Sky Riders Motel — Hotel in Sacramento

Older yet clean comfortable motel across from Executive Airport within walking distance to a few eateries plus a quaint market to buy things from chips and socks to beer and fresh hot pizza. The motel rooms are generously sized and easily accommodated my wheelchair without being a disabled specific room. Stall shower so no tub soaking but hot water with shower wand make it pleasant and a clean mini fridge and microwave are a plus. Dish TV table 3 chairs and what I considered enough drawer space plus blackout drapes in a quiet area provided me four restful nights. What makes the Sky Rider wonderful is the owner Nick with his ready smile and gracious manner. Hard times hit me with the loss of my home and I was given a voucher for short-term lodging, a first for me. I arrived in a paddy wagon as that was the only way our officers had of transporting my electric wheelchair. Shout out to Sac PD for your burly muscles and such kindness to this she'll shocked old woman. Meanwhile Nick greeted us with respect and great cheer then patiently helped with paperwork as the remaining officer was new to voucher system. Nick showed me to my room where I quickly settled in with the requested blanket and instructions on a comically quirky heater that rapidly took the chill out of my old bones. There is lodging plenty in our valley, many being quite upscale but if you don't have someone like Nick with his genuine warmth cheer and compassion it becomes just another dreary not-home room. Nick made me feel at home and I am indebted to him for that as I deal with troubles of suddenly being homeless. Four stars for a clean comfortable motel and the fifth for Nick himself. May every prayed to deity bless Nick and his family always because he is...

The good: the sheets were clean, there weren't any bedbugs, there was daily room service, the desk staff was friendly and kind. The heater/air conditioner worked, as did the television. The bed wasn't bad. It's cheap. ||||The bad: apparently, some folks who have Section 8 (or "transitional") housing live there, and they treat the hotel as if it were their home. Some of them (or their guests) can be loud and they rarely seem to sleep - my brother's room was under one of theirs, and they were restlessly thumpy all night. A few of them, or their friends, tend to hang around all the time, and that can get a bit worrisome. The walls of the hotel are thin in any case, and so when I took out my ear plugs this morning I could hear: -a conversation in an adjacent room; -a couple enjoying each other's company; -a discussion out on the balcony between a semi-permanent resident and her son? nephew? who then threatened me when I suggested they take it inside; -various other coming and goings. BRING EAR PLUGS. When I used them, then I was only woken two or three times in the night. ||||So, to sum up: it's a cheap hotel. You get what...

We were displaced and chose this place because it's close to my son's school. ||The first room we were given was horrendously filthy. We were gonna try to deal with it, but our feet were black by the end of the day.||The second room was a lil cleaner, but the swamp cooler in the closet didn't work. The management was kind enough to lend us a fan.||The next room we stayed in had a finicky microwave that beeped like crazy and a constantly plugged toilet. The management was kind enough to loan us a plunger. ||Tips:||NO POOL AVAILABLE!||The internet was ok, but the cable was very choppy. ||The bed covers smell and there's no blankets.||Ask about special pricing, (cuz when you're paying full price and you can see the receipts of everyone else paying cheaper.. it might not settle well.)||Paying the weekly rate opts you out of towels, toilet paper, and cleaning service.||||The pizza from Chicago Pizza down The block is really good for the price. || Oh yeah -on our last day they started charging for...