Name: Econo Lodge Andalusia
Address: 1421 Mlk Jr Expy, Andalusia, Andalusia, Andalusia, AL 36420, United States of America
Rating: 6

Shopping on site

24-hour reception

Smoking areas

Washing machine

Gift shop

Television in lobby

No elevators

General

Fridge

Cable TV

Hairdryer

Rooms

Accessibility features

Wheelchair Accessible

Accessibility

Laundry

Dry-cleaning

Telephone

Iron

Services and amenities

Breakfast

Restaurant

Vending machine

Microwave oven

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

English

Languages Spoken

Barbecue grill(s)

Hiking

Barbeque

Recreation

Free parking

Parking

Swimming pool

Indoor Pool

Outdoor pool

Seasonal outdoor swimming pool

Pool and beach

Golf сourse (within 3 km)

Sports

Pets allowed (under 5 kg) (surcharge)

Pets

Extra decontamination measures

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the mini-hotel

Room amenities

Econo Lodge Andalusia

Andalusia

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

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15-beds

16-beds

17-beds

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2-beds

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22-beds

23-beds

24-beds

25-beds

26-beds

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3-beds

30-beds

31-beds

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39-beds

4-beds

40-beds

5-beds

6-beds

7-beds

8-beds

9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

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

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

My husband and i stayed 3 days. The owners were excellent hosts.we had a very clean room and the service  from the staff was great.the breakfast waffles were also amazing.looking forward to our next stay there.

3 day stay

I love this place!  The owners are friendly  and willing to help you anyway they can.  The housekeeping staff as well.  Clean rooms clean property. Couldn’t have ask for a better stay.  Actually didn’t want to leave sad to have to go.  Quite area. Laundry on site for you to use.  Price is great.  Pet friendly. Breakfast in the morning. We will definitely back when in area, if they have rooms available. Although was in town to work you made the stay relaxing an enjoyable.  They also have the pool and the kids loved.  Thanks again for a great stay. 

Excellent!! 

It is an older hotel and the rooms are clean. They accept pets and the staff was very friendly. It is on the main highway in Andalusia which I think most of the hotels in the area are located. There are places to eat within walking distance. For right now there is no breakfast offered and the pool is closed due to Covid restrictions. All the rooms open to the parking lot but still great sleep.

Clean Motel with friendly staff

We got to the room late. The night desk clerk was very friendly and offered some information about Destin. Very helpful. Room was clean. No bugs or mold. Good place to stay for the price. Breakfast ends too early. That would be my only complaint. I would stay again. 


On the way to Destin 

The manager was very nice and friendly. The room was clean with updated floors and bed linen. The towels/washcloths were clean but stained. Many guests there, but it was quiet the night we stayed. The breakfast was an option of freshly made waffles, cereal, muffins or bagels with coffee or milk. We stay in Andalusia on our way to Destin every year and would stay there again!

Nice stopping point to Destin

I checked in to this hotel that I booked through my job. I was staying in this little town for a couple days to see some family while I was passing through the area. I was looking for something cheap as this was a side trip and I would only be there just to sleep. I read the reviews as well as reviews for other low price hotels in the area and decided to give this one a chance. 

The first impression as I pulled in wasn't great. The building and parking lot up front looked a little shabby. As I walked into the lobby the carpet was worn out looking. The service at the desk was fine no complaints there. The only thing that was a tad bit concerning to me was I reserved a king size non-smoking room ahead of time and they seemed to have trouble finding a non-smoking room for me. they eventually got that sorted out but the fact that is was an issue to find one when I booked in advance was something I found odd.

The room I was assigned was on the back side of the establishment which is separated and on the other side of the pool. This side of the property wasn't very well lit at night, and the signage in the parking lot is faded.

Getting to the room itself. I thoroughly checked the bed and room to inspect for bed bugs or roaches based on previous reviews. During my stay I didn't find any.

Checking the bed, the bedding did seem a bit worn to me. I also noticed on the King size bed in the room, there was no fitted sheet on the mattress, just another flat sheet tucked around it. The mattress cover looked pretty clean. The alarming point of the bedding was the sheets looked like there were small blood stains on them as if there were bed bugs at some point and the sheets weren't replaced. The pillows were also worn out looking and lumpy and weird mix match sizes. there were also only three . I'm used to seeing at least four on a King size bed. Nothing was off-putting enough to make me leave early, but certainly wasn't thrilled by it.

The rest of the room drew a similar assessment from me. Acceptable but not fully satisfactory.

The room was raggedy. The furniture was all very scratched and worn out looking. The walls looked like they were lazily painted over multiple times with spillover everywhere. The construction quality on the "repairs" and I use that term lightly, was very poor. There were holes in the wall. There was a light switch that did nothing. The lighting outside wasn't always working making walks from the car at night a little creepy. There were stray cats running around outside. There was trash in one of the trash bins that wasn't emptied out. The was a spot on the wall near the bathroom that something was obviously removed from and there was an unsightly unpainted spot left behind. The racks in the fridge were rusted. I could call out things about the maintenance all day, and that is exactly my problem with it. These are all relatively simple things they could be fixing correctly but are not.

I noticed there were police and paramedics outside one morning so clearly there was some incident that happened. Talking to the people I was visiting here, police presence is not all that common in this town either so this is an issue with this establishment not the neighborhood.

I am familiar with this town, and I know this is a very small town but that's not an excuse for the condition of this business.  I'm sorry but I can't pull punches with this review seeing as how I had just stayed in a cheaper room the night before in another city in Alabama that was in better condition than this one. As I stated, the overall experience was acceptable, but I won't be back. 

If you are passing through and need a place to get some rest, it might work out for you, but it is too mediocre for me to truly recommend it even for that. At the time I went it was clean enough but there's no guarantee it will be for you based on the service I was seeing. Some people won't scrutinize the repair work as hard as I do, but my reasoning is, if you can't get simple things like paint, and patching the wall right, what else hasn't been taken care of that we aren't seeing?

I hope this review is taken to heart I would love it to see this business improve.



Acceptable, but I won't be back. Too Raggedy

This hotel was a low priced hotel that accepted pets.  The people were friendly and the rooms fairly clean.  Typical lower priced hotel, but at least we did not get mugged.  They accept pets, but charge a higher than normal fee.  If you are dog tired and need a place to stay and have a pet you can stay here, otherwise keep traveling until you get to Destin, Florida.

The staff was friendly...inexpensive

Passing thru on our way to Dothan. Desk clerk was friendly. Room was clean. Only thing that I saw a problem with is the beds are not very comfortable. The area was quite. There is a great Christian book store on the premises. There are plenty of places to eat, some within walking distance.

Passing thru...

Housekeeping never cleans rooms. They reuse dirty towels. Housekeeping doesn’t have proper cleaning tools like toilet wand or mops.  Broken phone, office staff very rude. This hotel was the cheapest, for 3 months @ $87 a night while we waited for our house. We witnessed 2 fights on the property with constant interruptions of loud noises. It was a living nightmare. I wonder how did they pass inspection??? I witnessed this!

Dirty hotel

Roaches. Dirt. Electrical hazard, hair dryer overheated instantly when turned on and was smoking. Dirty towels in the bathroom rehung for me to use. I spilled some water and wiped it up, the towel was brown, not white when I picked it up. Disgusting!!!!! Manager was very rude and confrontational. Never again !!!  Pool full of foul rank stinky black water. Charged $20 for the dog. The room was so dirty I didnt even want my dog in there!

Econo Lodge Andalusia

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