Name: Countryside Inn Motel Albert Lea
Address: 2102 East Main Street, Albert Lea, Albert Lea, Albert Lea, MN 56007, United States of America
Rating: 4

Air conditioning

24-hour reception

Elevator/lift

Smoking areas

Smoke-free property

Heating

General

Non-smoking rooms

Room service

Fridge

Cable TV

Shower/Bathtub

Alarm clock

Rooms

Wheelchair Accessible

Accessibility

Wake-up service

Telephone

Services and amenities

Breakfast

Vending machine

Kitchen

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet access

Internet

English

Languages Spoken

Free parking

Parking nearby

Parking

Fax and copy machine

Business

First Aid Kit

Beauty and wellness

Pets allowed

Pets

Extra decontamination measures

Personal protection equipment for guests

Contactless check-in and/or check-out

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the mini-hotel

Room amenities

Austin Municipal Airport

Mason City Airport

Countryside Inn Motel Albert Lea

Albert Lea

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

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king-bed

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limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

This is the worst hotel stay we have ever had! There is at least a one inch gap under the door to our room! It is very small and very worn down. It was supposed to be a non smoking room but it smelled very strongly of smoke...and had an ashtray in the room! It needs to be completely remodeled. I do not recommend staying here. Sorry.

So Bad!!!

Broken ice  machine inoperable , carpet torn,no internet
Almost nothing  as advertised in ad description
.Street sign not illuminated so.hard to find
.Probably my worst stay ever
Trip advisor should remove from site.

Worst stay ever

The king room was awesome! The mattress was super cozy. The room was very clean. There was a microwave and mini refrigerator in the room. The room also had a very cozy love seat! There was a breakfast with individual pastries and coffee. Even though it's an older motel, you can see the remodeled rooms are very well done. The staff were all super friendly and helpful.

Great Stay

This Motel is in a good location.  The Motel is a drive-up style motel and looks good from the road.  We  checked in and went to our room. The rooms are very small. First thing the air-conditioning. After contacting Management they corrected the problem by resetting the circuit.  The air-conditioner did not work well.  Management was nowhere to be found.  The room had a wet carpet that smelled.  Walls had holes and it is very apparent that any repairs and painting had not been done in years.  Next thing the TV did not work.  We found that the remotes had no batteries.  Tried to contact management. Again count not be found. We put in our own batteries and everything worked excepting the volume.  In the morning we went to the office to check out. Again no management to be found.  We left the key in the night window.  Also, we were to receive a continental breakfast.  The room was locked and again no management to be found.

