Econo Lodge San Marcos University Area
About this motel
Situated in San Marcos, this attractive motel for $58 per night is a fantastic option for your next vacation. Suburban motel with seasonal outdoor pool and 24-hour front desk This motel features coffee/tea in a common area, a seasonal outdoor pool, and concierge services. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour front desk, free newspapers, and tour/ticket assistance. Econo Lodge San Marcos University Area offers 54 accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature hair dryers and irons/ironing boards. Televisions come with premium cable channels and pay movies. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks along with free local calls (restrictions may apply). Housekeeping is provided daily. Recreational amenities at the motel include a seasonal outdoor pool.
Amenities
Pool
Air conditioner
Kitchen / Kitchenette
Internet / Wifi
Parking
TV
Map of San Marcos, TX
Reviews
2.3/5.0
Average(570 Reviews)
2.0
So initially we were placed in a room that was previously smoked in, it reaked (and i'm pregnant) ... we stayed three nights and four days and not once did anyone go into the room to change out the trash or give us new toilet paper. The bed did not have a bed sheet so we could not use the blankets properly. The chairs in the room had wet stains on them. The room did not look like it was properly cleaned and disinfected. It is honestly a GREAT spot in town that's why we chose it, but we will not be staying there again..
2.0
The room was dirty. Floors werent swept, toilets weren't clean(had previous urine on the rim), no towels, fridge wasnt working. But i guess you get what you pay for. My kids enjoyed the pool which needed cleaning. Also the ice machines do not work.
1.0
There was no hot water in the shower and the fridge wasn't working at all.
1.0
Never got working keys for the door so and had to have someone from the front desk open it each time. Peep hole was missing and plugged with paper. TV was plugged into outlet that turned off with light switch. No towels were in the room. Water on floor in bathroom and trash from prior guest in trash can. Partially used soap bars and empty shampoo bottle in bathroom. Multiple insects crawling around. Hole in wall where outlets used to be. It was cheap, but still not worth the price.
2.0
They slashed someones tires next roo me
3.0
I found the bed to be so comfortanble i slept longer than i have ever slept before with my sleeping disorder!! The place was clean but bathroom door was quite damaged.
2.0
It was a very dirty room, roaches all over the place and really dirty mattress .
4.0
first when you go in, the entrance of the office is inaccessible, everything has to be done by the window, secondly the toilet didn't work we have to go to a gas station at the middle of the night.
2.0
loud and noisy stinky room. Dirty room. not enough towels / big hole in the bath tub.. customers services suck!! to many homeless around the motel.. the first room we got nothing work so the change us to another room everything work except under the mattress was a dirty sheet with a couple of needles. It was the worse motel I ever stay. and stay there cause all the other motel were book!!
2.0
Blood stains on sheets. Nasty pillows and pillow cases. Wornout linens. Homeless people digging through trash. 4 lamps in room...2 did not have light bulbs. Refrigerator was rusty and nasty...with an awful smell. Microwave was not clean. The staff offered a room on the first floor stating the lock did not work...but said it was "safe". Cockroaches was seen around the sick...no...just mo...don't stay there.
2.0
The room was filthy, the sheets hadnt been changed in who knows how long and the floor would have benefited from a basic sweeping. Im assuming that this hotel does not own any cleaning implements.
2.0
Place was dirty have to switch room twice
1.0
This establishment was extremely filthy. The door to the room was open upon our arrival. There were missing lightbulbs to the lamp and ceiling light. The curtain rod was broken so the curtain was hanging. The pillows to the bed were dirty. The bed covers were stained and there was an odor to the room. Outside of the property there were individuals smoking marijuana joints, suspiciously watching and trash thrown all around the rear of the establishment
1.0
I booked this hotel through Expedia. I arrived and went to the room. The room was disgusting. There was trash in the room from previous guests. There were dog paw prints on the bed and pillows. There were dead crickets in the room. The door did not close all the way. The property around the hotel is very busy.
1.0
Front desk, efficient. Room was not in great shape. Large puddle of water under the AC. TV was not working. Room service indicated they would come look at it but did not show.
No trash bucket in room. Bed sheets looked dirty. Pillows were of bad quality.
2.0
I was grateful for having a place to stay, but the place was very dirty, toilet wouldn’t flush, there were no towels in the room, and a beetle crawled across the bed just as we were preparing to lay down.
2.0
Dead crickets, soiled sheets
Room key failed to open door at least 4 times.
door to office area is never unlocked.
1.0
Was a disaster. Insects everywhere in the room, all the time. No room service, almost no attention at the reception, internet doesn't work.
You need to do something because what you are offering is not good at all!
2.0
Bugs. Dirty. Rusty refrigerator shelves. Stained towels. No aditional chain or security latch on door.
1.0
Terrible staff, hair balls in the room, ac didnt work, no ice machine and front desk guy would only give guests half a bucket of ice for the day.
2.0
It was quiet and there was parking. There was no cold water. The AC inside the room did not work. There were holes in the wall in the restroom and for being a non-smoking room, the room smelled of smoke. The linen on the bed had burn marks on it. And not all of the lights in the room worked.
1.0
Hell hole! That’s how my wife described our experience of our stay. We were traveling for a conference and had to spend a night at the hotel. We realized they had just given us a room which wasn’t cleaned. There were roaches and smell throughout the room. Their motel license should revoked asap.
