Texas Inn Harlingen

Arrived a day earlier than planned for the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival. Luckily, a King suite was available to add to our planned 6 nights. I chose this place for location to the convention cntr, and that it might give a taste of TEXAS Hospitality. On the Frontage Rd. and freeway, it is a bit noisy, but Room 117, on the ground floor back in the corner, was probably quieter. The place is popular, so parking was always a bit tight at night with all the work trucks, but we got along. The suite room size was good for the 7 nights. The mattress was ok. Liked separate toilet/sink rooms. Our real complaint was the awful in-ceiling can lighting, instead of a more-pleasant lamp. Horrible harsh blue-white. I'm sure that no owner has this awful lighting in their own bedroom. We added our own blanket for comfort. Also, the 3 pillows were weak, as said in reviews. Bring your own. There was only one nightstand for the king bed. Larger fridge and microwave worked. We did not use room-cleaning service so we saved THEM money. The hired front desk clerk was very pleasant, exchanging our towels, giving us more toilet paper as we asked. No provided breakfast/ coffee was hard, but given our very early mornings with birding tours we probably would have missed breakfast. (We heard of other motels providing Early breakfast for all the birders.) Washer and Dryer worked, $2 in quarters for each load use. Office sells laundry soap, $2. Pool was clean, cold (cooled my feet once).

The Texas Inn in Harlingen was a delightful surprise. It was spotless and well maintained. The refrigerator was larger than most hotel refrigerators, the TV was large and the bed very comfortable. Their charge for our dogs was very reasonable and they have a large grassy area for them to walk. It was a very nice stay.

Property is as advertised and staff is fast and efficient

Parking was AC worked but staff needs to turn it on initially.