Americas Best Value Inn San Carlos

When we checked in, we were unable to open our door. The manager noticed our trouble and came to help right away, which was really great. While working on it, he told us that the trouble is that it had been kicked in the prior week by a drunk guest. It concerned me immediately because generally, hotel doors are quite strong. But even worse, once it was opened we had a terrible time getting it to close and lock. I truly did not feel safe there and we cut our stay short. Also, the room had shutters and no blackout curtains, so it never got truly dark at night.

Plumbing & Electricity

This hotel is not fit to be called one. The rooms have a stench that is derived from unsanitary conditions. The air conditioners are old and produce loud mechanical defective noises. There are colony's of cockroaches that are the size of a humans

There was a lot of confusion with the billing. I stayed 5 nights. Parking was awful. Somebody had some police drama with a whole bunch of shouting at night. I also only booked the place because of the hot tub and sauna, which were being removed.