously.
There was mold around the bathroom faucet. Had to keep a washcloth near it because water would leak out when used. There was rust in the shower, running down the rail.
Old coffee grounds were in the coffee maker and were never cleaned out the whole time I stayed.
Scratchy towels, with brown stains on them, where some looked like blood and others makeup. Other people's hair on the pillows and linen. I'm not a ginger or blonde, so they weren't from me. The mattress was beyond needing to be replaced. The bed sheets were thin with blood stains. The comforter had dark stains on it too.
There was juice or human fluids splashed up on the wall near the trash can. Also, there were more brown fluids splashed up on the wall near the bed. There was a coat of dust on lamps, and on top of headboards of beds.
The air conditioner had a rattling sound coming from it. How can anyone sleep through that? I took a peek inside the vent, and there was dust and rock in there.
The barn door was not installed correctly. There was a mound of sawdust on the floor.
Got several bug bites on my legs while staying there.
Amy and Jeweliana told me I could call the police after my bag was taken from my room. Nope. I had a better idea. I reported that and everything else to corporate, and they apologized and compensated me for the bad experience. Although that was a nice gesture, I'll never stay at their Niles location again. read more