Super 8 by Wyndham Bloomington University Area

Listen, no Super 8 is ever worth more than 3 stars. They’re always about 1/2 to 1 step above a Travelodge or Motel 6. From busted lamp shades and stained armchairs, to less than mediocre breakfast, haphazard heating/cooling units, you know you’re getting something barely functional for the price. I mean, they can’t even be bothered to have queen size box spring for a queen size mattress. Everything is as cheap as possible. And for Bloomington, Indiana, the location is about as inconvenient as possible. It’s close to the football stadium and interstate, but you can’t make a left turn out of the property (though this could just be a result of current road construction). It was barely manageable for a short stay on a budget, but would not be acceptable for a longer stay with more involved business in town or at IU.

Upon arriving i ran into serval men installing locks on the door, then i find there are sensors on the inside of my rooms door. I was very uneasy for the rest of my stay.

Bed was not firm enough, ice machine and vending machines right outside our door , woke me up a couple of times.

Staff was nice. The entry way light in our room did not work—either the sensor was broken or the bulb was out. The room was pretty clean, other than a grimy feeling carpet (but even nicer hotels have that, I find). We used the pool—it was super warm, almost hot (felt weird, but I really wanted to swim)! The rim around the pool was very grimy, and I don’t know how often the floor gets mopped :( I think there were the scattered remains of a diaper on the floor. Also, there were no pool towels and staff said there wouldn’t be more until the next day. Cheap hotel, not super nice, but did the the job for one night stay. Would not go back though.

Didn’t like that the non-smoking rooms and hallways smelled like smoking cigarettes

Mouse in the house I have stayed here many times. I come in town 3 days a week for work. The first few times were an ok experience. The next time I had to change my room twice. The first room reaked of **** and the second room smelled of a musty rainforest. The staff checked the rooms are agreed. The next stay I got awoken around 3 am by a mouse that was playing around near my head. That was so disgusting. The manger gave me around $20 off my stay. What a joke. Never staying here again. I will say the evening desk staff is only nice thing about this place.