Howard Johnson by Wyndham Salem Hotel & Conference Center

Plenty of parking

Beds were dirty, smelled of animals, the towels had hair on them and you can hear everything through the walls basically. Breakfast was a joke. Apples and some rock hard biscuits and bagels from who knows how long ago.

You get what you pay for ... only it feels like I got less.

I liked the fact that there was a "hot" continental breakfast offered and that the room offered a refrigerator (w/ separate freezer compartment/door) and a microwave. There was a small coffee table and armchair, as well as a desk and wheeled desk chair for more business-y types, I suppose.

I think the room I was put in hadn't been used in a while, for the first two nights, the sheets and comforter gave my son and I some sniffly, stuffy noses and such - I think they were a bit dusty, because when they were changed the following day, those symptoms disappeared when we used them. Our room did not have a microwave in it as it was advertised on both websites, though it did have the mini-fridge. The "hot" continental breakfast was a joke, though at least it was food. Same stuff every day: biscuits, mini-bagels, thawed 'Eggo' waffles, mini muffins, mini donuts, questionable oranges, apples, milk, and two kinds of cereal. On another surface there's a crock-pot full of sausage gravy for the biscuits. One of the juices was 'Out of Order' for the entirety of our stay. There were also 'egg patties' but they must have only been available after a certain hour because at 6:30-7 AM when I went down there, they weren't put out. Coffee and hot water for (Lipton) tea. The entire place just looked like it needed a good, deep clean and some updating. It looks forgotten. I thought I was getting a good deal, and, well, I wasn't. Apparently, you get what you pay for - but in this instance, I felt I still paid too much.

Disappointing

The view which they charged an extra 5 dollars a night

Breakfast everything stale and old room clean but dated and dark toliet so low to the floor no need for a squatty potty

You sacrifice comfort for an amazing view

I liked how secluded the hotel was from the highway. The view was phenomenal. I spent my last day watching the sun rise over the mountains. The free WiFi and Continental breakfast are not bad for the price. It was clean and what you'd expect for the price.

The staff was rude to me when I was fist checking in. I think he was annoyed with me, but after ringing the bell and calling out, I had to call the front desk on my phone, and wait 3 more minutes for him to hear I was there. That was fine, and I was pleasant, but his reaction from then on was very rude. The bed was so uncomfortable it started giving me joint problems. The walls were paper thin. It was fine my first night since almost nobody was at the hotel, but on the second night I could hear my neighbors and people outside very clearly.