1.0
To begin with the shower was filthy it had dirt and gravel in the bottom and other peoples hairs . The night stands had spots where something had been spilt on them and were never cleaned. The chairs in the room had stains on them . Then to top it off the sheets had stains on them so we went and bought some cheap blankets to sleep on top of and when we trie to go to sleep the people on the top floor above us where jumping around and banging on things so we called the front desk and they said they would do something about it but the racket never stopped. Everything was a disaster
1.0
i was very disappointed , our room stayed hot and did not really cool down , The walls and ceiling were filthy and discusting , our towels were stained with black stripes all over them, i coulnt get the Iron to work , and the handle for the shower fell off .... we had three rooms 2 for 2 days and 1 for one day . I will never recommend this faculity to anyone , and really feel I should have been discounted immensly or refunded at least 1 room. I WAS A DUMP
1.0
It was horrible
Hair in the pillows
Roaches everywhere
1.0
Hotel is run by people who won’t even open the doors for you to come inside and pay for room. They do business through a window. We got our first room linen looked dirty and had burn marks all over top blanket and AC in room did not cool at all / figured maybe they just turned it on we left to have dinner and when we returned room was still hot / requested maintenance and the guy told us to go and knock on door of maintenance and get him.. I requested a room change and they accommodated me but second room same thing with linens looked dirty and burn marks still. But air worked. Both rooms even though non smoking had very strong smells. I would not rent here again
1.0
DO NOT TRAVEL HERE ALONE! UNSAFE! No deadbolt, phones in room do not work, window was unlocked and without a screen when I walked in. When the cleaners knock it does not matter if you tell “DO NOT COME IN” they will still open the door. I had to keep a table and chair and all of my luggage in front of the door at night. No wifi even tho they give you a password, worst and most unsafe place I have ever stayed in. DO NOT STAY HERE!!
5.0
It is nice I have no complaints.
1.0
all bad
1.0
This is the worst hotel I've ever seen. Not to mention the $200 rip off it turned out to be. I'm pregnant, my mom has Lupus and severe asthma, and they have a serious case of black mold in the rooms. The bedding was dirty, the shower had what appeared to be feces spattered on the edge of the tub, the towels smelled bad, there were bugs on the blanket under the comforter either lice or bed bugs one. The electricity in half the room didn't work at all.. needless to say, my mother and I couldn't stomach staying there longer than half an hour if that, so we asked the guy at the desk for a refund so we could find somewhere else to stay, and he gave me the run around of course. I ended up waiting in my truck for over 8 hours for the manager to come in and issue my refund of $200 (mind you that's all the money I had to my name aside from maybe $40 to eat and get diesel to go back home) and the jerks literally made me sit there waiting for my money that long, then ultimately refused to give it back to me despite the fact that I was never satisfied, and let it be known immediately and didn't even stay in the room more than half an hour before asking for a refund. I highly recommend no one wastes their time or money here. It's trash and so are the employees.
3.0
I slipped and fell down the very slippery stairs when it was raining and bruised my tail bone, staff showed no interest in putting up wet floor sign
1.0
We checked-in around 1am. We got our room. Upon opening the room 225, we found the bathtub used, soap and towels used and dirty. Later, we found the bed linen and pillows were dirty as well. I contacted the reception to change the room, he came 15 mins late and gave the side room 227, which was equally dirty, the lights were not functioning well and damaged bathtub. So we continued in the same room, by getting different pillows which were equally dirty, and put our own linen. We just slept somehow and left in the morning without using bathtub. As it was late night, and all the motels around were full, we continued here just to get some sleep and get going. Additionally, the motel was in a shady area, lot of homeless at the property, we were worried about our vehicle getting damaged so we kept on checking whenever we could. It was not worth the amount we paid for. If we were not tired, we would have skipped this motel and driven further to get another motel at that time.
1.0
DO NOT stay here. Had to leave after one night due to many issues and then bed bugs and had to eat cost of hotel! Awful and awful area!!!
1.0
1.0
The sheets were not washed, the bathrooms were not cleaned, and the floors were disgusting. My entire party slept on top of the bedcovers in both of our rooms because we did not feel safe sleeping under the covers. One of the beds in my room had fresh pizza stains on the sheet and every bed had old unidentified stains all over the comforters. There was a men’s shoe hanging from the shower curtain rod in my bathroom, and burn marks on the comforter and ceiling as though someone had put out a cigarette there. The walls were also paper thin so you could hear your neighbors coming and going and traffic that passed by all night. If they cleaned it up it would not be bad, but right now I highly recommend looking elsewhere.
1.0
this was the worst property I have seen. Bath tube blocked, leaking wash area, noisy toilet, inefficient AC, worst customer care, dirty room, no toiletry, no towel... I can just go on..
2.0
Great location overall cleanliness could have been better
1.0
Homeless people everywhere, We found a used syringe in the ironing board in our room, definitely high traffic area for drugs. I would not recommend for anyone to stay here
1.0
Parking lot had broken down cars. Bad social area. Barking dogs in units. Room - walls heavily dirty, mattress badly worn out and stained. Linen dingy. Roaches in vanity and bathroom. Shower dirty. No TP. Limited towels. Comforter rumpled and big burn holes in it. Bad odor. Definitely misrepresented by pictures in their advertisements!
1.0
This Econo Lodge in San Marcos should be closed. Due to dirty bed, dirty room, Ice machine has rust/dirty, sheets on bed was dirt and cover with holes, pillow were dirty and had holes, the air conditions did NOT work properly ,room 107. My wife worked in hotels and she knows what is good and not.
FAQs
How much does this motel cost compared to others in San Marcos?
The average price for a rental in San Marcos is $125 per night. This rental is $67 less expensive than the average.
Is parking included with this motel?
Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at Econo Lodge San Marcos University Area. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.
Is there a pool at this motel?
Yes, a swimming pool is available for use at Econo Lodge San Marcos University Area. Enjoy the water!
Is Econo Lodge San Marcos University Area pet friendly?
Unfortunately, this motel is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"
What amenities are available at Econo Lodge San Marcos University Area?
We found 6 amenities for this rental. This includes pool, air conditioner, kitchen / kitchenette, internet / wifi, and parking.
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