Myself and a friend were looking for an inexpensive place to stay in Petaluma in the middle of a 10 day trip to Northern CA. We wanted a place that had internet access and were told Dollar Inn had free wi-fi. We got to the lobby and it didn't look great, smelled a bit funky but ok. While the man was running my credit card we noticed a sign with rules, one of which said, "No refunds after 15 minutes." Horrified, my friend and I (we are both women) got the key and decided to race to the room and check it out. On the way, we saw stacks of broken down mattresses, junked TV sets at the bottom of the stairs, etc. Also, the other guests looked downright frightening, . Inside the room, we took one look, saw a bathroom door with no doorknob at all, just a wooden door with a hole in it, a tub with dirty grout, etc.
We raced back to the lobby and asked for our money back. I politely told the man we were 2 women traveling alone and just didn't feel safe.
He said he didn't... more