American INN of Orangeburg

We got to the hotel about midnight after booking a non-refundable rate of $66 from 5 miles away. The lady that was the front desk/office clerk just came to a little slot in a window beside the locked doors and told me "we have no more room" and refused to check us in. The motel appeared quite sketchy, but we needed sleep. To say we were disappointed in them and the Hotels.com booking error would be an extreme understatement.

I didn’t even check in. I was propositioned by a hooker, asked how much stuff I had in my car by a guy peering through my car windows, and two parties were happening with music blasting and people outside. It was a Thursday at 10:30 PM

Didn’t stay as they didn't have my reservation in the system. the rooms smelled bad and there was people loitering around the property. Very uncomfortable.

Altbough from 1st looks it seemed unsafe, i did not have any issues whatsover.

On arrival Friday about 7:30 PM, there was a sign on the office door saying to ring a bell for service. Through the darkened glass door I saw a female who gestured and pointed to my right. There was a window that was entrely blocked by wood or metal except for an opening no bigger than 6"x6" through which she asked if she could help. I told her we had a reservation and she asked for a drivers' license to confime the name. After several minutes she returned with a slip of paper for me to sign and gave me a key to Room 205, which was upstairs (no elevator). I asked for a first floor froom and was told there were none availabe. During these minutes I noticed a number of people miling about the exterior corridors of the hotel (more like a motel). Without being prejudicial, they seemed like an unsavory lot. My wife and I then grabbed our overnight bags from a fully packed SUV and started to head for the outside stairs. An elderly gentleman stuck his head out from a first floor room right where we had parked. He advised we should probably take ALL of our belongings out of our car for the night; otherwise it was likely to be broken into and our property stolen. Given the entirety of these circumstances we put our bags back in the car and left -- not ever going to the room or staying for the night. We had to find another hotel as it was becoming dusk. After driving several miles (the American Inn was not at all close to the interstate highway, we found another hotel in which to stay.

I booked online it said 2 rooms were left got there the lady said she had nomore rooms available it was after 3 am so we told her we booked one and had nowhere to go…she said hold on and gave us a room she said had no heat and she wouldn’t charge us but turns out it had heat but the unit was broken there was no soap tissue etc the bed had cigarette burns in the sheets the room had a terrible old mildew smell it was a horrible experience and I was lied to about not being charged $62

Mold all over. Ended up booking another hotel and not even staying here.

First night our room was filthy. No heat. Couldn't close curtains all the way. Moldy drink from McDonald's in fridge, Dirty microwave. Smelled strongly of cigarette smoke. Was offered a better room next day, but I would not recommend this place to anyone. This was a learning experience. You get what you pay for.

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We stayed in a well cared for old room that was very clean. The staff were great.