PRO - As far as the sleepy town of Salida is concerned, this Days Inn is average as compared to the rest of the world for a one star hotel. Staff was friendly when greeting us and whenever we left for the town -- which by the way Salida doesn't have much in the way of places to eat/drink on New Years Eve. Rooms were exceptionally clean. The doors and walls were paper thin and at the time, there was a bunch of kids roaming the hallway, which is fine since it was New Years Eve.
CONS - As were getting ready to leave at 10:30, the cleaning lady who was working on 1 Jan 06 was insistent that the front desk wanted our room cleaned. I reminded her that check out was 11:00. It was kinda tough to see her point of view when the adjacent hotel rooms were still uncleaned when we left. When we walked downstairs, she was literally lounging in the customer's lounge area staring at us as if she really wanted us to leave.
Bottom line -- Don't look for things to do in Salida, CO on New Year's Eve. We were there to ski at Monarch Ski Resort, which was equally not so great. If you are going to stay in in Salida, CO, stay at Days Inn for clean rooms, mostly good staff and inexpensive rates. Just watch out for the cleaning lady.







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