Reviews of Econo Lodge Hagerstown I-81

I’ve stayed in some shabby places, but this place is WAY worse than a broken latch or poorly patched plaster. The lampshades were broken and water stained. The sheets: one had holes in it and another had something stuck to it. The fan in the bathroom had no cover. The dresser was missing a handle and looked like a dog had chewed it. Outside my room, the hall smelled like garbage, and the fire door on the stairs won’t close, meaning that in case of fire smoke and flames are channeled to upper floors. I had to wrestle a luggage cart down 5 steps sideways because of the low ceiling. No one or even two of these problems would be a deal breaker, but all of them (especially the crappy bed linens) make it a dump. Oh yeah, I was also confronted by a panhandler while unloading my car. I’m giving one extra star because the woman who checked me in was very nice.