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Ranch Motel: Traveller Reviews

Ranch Motel
Average price*: £50 ($77) (year-round)
TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.0 based on 8 reviews 8 Reviews
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #21 of 29 hotels in Fairbanks
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  • Rooms: 31
Property Type: Motel
  • Small hotel conveniently located near a major roadway; limited staff and amenities; normally guest rooms open to the car park.
Description: There's lots of hotels in Fairbanks, Alaska. The trick is to find a place with management that believes strongly in continual, careful maintenance... This description is based on information provided by the hotel.
Address:
2223 South Cushman Street
Fairbanks, AK 99701

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Reviews of Ranch Motel

( 1-5 of 8 )
“Ranch Motel was great-quiet and very clean!”

Ranch Motel

29 Jul 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

The best bargain in Fairbanks! While the motel is unassuming from the outside and only has around 30 rooms, it is clean (the smoking rooms smell better than non-smoking rooms I have been in elsewhere!) and well run and the manager is informative and friendly. She will even wake customers (at their request) at 2 a.m. to see the northern lights! They also have cable TV and wireless internet.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Cleanliness, and a bus stop close by-in walking distance from downtown
    • Disliked — no air conditioning, but there was a fan in the window that worked fine
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC
alaskatripper's Summary
Date of Stay: March 2008
Member since: 29 July 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
Absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
tourists
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Museums / Cultural / Historical sites, Business meeting / Event, Shopping
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“Great Value”

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4 of 5 stars
Nevada
16 May 2008
2/2 found this review helpful

I found the Ranch Motel to be very clean, quiet and comfortable. The rates are very reasonable as well. I have a small dog and it is difficult at times to find a Motel that will accomdate her. There is a large grassy area for walking your dogs. The staff is very friendly and quite helpfull.

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Hirolr's Summary
Date of Stay: May 2008
Travelled with: Solo traveler
Visit was for: Other
Age group: 50-64
Member since: 16 May 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
Most likely
I recommend this hotel for:
Older Travellers, pet owners, Families with Small Children, Families with Teenagers, tourists
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Other
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“Stay away from this motel”

Ranch Motel

17 Oct 2007
0/4 found this review helpful

This was the most horrible place I have ever seen. We were attending a function in Fairbanks and checked the website for a nice motel. The pictures of the rooms at the Ranch Motel were very nice with Victorian furniture, we couldn't find a picture of the outside of the motel. When we arrrived at the motel we found the rooms to be nothing, not even close to the pictures we had seen on the website. The mattresses had deep sways in the middle. The furniture was old, old motel furniture and the rooms had a smell to them. This was actually a very scary place. We immediately went to the office to inform them that we could not stay there. I would not recommend the Ranch Motel to anyone not even an enemy.

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Homer_AKScout's Summary
Date of Stay: October 2007
Member since: 17 October 2007
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
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“Too scarrrry!!”

Ranch Motel

14 Oct 2007
0/3 found this review helpful

Our group did not even stay this place was so bad! We found it online and were impressed with the touting of cleanliness and really nice looking victorian rooms. However, once we arrived it was a completely different story. The place is really old and run down. The beds were sagging and the rooms reeked of stale smoke. I didn't even go in my room as the rest of the traveling party had opened their doors and I looked in. It is located on a very busy street which I thought was unsafe for our pets.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Nothing
    • Disliked — smelly old rooms
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K9traveler's Summary
Date of Stay: October 2007
Travelled with: Friends
Visit was for: Hobbies / interest / culture
Age group: 35-49
Member since: 14 October 2007
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
No way!
I recommend this hotel for:
Older Travellers, pet owners, Families with Small Children, Families with Teenagers, tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
An Amazing Honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, pet owners, tourists
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Sporting event
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“watch out”

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1 of 5 stars
Kenai, Alaska
10 Oct 2007
1/4 found this review helpful

We didn't do anything but look in the room before we left. This is a very old falling down building. The mattresses had a 4 inch sway. The rooms smelled so much of old smoke that we couldn't breathe. There was nowhere safe that we could walk our pet. It is on a very busy street.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — nothing
    • Disliked — The age
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC
AlaskaSis's Summary
Date of Stay: October 2007
Travelled with: Friends
Visit was for: Hobbies / interest / culture
Age group: 50-64
Member since: 10 October 2007
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
No way!
I recommend this hotel for:
Older Travellers, pet owners, Families with Small Children, Families with Teenagers, tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young Singles, An Amazing Honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older Travellers, Great pool scene, pet owners, Families with Small Children, Families with Teenagers, tourists
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Sporting event
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Reviews of Ranch Motel

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2223 South Cushman Street, Fairbanks, AK 99701