Red Carpet Inn Rome

I've been here seven weeks, and for what I pay each week, it's a great hotel. The rooms are kept very clean each week, and nothing else nearby is as nice for the price. It's close to town, just a couple of minutes from most stores, and set far enough off the highway that there's little to no noise. The road in has some potholes, but the price makes up for that. I especially like the security cameras all around the outside of the building. There haven't been parties or problem people to disrupt my stay.

The room was clean, but I only booked this place because it was the sole vacancy I could find at midnight. When I turned on the shower, air blasted out and blew the end off the shower head. The facility is very dated and needs an upgrade, though I got no sense that one was coming. I had a non-smoking room, but people smoked outside on the main level and the air conditioner pulled that "fresh air" inside. I smelled smoke all night. We would've left as soon as we arrived if we'd had another option.

It's okay for a three-star motel, so the rooms are fairly clean, but the place could use quite a bit of updating. There are never enough towels or pillows for what I'm used to at home. I accidentally booked a second-floor room, and those stairs are a real pain. They're metal, and in freezing rain there wasn't much grip on the slick surface.

We booked two nights ahead for three people and two king beds, but at check-in they said the reservation was for one bed and two people. We went with it and planned to sort out sleeping arrangements after coming back intoxicated from turning stone. The service was terrible, and the room felt like something out of the early 90s, almost as if you could rent it by the hour. I've stayed in places from $45 to $200 a night, and this was by far the worst. I wouldn't recommend it or book here again. Save yourself the headache and look elsewhere.