Travel Inn Hazen — Hotel in Hazen

The hotel is somewhere near Stage 3 if it were rated like cancers. The owner is friendly enough, but too many corners are cut in cleaning and maintenance.||||Each time I was at the front desk, it smelled strongly of moth balls. That may have been due to the taxidermy kept on the counter and nearby, or not.||||Oddly, the soap in the room was from Econolodge. ???||||The room was very tired and had a miserly feeling about it. The pillows were so old and cheap they were flattened with age, really old foam fill. Both bedside lamps were unplugged for some reason, indicating housekeeping (if it were not the owner) had not properly checked the room after the prior use. ||||The fridge was turned off and had water covering the freezer bottom and mildew in the door.||||The microwave had a dirty napkin in it and food bits around in it. ||||As I picked up something I had dropped at the sink, I saw that Romex had been run openly under the sink and attached to the front of the vanity, no conduit, and had run through to the bathroom via open holes in the wall. This absolutely cannot be to code. ||||When I checked out the bath, it was ok but the curtain was yellowed with soap and failure to launder it regularly and replace it. I removed it and took it downstairs to the front office and asked the owner for a clean one. She did without comment or apology. ||||I made a trip to get ice a few minutes later and couldn't find any vending or ice machine on the 2nd floor, so I went downstairs and eventually found it at the back door of the lobby building. There was a washer and dryer and an ice machine, but the front of the ice machine was hanging off and electrical components were visible. Could not be safe.||||In the room, the night latch on the door had been removed and a flimsy chain guard had been installed, so flimsy that a child could have forced the door if it were all that stood between entry and an intruder. It was literally being held to the door jamb by one loose screw. ||||The room key cards were in re-use, making the security very dubious, as the number was written on each one in permanent marker, and a note was plastered to the inside of the room requesting the keys to be left at checkout. This means the keys are being reused and not sanitary as well as the codes are unchanged. ||||The room was $62 total, which was higher than the room's quality and maintenance justified.||||They did offer a breakfast in that price but I was unwilling to risk it after the condition issues with the room. Additionally, the Mexican restaurant just in front has garbage bins out back which really stink as you come and go...

So this is a little about our stay...yes I wrote a novel on here. 😊 But for quick info: cheap like $55, simple, needs updates, super friendly. Would I recommend it: yes. Would I stay here again: yes.

It was Memorial Day weekend and we were traveling through Tennessee to Arkansas. We checked like every hotel and of course they were all booked. We came across Travel Inn and took a shot. We had stayed in a shady hotel in west Memphis so we were a little nervous...however! This was a nice little place to stay. Yes it needs some updates and they don't have an elevator for the second floor..just stairs but it was nice being able to sleep and not worrying about someone breaking into your car. Just saying. The room was spacious. It had a big flat screen tv, fridge, microwave etc... I always bring my own shampoo and personal items. They had a simple little breakfast. I'm not picky. I took a baby bagel with some eggs and cut up the sausage links and made myself a baby sandwich. They also offered cereal and some honey buns, and yummy coffee! It was like being at "home." The lady was SOOOOO FRIENDLY! The price was cheap. We only spent like $55 for a room with two bed. I mean yeah your Hiltons will have plush beds and fancy shampoo and a nice huge continental breakfast (if they offer it) but for what we needed..a one night stay...it was perfect. I suggest if you are looking for something fancy for less than $60 you are going to have a very hard time finding it. But if you are willing to have a simplistic stay, that's cheap and with a friendly face then this...

Awesome finding a place last minute to stay the night after 10 hours of driving. Horrible waking up the next morning to hit the road for another 10 hours covered in bed bug bites!! Called front desk the next day to inform them of infestation and was highly disappointed by service rep reaction. They claimed they have had someone else stay there the last few nights (not true because I was there the night before lol) who did not experience this. With a little research it's not hard to find that some people are sensitive to bed bites while others are not and will not show any sign. The next thing they said was they cleaned the sheets. Again common knowledge, cleaning sheets does not prevent bed bugs. They could be living anywhere in the room. This place is grossly ill-informed on how bed bugs worked so not surprised I ended up getting ate up. I really hope they heed my advice and do something to prevent this from happening to the next person who is sensitive to bed bug bites.** I did not stay any other hotels or make any other...