Americas Best Value Inn Athens GA

Beware of manager.i DO NOT...

Liked: Nothing but the local n convenience to the convention. I booked through booking . Com app 3 months in advance for 2 double/queen beds room at the asking rate.
Disliked: As soon as mgr asked for name, n I also gave him cf number he started to type. He kept typing making small conversation if just us two, any pets. 3 minutes later he said “Booking app has made a mistake” shook his head “I do not have your name or reservation, I do not have 2 beds or rate you show me. I only have 2 king beds in a suite for $$$”. Which would have been $89 more with fees n tax. I said “see this? You contracted with this company and it says here “guaranteed pricing”, so I’ll have to take the 2 kings IF that’s all you have but I will not pay more than the rate I agreed to 3 months ago when I accepted the terms and amount”. He kept saying it was their error n I politely said I understood but I neither worked for the motel nor the booking app. I suggested he reach out at that time to booking n id gladly explain n give my cf number either the 3 months ago n perhaps they’d reimburse him the loss? He said he couldn’t do that. So I asked to speak to the owner. All the while being polite and respectful but convincing not budgeting to agree to pay more. He said “owner is out of country”. I asked for the corporate number for the sign posted of well of the company and that when he FINALLY said “ I will take a loss (making me think he was the owner all along) and upgrade you got same price.” I thanked him and got our keys. It was not well kept. It was old musty rooms. NOT a suite by any means just a 2 king bed room. We travel 7-8 months out of the year. Sometimes for 3-4 weeks at a time. This seemed very suspicious and I’ve never had a problem with any booking from this app “that did not show up” upon registration or arrival. Beware travelers. Not worth the money or deserving of our business/money in my opinion. We’ve stayed in motels that were worth n in better shape the 1/4 price he charged for rooms!

Bad

It was the worst experience...

Liked: Absolutely nothing. This was a catfish. The pictures on the website do not match the property.
Disliked: Everything. It was dirty, small, old smelling. Dirty bed linen, clouded up windows, pissy smelling bathroom. Holes in the floor and uneven flooring…

If you want to be...

Liked: great location. friendly staff. clean room
Disliked: window looks out at a fence 4 feet away.you have to ring the bell to be let in for morning coffee.

Passable

Disappointing

Disliked: Very bare needs update very small tvSmall bed

Bad

Passable

We had a blast

Liked: Great management, cool atmosphere.