Disappointed

My younger brother is traveling across the country, in the storm of the century! Needless to say he was in a pretty bad accident near by, so while his truck was getting fixed he stayed here.  The first night was no problem, and everyone was so incredibly helpful in the town itself from the tow truck driver to the mechanics, and at first even the owners wife was lovely (my brother has Autism so this level of help is priceless for us as a family). However things took an incredibly sour turn, over something as simple as a credit card that was input incorrectly (which was never admitted to me, only to my brother after the fact) See, my brother has very limited funds and when this accident happened, I took on the financial support to make sure he got his truck fixed and made it to Bismark safely (after his accident we were all incredibly rattled) as well as covering his hotels.  So, I had called in, asked if it was okay for me to pay for his hotel another night and the wife was such a huge help-said it was "no problem" and the card went through just fine.  We then went on to talk about the weather for the next day or two, they will know more than me on what is considered safe for someone like my brother with such limited winter weather driving experience on what he should do or not (wait it out or head out basically!) This is when things went south, I called back about 30 mins later to ask if it was possible to charge the first night he was there on my card as well (I travel a lot for work and more often than not, the card is charged AFTER the stay to add in any fees that may have been charged to the room) if not, no big deal but I just wanted to see if it was possible, the wife then states (with sass!) my card had been declined, and that my younger brother paid for it already.  I was admittedly frustrated with the situation, why did no one call me?  She knows the situation and has been so helpful before,as my brother has EXTREMELY limited funds and needs cash for emergencies, so I asked if she could refund his card and run mine...this was the owners response:
"I have personal sh** I am dealing with, I do not have time for these games, I do not have time for this or you two and your brother was more than capable of paying for his room.  When a card is declined, it is declined we don't mess around with that. Its not my problem." I tried to keep my composure as this was unbelievably unprofessional and unbelievably rude. She then goes on to talk over me, interrupt me and say she cant/wont refund the card "it costs them money", I would have to deal with her husband because she wont deal with us anymore. All the while, I was blindsided  by her extreme aggressiveness and point bank rudeness...couldn't get out more than 5 words!! 
I called my credit card company, to figure out what the problem was as I had already unlocked it to make sure it wouldn't be declined (calling in the payments had already alerted them lol) but come to find out, SHE entered it in wrong!  I understand personal problems, I am a part time care giver for my grandfather/my mother is homeless, my autistic brother is driving across the country and almost died last night via a black ice attack-so I totally and completely understand personal problems but to allow them to spill over into your work and AT your client over something that in all actuality, was her fault is horrible business practices. When I called back, to say, "Hey-so my card was not declined you accidentally entered it in wrong, can we please do something about this. My brother needs his cash-" She cuts me off and goes off, gives the phone to her husband who proceeds to tell me:
"We don't kiss a** here, we do not do the yes ma'am or no ma'am and the customer is not always right. I have 100 customers to deal with, and we don't have the time to deal with this. I do not believe my wife said that-you were being rude and just kept going off and your card was declined-we don't mess with that. Your card was declined its not our problem. "  Every time I even TRIED to speak, he would put the phone down, and start talking with his wife over how I "wouldn't shut up" over my card...
This was, HANDS down the WORST experience I have ever had in a motel/hotel, or with any hospitality staff-to have owners doing this to customers is honestly, disgusting. To treat people like YOU are doing THEM a favor by allowing you stay there is disgusting.  To cause so much unnecessary stress to an entire family, who is trying to GIVE YOU MONEY to insure the safety of a family member like its nu-sense to you because you "have a lot of personal sh**" to deal with that day??And it was YOUR MISTAKE to begin with??   Absolutely floored, and disgusted.  I can put up with a lot, as I myself manage a multi million dollar company who deals with (personally!) tens thousands of some of the most demanding people across the globe, and these two managed to burn my biscuits black.
The fact that they knew, my autistic brother had been in a terrible accident, had less than 100 dollars to his name, needed food/gas/sand bags, they knew the WHOLE situation as I had already explained so they knew I wasn't trying to be difficult but the ENTIRE situation was a mess-and that I was FULLY capable of paying for everything he needed that they STILL were such disgusting humans was...just so disheartening.
My brother didn't even feel comfortable to "check out" as the owner was confrontational with him over this, my autistic brother...what stand up guy and business owner right?? 
Do not ever stay here, for 6 bucks more right up the street you can get better rooms, and service!

WORST SERVICE EVER

We try to travel cheaply, especially when we are just going to sleep somewhere for a few hours.  That being said, even with our standards of just a place to rest our heads this place does not measure up!  In fact, we had booked it for our return home and canceled after our stay.  The refridge had a huge chunk of ice in the freezer that my husband had to chip out before we could put our cooler packs in.  The carpet and bathtub were filthy!  I wouldn't even take a shower for fear of catching something!  The bed was horribly uncomfortable.  The "breakfast" consisted of pre-packaged banana muffins and cinnamon rolls. Only regular coffee and no juice or anything else to drink.  I never even saw the staff.  My husband had to search for them to check in.  The WIFI was iffy at best and you had to keep reloading it.  My husband found the router outside and rebooted it.    My advise...STAY AWAY!

Canceled our return trip

I made a mistake here. This place is pretty bad. Worn carpeting I can live with but those crinkly plastic mattress pads I can't stand. And it is a small room. A plus is they do have free HBO - that is something.

Just a Bed

older, dingy, our room had a broken chair, and the bathroom door had NO pins in the hinges. (quite unique) bed was lumpy and noisy (for sleeping). Just a rundown feeling to the whole operation.  Best thing was it was only one night. said wi-fi, but was unable to hook up with MacBook or iPad, wi-fi router outside on wall, but unsure. showed two hookups on screen but neither worked

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