Stay Express Inn Near Ft. Sam Houston

We are staying at this hotel RIGHT NOW, Saturday 3/8/14. We stayed Fri night using my Choice rewards points and decided to stay over again. BAD MISTAKE. My husband went down to pay and they wanted to charge him $99.00!! The rates for this place are $59. When my husband came back to the room and told me, I mentioned that the rate should be much less but whoever was running the desk said that $99 was the weekend rate but he would give it to us for $89. Its a rip-off, do not stay here. The motel/hotel is ok, but not for $99, and really not even for $59. The room was ok for one night to just sleep since we drove 7hours to SA for our sons graduation, but I didnt want to stay again. The beds are fine, but tiny, the room is dirty (pecan shells of all things between the bed and nightstand and dirt smears on the bathroom door and dirt caked in the baseboards) the sink is cracked, the TV is an old 19in tube TV. The hot water works great and the wi-fi is fast, but I did not want to stay again because for $100 I can find a room with a decent TV. This hotel is right next to a bar and another HOtel so its very loud and lots of people milling about. If you do stay here be very very sure to check the rates, book ONLY ONLINE and MAKE SURE you don't get over charged. I checked their rates through the Choice website when my husband told me about his encounter and this room on the weekend should have been $59 plus tax. They took advantage of us because we are from out of town. My husband was tired and just didn't want to deal with this places' bull. We just wanted to spend a nice weekend with our son whom we haven't seen in 4 months!

This is the first time I have been really disappointed by any booking through hotels.com. I usually feel like hotels.com points us toward great hotels with great prices. NOT this time. The hotel staff was not very friendly (it was really late at night, but still...), the room was not very clean and there was literally rodent droppings on the floor in the room. It was bad enough to necessitate sleeping on top of the sheets/blankets. Staff did not offer any apologies. Will not stay here again.

The hotel is not as nice as some reviews say. The hotel clerk was very nice but our rooms smells like humidity and mildew. The "welcome" mats in front the door was a torn piece of carpet and the hotel is very run down. The first room I was given, the door wouldn't fully close and the second had weird stains in the bathroom. The free continental breakfast , was just some honey buns and coffee. I would recommend this hotel if your looking for any kind of comfort.

Great value. Close to airport and everything you need is within one mile. Across the street is a fantastic barbecue-Bun and Barrel, that Guy from the Food Network liked. Cameron was a hot waiter!

Worst hotel ever

This was a trip where I had short time to see places and needed somewhere cheap and good. The hotel was located near all type of restaurants. The staff was very helpful and the hotel was clean and well kept.

This hotel was a mistake. I will not recommend this hotel to anyone. The carpet had huge stains, the linens were off colored, and the room stunk something awful. I was told there would be no problem parking a bus in the parking lot, however, a portion of the bus was taken off when the bus was getting parked because of the concrete wall was sticking out. DON'T stay here!!!!!

poor lighting. thin walls. poor breakfast. 1/2 bottle of shampoo. stiff mattress. heard noises all night next door

The bathrooms were not very nice but plenty of towels and it was clean, The beds were not real comfortable .The rates were great. The location was close to town and the Alamo and Riverwalk, Lots of places to eat close by and shopping. Good for the low budget traveler. Bad if you want luxury.

What do you expect? It's a cheap hotel! I was there for 4 days. I expected a less than glamorous room. The old TV had poor reception, there were no plugs available to plug in phone chargers, the chain and other "extra" security locks were broken. The bathroom vanity looked like I built it in my back yard, and the refrigerator froze my beer. The bathroom wall had some suspect brown smears near the toilet. Hmmm, (they looked old too.) The bathroom door had been nailed back together from having been smashed down. The carpet was nasty looking and even had a nice burnt spot in the shape of an iron. The tub didn't have too many hairs from the previous guest but the water was hot and I didn't have to fiddle with the drain too much to get it to close. The AC unit worked pretty darn good. No elevator to second floor which is actually about 3 stories up from the ground. I woke up feeling bruised all over, but the sheets "looked" clean enough. You need to pay twice as much to get a decent place, or you can stay here for half the price and put up with ugly. I have stayed in a LOT of hotels. Most of them classy and expensive. I'm pretty sure I have stayed in an uglier room, I don't remember though. All this said, I'd stay there again if I needed a cheap hotel.