The Days Nightmare Inn

If you're thinking about booking a room at the Days Inn in Lehi, Utah on Hotwire.com, think again.
First of all, they give you smoking rooms.
You have no choice.
Now, I'm no princess.
A little smoke has never killed me.
I've stayed in smoking rooms before.
Here's me, still alive.
Lucky you.
My friends, when you enter this hotel, you are greeted by this...















A resin statue that says,

"In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing"

and a ceramic "Welcome" wall pitcher resting in front of it.
No friends, you're not at Grandma's house,
you're at the Days Inn in Lehi, Utah.
Let's get on the elevator!
Hope you have shoes on!















"What's that??"
Oh yeah, that's years of spilled food.
Don't worry, it won't bite, it's too hardened to move.
Don't go too far in now!
Maybe stand in the middle.
You know, because the edges are a little...
Uh, crusty and sprinkled with dog hair.














You're turning blue, are you holding your breath because of the smell??
Let's get you out of the elevator and into your room!
Careful now! Walk in the middle of the hall.
You know, because the edges are a little...
Uh, crusty and sprinkled with dog hair.











TA DAH!
Here's your room!


















What's that?
Oh, well maybe the painter ran out of napkins for his hands.
I don't know.
Don't let the smell overwhelm you when you walk in. Afterall, there are rooms your relatives are staying in that smell worse. Just go borrow some of this...














Yes I know, not even "professional strength" can help this room.
Make sure you go and spray your relatives rooms while you're at it.
Careful now, there's a light out in one of the rooms!
"Carrot, the sign says, "Where everything works..."
Well friends, we'll just wink, smile and nod.
We don't go down and ask to pay extra for another room, because they're not going to give it to us.
Yes, I know the sign says, "We are prepared to resolve any situation that doesn't meet our high standards..." but the standards are gone, so there's nothing to meet now, is there?
Let's open a window, shall we?
Careful now, hold your kids back because there aren't any screens on those windows!














Which could explain the bugs on the wall....
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No worries, they won't be there in the morning.
No, they'll be all over the bathroom sink....dead...














Nothing a little towel won't clean up!














"But Carrot, what about the smashed bugs on the wall!"
Hey now, those aren't my responsibility.
They're from previous guests.
Of course, doesn't look like they're the hotel's responsibility either.
Oh well!
Maybe they're saving them, and making them into fossils!
Remember now, no smoking!
Yes, I know, this is a smoking room, but come on. I don't even know if there's a battery in that smoke detector...















Uh, maybe the battery is out for cleaning.
Yeah, maybe that's why it was left open.
What's that?
The sprinklers rusty?















Well, I don't feel like being watered tonight anyway.
Why don't you have a seat...














Uh, maybe sit on the edge because there's...um...something on it.
No no, don't look at the carpet.
I think the vacuum is out for repairs.
To bad it happened right before the dog convention!





































How about we turn down the bed?
What's that?
There was a piece of dirt, and it moved?
You must be imagining things!
Here, let me do it.
Yes, I see the dirt!
Woah! Did that dirt jump??
Must have been because I pulled the sheet back to fast.
Silly me.
Hey, let's go across the street to the store, and leave the kids.
It's just for a few minutes.
You need diapers, they'll be fine.
What's that?
The kids called, and they just smashed three FLEAS in the bed??
Uh...
Did you call the front desk lady?
Yeah?
And she said there's nothing she can do, but call the manager who is pretend and never comes?
Wait, what?
You think that lady is the manager?
Well, don't bother her about your silly little flea infested bed!
Can't you see she's in the lobby on the internet??
You are so rude.
See if I take you to the small, slimy pool, or to the free breakfast they offer.
Yes, I thought the free breakfast might make you change your mind.
Me? Join you?
Uh, well, we got a room over at the Best Western a block away, but I'll give you directions to the free breakfast.
And if they're short on anything, just ask the lady at the front desk.














Why, she's got everything right there by her computer!
Make reservations, turn around and grab something out of the fridge!
Talk on the phone, and grab the guests some extra paper plates!
Talk about convenience!
Hey, if you feel like sleeping, or not having high anxiety, feel free to join me at the Best Western in Lehi, Utah, where the rooms look like this...












































They even have a laundry!
It's a good thing I didn't bring my luggage into the Days Inn.
Wouldn't want to bring fleas to the Best Western.
Look! They're washing the windows in the pool room EVERYDAY! They're washing everything! It's so clean! And they're so nice, and friendly! And the pool is big!
Why it sort of reminded me of The Glenwood Suites in Glenwood Colorado with their fabulous gourmet continental breakfast!
Good times. Good times.
Hey, good luck to you.
You're gonna need it.
Unless you switch hotels.


P.s. Here are some reviews from other guests...

"We reserved a room with a jacuzzi for Valentine's day only to find that it had been given away to someone else. So we were given another chance to have that room another night at a reduced rate. We came back in April and were dissapointed. It felt old, smelled like smoke, worn comforter, no clock, broken swimming pool, and no hot water for a shower or jacuzzi bath in the morning! When we called the front desk to tell them of the problem, we were told to be patient."

"This is the worst hotels i ever stayed there was no breakfast
it was making fun of the guests all out dated items
no waffles nothing front desk clerk very rude and not at all
helping WE FOUND BUGS AND ANTS IN OUR BED
the swimming pool is broken there is nothing organised
i would never stay here
the entrance smell of bad odour the front desk waS on cell
phone and not at all bothered to check us inn the maids
were yelling in spanish and all garbage in the lobby
we could smell bad smell in three rooms that he showed us
never never never again and would suggest not to go to this hotel at all"

"The front desk was rude and abrupt. We found bugs on our floor, the pool was slimy, the bathroom as not suitable for anyone to use.
I would not recommend that anyone stay there!"

(TripAdvisor.com)
2.5 of 5 stars 5 reviews

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I guess it's not just a local thing either.
Days Inn complaints.