Travelodge La Mesa CA

This is the worst excuse for a hotel that I have ever come across. My two children and I traveled down the CA coast from the SF Bay area all week and our final destination was here. We never got to stay here because Amol (the so called MGR) decided it wasn't worth it for him for us to stay there. He tried to run my credit card at 1:00 in the afternoon (long before our arrival) on the day I was to arrive. When the card declined, he tried calling me. He didn't leave a message and I didn't recognize the number on the missed call so I didn't return the call. Later that afternoon, I got another call from this number only this time I heard it and answered.\r \r Amol, proceeded to tell me that my card had declined and when I told him that I had another card, He began yelling at me and arguing with me accusing me of intentionally booking the room on an invalid card. After trying to convince him (without success) that I had not known the card was at its limit, he hung up on me.\r \r Luckily more

Something weird is going on at the Travelodge La Mesa. I thought our experience was absolutely bizarre and horrible, but if you look for other comments on Google or travel sites they describe exactly the same scenario, going back years! I found more than 40. Everyone says "I can't believe what just happened!" I looked at other Travelodge reviews, to see if this kind of thing just happens at budget hotels, but no. Only this hotel has dozens of these nightmare reports in multiple reviews on multiple sites. Apparently it's like Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; they seem very nice and then suddenly they turn on you. This review is a summary of our experience and others. \r \r Here is what happens: You check into the hotel, or try to check in, and then they "catch" you doing something. This might include parking 2 cars in their empty parking lot (one car violation!), or having a baby and 4 adults in a room (four persons max!), or having a visitor (sneaking in!). Or you commit some "sin" like more

Something weird is going on at the Travelodge La Mesa. I thought our experience was absolutely bizarre and horrible, but if you look for other comments on Google or travel sites they describe exactly the same scenario, going back years! I found more than 40. Everyone says ""I can't believe what just happened!"" I looked at other Travelodge reviews, to see if this kind of thing just happens at budget hotels, but no. Only this hotel has dozens of these nightmare reports in multiple reviews on multiple sites. Apparently it's like Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; they seem very nice and then suddenly they turn on you. This review is a summary of our experience and others. \r \r Here is what happens: You check into the hotel, or try to check in, and then they ""catch"" you doing something. This might include parking 2 cars in their empty parking lot (one car violation!), or having a baby and 4 adults in a room (four persons max!), or having a visitor (sneaking in!). Or you commit some ""sin"" like questioning a charge (fraud!), or asking that they not make snide comments to your back (impudence!). In our case my wife checked in, sent an adult and two children up to the room, and then went to get a pizza. When she came back, the manager confronted her at the entrance and said ""Get out, you can't stay here!"" Apparently her crime was sending someone else in with the key and intending to put 2 adults and 4 small children in a room. Surrounded by belligerent hotel employees she never made it past the lobby. Then they tried to keep our other 2 children in the lobby while she cleared out the room (What, hostages?!). They intended to put 4 children out on the street at 10PM, but she insisted on getting the number of another hotel. So they sent her to an even worse SRO hotel where the night clerk offered her drugs at check in and the hooker next door had a busy night. Nice job Travelodge! To be fair, I booked the hotel online and it just listed two adults. It is not unreasonable to want to clarify the reservation. At a normal hotel they might want you to pay an extra guest charge, or pay for a roll-away bed, or offer you another room, or, being jerks, insist one adult and child stay somewhere else.\r \r At the Travelodge La Mesa, the staff all piles out of the back and en mass they dress you down in front of your family or other guests, with insults specific to what you were ""caught"" doing. If it sounds crazy, it is. This was our exact experience, and multiple other travelers report variations of this! Then they kick you out and threaten to call the police, or actually call the police. Having small children or being a foreign visitor who can't find another hotel is not going to earn you any sympathy. Apparently they sometimes just insult you rather than kicking you out, but then again these seemed to be travelers who were checking out.\r Pros: Hotel next door has drugs and prostitution Cons: Ruins your vacation more

We stayed at this hotel during our trip to San Diego and wouldnt recommend to anyone. All the amenities were old, the freezer looked as if it hadnt been defrosted for years, the carpeting was ancient and the bathroom tiles all yellowish with age. The official breakfast was from 6 am-10 pm but when we reached at 7.30 all we found was half a glass of milk remaining and some pies. They never cared to replenish the food items. PROS: Location CONS: Ancient amenities more