Motel 6 Lebec, CA — Hotel in Arvin

Please DO NOT stay here. It's difficult to find lodging that accepts dogs but I decided to give this place a try on a road trip to San Francisco as I was excited to visit family with my pooch. The first thing I noticed was how poorly maintained my room was but all I needed was a place for my dog and I to get some sleep. Next I realized that the exit door near my room did not lock. That gave me an uneasy feeling because the motel is very close to I-5 and next to a truck stop. Anyone could have pushed the door open. And the staff acted as though it was no problem and would even make it easier for their guests to come and go. But the worst problem was that when I woke in the morning, I noticed two ticks - yes, you heard it, ticks - on the headboard. I hurried out of bed to check my dog and there on the top of his head were a cluster of small ticks. On further inspection, I found many more. Getting them all off took close to an hour. Like I always do at any hotel/motel, I had put the bedspread on the floor. I picked the bedspread up and shook it on to the bed and was totally disgusted when at least 20 ticks fell on to the sheet. I rounded as many of them up as I felt comfortable doing, flushed them down the toilet, and hurried out of the room. Of course, on my way out I told the woman at the front desk. She totally dismissed me and actually accused my dog of bringing the ticks in to her "fine establishment". I assured her that somebody's dog brought them in but it wasn't my dog. Because I was enroute to visit my six year old grandson, I had him groomed the day before and there were no ticks. I also give him a monthly tick treatment which I'd done only three days before and I have my yard treated for ticks every month. Of course, in my haste to leave that room I had not taken photographs. I was not expecting to be reimbursed but hoped they'd at least apologize and assure me they'd have their staff do a more thorough cleaning job and treat the rooms that they allow dogs in between guests. I was totally disgusted not only by this infestation but by the attitude of the Motel 6 staff. Needless to say, this completely ruined our vacation as I could not take the chance that we'd take ticks in to my son's home. Since getting home, I've had to spend a lot of time and money insuring that my home, auto, and dog are as tick free as they were when I left on our trip one week ago. Lastly, the property itself had garbage all around the grounds and garbage cans and cigarette butt containers were overflowing. Please DO NOT stay here. There has to be some...

I don't enjoy being negative, but I was very disappointed with my stay. The only positive things were the friendliness of the staff, the showers water pressure and the room's (although old interior, furniture, etc.) cleanliness. There were two main things that ruined my stay. The first and most important was the comfort of the beds. They were so bad, we were here for three nights and not one of them was a well rested night. The mattresses were so hard and thin. You could feel the springs and it was like they were laying on concrete slabs rather than box springs. Both my wife and I were groggy everyday from bad sleep. The second thing that really disappointed me was the WiFi. It is advertised that you have free WiFi throughout the building. Upon getting your room key, you're even given a WiFi password to connect to the network, but when you try to actually use it... Not only is it truly difficult to connect to it in the first place, but once connected the speeds are compared to that of dial-up, useless. Upon asking one of the staff members what type of speeds I should expect here via the WiFi I was told, "Umm... Around 0" And then another staff explained that they have been trying to get it fixed, but nothing can be done because they are too far from the hub and it's been that way forever and there is no expected plan to fix. Fine, but you 'advertised' free WiFi, and it doesn't work. I get it, I work in the industry and sometimes things don't work, but don't advertise something you don't have. As well, if you're paying for a service like that, make them fix it or move on to another provider. So there you have it. Oh, and one other positive thing. I enjoyed the coffee in the lobby every morning, I would have liked some better creamer options, but it was nice to not have to go somewhere for my first cup and the wife liked that there was hot water too so she could...

I want to rate this place a 4 but....Bed was great, room was mostly clean and comfortable and amenities all worked as expected. However, I was given an ADA room, which I didn't need, that was 1) devoid of lighting. Only the small recessed light above the door. 2) being an ADA room I would expect the blinds to work, but one of the two had a broken lever and was mostly impossible to shut out all of the generous outdoor lighting. No way someone who is in a chair or otherwise limited would be able to correct this to the level that I did. Wake up at 2am and you'll think it's 6am. Wrongo pal. 3) Bathroom had not one towel rod present. 4) Room door felt more like a previous closet as it had no door sweep and had a good 3/4" gap between the floor. 5) being on the main floor, it was quite noisy with door slams and someone yelling "hello" for 20 mins at 3am. Not the hotels fault on that, but something to know. 6) linen was clean but half of the towels/washcloths were super dingy. 7) Vinyl flooring was gritty and a little dirty. Take a shower and use the towel at the shower base. You will get some dirt for sure. This is one of the better motel 6's I've stayed at from a visual point of view, but had a few negatives. memory foam beds and an extra large room are a plus for sure. All in all, price was very good for the accomodations with a few eateries nearby....nothing else though. Large truck stop nearby and several park in the lot, but that had minimal impact on my 2 day stay. I'm not hating here, but with a few tweeks it could have been a 4. Being in Cali, surprised to see that they offer smoking rooms....not the norm. Would I stay here again? Yes. But I had the opportunity to do so and didn't this time. Bottom line, not bad....could be more with...