We stayed at this hotel on our way back home from Florida. We went through an internet website to reserve this room, so it was sight unseen. We had no idea what kind of room we would be getting. The area surrounding the motel seems to be blighted. Many of the stores were boarded up or closed. The lawn was well manicured but the walkways and breezeways were littered with cigarette butts and broken beer bottles.

As we took our belongings up to the room, we passed by a man who was casually rolling a joint. He politely told us that he meant no disrespect. I thought to myself that if the guy really had respect he would have done the dirty deed inside the room with the door closed. Instead, my 13 year old daughter was exposed to this activity. There were other rooms that had their doors open and were openly drinking, smoking, and heaven knows what else.

We had specifically requested a smoking room, but the desk clerk gave us a non-smoking room anyway and told... more