I really blame myself for having higher expectations in staying here. I honestly haven't stayed in a motel in years (i've definitely become a lot more pretentious in my lodging!), but there really aren't that many options in Jasper, and I dunno, the pics didn't look that bad! But as soon as we walked into our room, omg i thought I was going to throw up - it smelled SO bad. I thought it was a cigarette-smoke smell, but my husband thinks it was more of just an old musty smell.. either way, it was disgusting. Unfortunately, there were no other rooms to switch to because they were completely booked for the rest of the weekend, but something tells me the smell wasn't exclusive to only our room. But upon walking into our gross-smelling room, I actually immediately called the Hampton Inn to see if they had any vacancies... unfortunately they did not, so we had to power through it. After while, we got used to the smell, but we were there with our 13 month old daughter, and I hated to think what gross dirty germs she was breathing in. ugh!
In addition to the smell, the floor felt so grimy. I used to have a phobia of walking around barefoot in hotels, but over the years I eventually got over it (probably because I started going to higher end hotels lol)... this motel reverted me back to my phobia. I felt so dirty walking around it, and it drove me crazy that my daughter wanted to crawl all over it.
oh, we also didn't have any towels when we first got into the room, so we had to go to the front desk to request some. It's not that big of a deal, but that's just weird.
Another issue was that the lock on our door didn't work!!! It had one of those inside locks, so it was fine if we were in the room, but when we left for the day, we had to slam the door multiple times before it finally locked in place on its own. I think a lot of the doors were like this, because as we were walking through the hallways, we noticed so many doors that were cracked a tiny bit.. i think a lot of people probably didn't realize their doors weren't closing and locking all the way! so, ok you think, well this is Jasper, IN... no crime happens in this small little town... well I didn't trust the crazy old drunk dude (and this was drunk creepy guy, not drunk college student who means no harm) that was stumbling through our hallway, nor the guy he was smoking up with in the white van with dark windows in the parking lot.
On top of the crazy dude, the walls were so thin, so you can hear all the loud people in the hallway, and we were also right next to the stairwell, so the doors kept slamming in the middle of the night. Luckily, my daughter is a heavy sleeper.
I will say that I was surprised by the water pressure lol i know that's a weird thing to comment on, but the toilet and shower were pretty heavy duty. But so why the 2 stars instead of 1? well again, just want to give full disclosure - I have become a snob when it comes to hotels, so maybe I'm being too hard on them, i dunno... i definitely wouldn't recommend it, but if you are ok with most 2-star motels, then you will probably be fine staying here. We come to Jasper quite often to visit my in-laws, and unfortunately with our daughter now there just isn't much room to stay at their place anymore, so we will have to see how the other motels in the area make out in comparison! I've heard the Hampton Inn and the Holiday Inn Express are much better, so maybe check those hotels out first if you are willing to spend a little more! I'm actually going to try the Days Inn first next time we're down there, so we'll see how that one works - not expecting it to be much better than the Super 8, but it's the next cheapest option! so I guess look back on the Days Inn yelp page for my review after Thanksgiving ;) read more