Generally we never stay in a Motel 6 as, as one of the reviewers below commented, they rank among the "skankiest" places to stay. However, during this trip to Sonoma County, we had no choice -- everything was booked solid. We took a chance, made the reservation and were over whelmed and treated to a delightful room! No kidding!

This Motel 6 has been completely redone - altho the exterior still needs a coat of new paint. The rooms have been repainted; disgusting carpet ripped up and replaced by hardwood flooring; new "green" shower heads and sink faucet -- even the toilet is one of those new fangled fast flushing, low flow jobs. The decor of the room is very European - modern, sparse, vibrant color accent wall, bedspread to match. No frills -- but tastefully done. And altho located next to the freeway, it is truly quiet due to the brand new window, door and unbelieveably quiet A/C unit. One thing it doesn't have is a stack of those stale sugar-loaded breakfast danish. The coffee can be had (for free) in the motel lobby - no filthy coffee maker in the room. In an area where the average motel/hotel/B&B goes for around $200+ per night, this newly redone Motel 6 is perfect for the traveler who doesn't want to spend all his money on a place to sack out! And if this trend continues to the rest of the chain, Motel 6 could become our new favorite for a clean, no frills sleeping pad had for a decent price!

If you can stay somewhere else, anywhere else, do yourself a favor and do so. I made a reservation thru customer service yesterday (3/20/13) and checked in at 2:00pm. I was told that Room #232 needed to be cleaned and to pay for the room and come back in a half hour. So, Shanikqua, behind the front desk, had printed out a paid receipt.

Now, here comes the total bull-*@*!! I noticed that the housekeeper cleaned the room, and being that I paid for the room, put some of my stuff in there. I then went back down to the front desk and told them that the room was clean and that I needed the keys. Three of them had said, "we told you to come back in a half hour, why are you here now, it's only been 15 minutes, you can't just go to the room". WTF???? The greasy haired supervisor behind the front desk, who would not reveal her name after I asked her five times, (hmmmm.....do ya' think that this happened a time or two before, do ya?) said that I cannot stay there and that she would give me my money back. I was like, what just happened here??? Ummm....can anyone say haters? She said that if I said anymore, she would be calling the police. WHAT?????

You couldn't ask for a better guest to stay here than me. I am quiet, I don't smoke, drink, etc. and would only be there to sleep as I had a business meeting in the morning. Do yourself a favor, even though it's cheap, dealing with this load of drama and CONTROL can disgust anyone.

Oh, did I mention that they would let me retrieve my items, that the staff came back and brought my things to me in plastic garbage bags.

Spare yourself and stay somewhere where the staff is NICE! Their customer relations department is no prize either, when I called to tell them what happened, the representative was like, oh there is nothing WE can do. I can find another location. Like I would even bother staying at another rat trap, drama filled, poor service, greasy haired staff location!! All they would tell me is that Jim Ambrosia was the President and that they had no idea where he was located.

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What I didn’t like was that I had to wait about 10 or so minutes in line to have my room card rekeyed, since it failed to work on the 2nd day - I was tired, wanted to get into the room and didn't want to have to wait. I was kinda pissed. It shouldn’t have happened.

Very busy area with lots of traffic if you wanted to drive around. I was surprised at the crime log for the area - many issues daily. From where I was coming from, there probably is nothing to report except for lost dogs found or goats or cows found wandering on the side of the road.