Budget Inn Motel, The Dalles - The Dalles, Oregon

Philip T.

Be aware that they will say anything just to get you to pay for a room, even if it endangers you.

We called this hotel before making a reservation because we were hauling a very large and very heavy (17K lbs) trailer. We take safety and accessibility very seriously. I was told on the phone that they have "easy" trailer parking. When we arrived, they had a tiny lot and told us we could park the trailer along the side of the hotel on the street. I asked if I could just pull around the hotel to get there because we were faced the wrong way. I asked if it was easy to pull around the block to get there and the girl said yes, just go there and park.

I asked my wife to pull the trailer around the block, and she wound up on the other end of town through very narrow streets, nearly getting stuck or having an accident almost a mile from the hotel. Come to find out that there is no access on the other side of that street, a fact that was not shared with us putting us into an extremely dangerous situation.

In the end, I finally directed her back to the hotel to park and the only way to do that was to back in across an intersection. I parallel parked my 24' trailer and truck across an intersection, uphill. That is not my definition of "easy." I wish it ended there, but after parking we noticed a temporary sign that said "no parking 7/29 - 8/5 from 7am - 5pm." We were fortunately outside of those hours on 7/29 when we parked there. I asked the front desk about that and she asked me "well, what time are you planning to check out?" when I told her I'm not sure and it might be after 7am, she said "maybe they will go around other places first before they come here." WHAT? I asked, what if they don't and I get ticketed or towed? And she basically shrugged at me...

How embarrassingly horrible.

I gave it two stars because the room itself was nice, but what a nightmare being directly lied to just to sell a couple of rooms for the night.

Jonathan H.

DO NOT STAY HERE. The company kept our deposit for no reason and argued they kept it because of a late checkout. Their explanation was because they couldn't get the room clean in time for other guests, but the deposit was more $ than the daily fee for the room. They ignored our requests for proof and stole our money. The place is a dump and had bugs as well, not to mention the majority of guests were shady and obviously using this place for criminal activity.

Mark my words, they'll steal your money and Information. Do NOT stay here! Warning served.

summer D.

This is a lovely family hotel. Very well kept and clean. I loved the oversized mini fridge. The staff was very helpful and friendly. Will definitely stay again in my trips through taking daughter back and forth to college and will suggest to others

George B. S.

We chose this spot because of price. Showed $71 on map, got here it was $78. Not much of a difference 🙂 but could be updated.
Room is hard floor. Ameneties for the price was nice. Tv, wifi, iron board, iron, coffee maker, hair dryer, microwave, refrigerator. Shelf with hangers.

Kasondra L.

Stayed a night here and it was clean and comfortable. Good price as well. Loved they had laminate flooring and everything smelt like bleach so you can tell everything has been cleaned correctly.

Judy D.

I think the motel was good, but what I didn't like was housekeeping trying to come in my room while I was still in the room. It was before check out time.
I wanted to add that it happened on both of the days I was there, where housekeeping is trying to get in the room. I had just gotten out of the shower and housekeeping is knocking and using her keys to get in the room.
Thank you for your reply and for addressing the issue.

Cera J.

Very friendly people that run the place, it wasn't a bad place to stay at if you're just looking for a place to rest up at night n go about your day the next day. The price was very nice & I'm not sure about the area of town is in but it's only a 3 minute drive away from downtown as well.

Juan

Didn't charge me deposit. Rooms are very clean. Very affordable