Anderson Chesterfield Travel Inn — Attraction in Chesterfield

BUGS!! During a two night stay 10/27-29/17 See pics.

I took some time to cool off before I wrote this review on 11/7/17.

Confirmed sightings in first room. In order after multiple thorough checks: first night, one stink bug on ceiling. After breakfast, an intrusion of stink bugs within the curtain folds. (room change request denied - was told he was going to suck them out for me). Later that evening, more stink bugs and one bedbug carcass. After dinner, one bed bug. Room change successful. Thankfully no bites that I know of. Something that also really ticked me off is that I didn’t even get an apology or an offer for a refund, or anything! Look elsewhere. Lots of other places to stay.

I don’t like giving bad reviews. People work hard and don't need a bad review just because it didn't go my way. But we’re dealing with bugs and a very lazy attitude about it. I am sorry to the owners. I hope this helps motivate you to improve the facility.

Since I’m bored and in a nice clean hotel room, I’ll give you as many details as I can. The series of events makes one hell of a story. I actually exceeded my character limit by a ton on my original review! Here is the "shorter" version.

Nicer hotels were booked solid due to horse races.

It was too cold to sleep in the car.

I did four, very thorough bug checks throughout the stay. Flashlight in all cracks and crevices kind of thing. I am very paranoid about bugs and do this even at the best of places. Thankfully I left all my belongings in the trunk after the first spotting.

After two requests to change rooms, the attendant reluctantly obliged. He wasn’t mean… just seemed like he was bothered by me and didn’t understand what the problem was. I showed him pictures!

Take away the bugs in my first room, the entire place had that old dirty to it. It needs a good scrubbing. Maybe some paint or renovations. It’s almost like they stopped trying back in the late 90’s. Maybe a three star rating for the other room?

Repairs or “additions” look like my Aunt Berta forced my thumbless Uncle Dick to do it for free. (No offense to thumbless people! I’m sure there are lots of capable individuals out there! I mean it like U. Dick just lost his thumbs and is still adjusting and was never a handyman to start with).

The pillows appear to have been steam rolled and have the structure of an al dente noodle.

You know when you look at something and know it will smell bad but smell it anyway? Well, I oddly had that vibe with the television remote. And I was right. It was a bit like motor oil and sweaty balls if i must be honest.

There were tiny dust fuzzies dangled from the popcorn ceiling like super miniature stalactites. Fun obstacles for the stink bugs no doubt.

Hairs of all length and curliness in random places, even on my bath towels. It was as if a dude manscaped while his wife pulled out all her long hairs from a brush and left it on the floor. Then house keeping used a leaf blower to spread it out.

The bathroom reminded me of a rest stop along a highway. The unisex single toilet kind along non toll highways. Not them fancy toll road rest stop bathrooms.

The shower… I’ll tell ya, my Uncle Dick certainly had his nubs on this one. I’ve seen better shower head installs at YMCA summer camps.

a fun comparison:

It was kind of like visiting a lower end restaurant chain or diner in a different location for the first time. You know not expect anything amazing... reliably “meh” from past experiences at a similar place. Then you get there to find a bug in your drink, an open rip on one seat, crumbs on the floor and table, thick dust weighing down the blades of a ceiling fan, the smell of intense cleaning solution but an underlying urine and burnt bacon smell... you get the picture.

After my last night, I escaped with no bites that I knew of. Did a final all around check on myself and bags and got the heck outa there. Continued with proper bed bug precautions and all that jazz.

Well, that's about all I can fit.

safe hoteling my...

When you walk in the door, you’re greeted halfheartedly, They give you a price in my case it was $72.80 Sir, there will be a $50 deposit for damages. OK that will be returned when you check out. I’m here to tell you they put that $50 on your card up total to 122.80 - And you will not get the $50 returned even if there is no damage or smoking in your room. I’ve stayed there Several times Loyal customer every time I travel through Indiana I will no longer be bringing my business to this place because they stole the $50 for me and instead of giving my deposit back to me and keeping my business they prefer to hang up on me and tell me I authorize them to take $122 off my card. Yes I did authorize you to take 122 with an understanding that 50 of it would be returned to me upon check out The owners are very rude and don’t care they live on site And Since they have a good location, I guess it doesn’t matter if they lose a repeat customer - I’ve always ignored the fact that the bids are horrible. The towels barely dry one person and are ripped and outdated. The room is semi clean, and the pillows should not be pillows. All of this because of it was a good location, and I thought they were honest people this is my worst experience with this hotel, but would I tell you not to stay there? Absolutely not because you’re going to anyway, but what I will tell you is check your bed for bedbugs, check the furniture for bedbugs, and because when I got into my bed there was somebody’s used tube of fixadent Inside of my bed, and my spouse broke out in hives from the little bites she had on her - But my biggest complaint is the fact that they steal the trick and say oh we’re gonna put a $50 deposit on your card and you authorize 122.80 And when you say I want my $50 back that you told me I would get back they say will you authorized 122.80 So we are not giving you the $50 OK that’s fine I will not be back and I suggest when you check out you check your $50 deposit I’m just trying to help you here. If you don’t care about the 50 bucks. OK this...

My stay spanned 4 nights and my choice was based on location, availability, and value. The Anderson Chesterfield Travel Inn covered all of three of those criteria. I was actually somewhat pleasantly surprised by the room quality.||||The Travel Inn is an odd combination of hotel/motel. The right side of the building has doors to the outside and doors to an inner central hallway. The left side of the building has access only to the inside. So it is both a hotel and motel depending on which room you take.||||The outside of the property is very dated and run down, with questionably-kept grounds and a tired, aging facade. The lobby seems like it could be straight from 1981, and the green carpet throughout the building is probably of a similar vintage. But you don't stay at a hotel for the quality of the lobby, do you? Incidentally, the breakfast was very limited but there is a 24-hour Denny's across the street if you need substantial fare.||||The rooms were clean, the furniture was decent quality and condition, the TV was a nice 40" (or so) flat screen with Direct TV, and the PTAC air conditioning/heat (we used both during our stay) worked just fine. The mattress actually slept very well in our single king room. The shower head showed a lot of mineral deposits which were a little unsightly and the bottom of the door frame had a little surface rust, but nothing about the actual cleanliness concerned me. And the large mini-fridge and small microwave both worked fine.||||It's everything you need for some decent sleep, and at a bargain price. I would stay again if I was still deciding based on the same criteria. If you're an over-the-road trucker you will be happy to know there is an adjacent lot for...