Baymont by Wyndham Corydon

For this price, I slept great. The mattresses were thick and soft, the internet was fast, and the place was clean without any odd smells. Breakfast was included, and the staff were really friendly. They even tried to track down a charger I’d left behind. The furniture looks like it’s from the 90s, but it’s been looked after. I paid about half what the Hampton Inn across the way costs, and this had everything I expected from a budget hotel.

That hot breakfast was good, but the shower is what I’ll remember. The pressure was so intense that I ended up washing up in a huge puddle down the street afterward. Dirt came right off, no soap needed. I’m surprised I still have any skin, and I’m pretty sure I lost all my hair too. Maybe “Blastosity” really is an engineering term, measured here in horsepower. This wasn’t just a shower, it was a baptism. Pretty amazing.

There are lots of places to eat within walking distance, more than a dozen, and Walmart is nearby. The location was great. The rest of the stay was another story. The rooms were tiny, and under the mattress cover were stains in all sorts of colors. It was very hot when we first walked in, and there was mold on the bathroom ceiling. The chair at the desk had an armrest missing, and there weren’t many outlets. The halls and rooms smelled like mothballs or mildew, and the outside doors didn’t require a key. Please don’t stay here.

The location and bed were the good parts. It was handy to have a gas station, Walmart, and several quick places to eat nearby, and the bed was genuinely comfortable. Housekeeping seemed to be making an effort, but the room itself was in unacceptable, unsanitary condition. I found a roach in the bathroom before unpacking, then a spider there later. The bedside lamp couldn’t be used because it had a hole where the switch should’ve been, with no switch. The fridge temperature dial was missing, so it stayed cold enough to freeze all my food and drinks even after I moved them away from the freezer compartment. Two drinks had to be thrown out after the ice expanded and damaged them. The microwave was the worst. A spider crawled out the first time I used it while I was putting food in. The last time, as I took my food out, I saw a roach crawling nearby and then another one inside the door latch. That’s a serious cleanliness and health concern. There were also ant traps right on the breakfast counter, which made it seem like pests were still an unresolved problem. I put the “Do Not Disturb” sign on the door, but housekeeping still came into the room twice during our four-night stay. That felt like an invasion of my space. I didn’t report everything at the front desk because I knew the hotel was fully booked. I’d already contacted Wyndham customer service to try to change my reservation and knew rooms were scarce because of a nearby festival. I felt stuck in a room that fell far below basic maintenance and cleanliness standards. The bed and location were real highlights, and the hotel could be more enjoyable with proper pest control and repairs. As things are now, I wouldn’t stay again unless serious improvements are made.