Idle A While Motel

First, I never write a negative review. This is truly an exception because we travel 100 nights a year. There was no one at the front desk. Just a wall phone that is very sketchy and if you are lucky you get a response within a minute or two. The check in time is 3pm. They refuse to check in an hour early even if it is clear that nearly all rooms were ready. Complete lack of interest in being hospitable. When it was time to check-in, we had to wait until the owner came from somewhere offsite to check us in. Not much interest in the guests - we were a bother to him. There is a huge junk pile of broken toilet to see when you look out the bathroom window. Walls are paper thin. No ice machine. No way to get supplies on the second day. Advertising is deceptive - rooms starting a price less then $100 don't exist. We moved elsewhere after the second night. Our family has been using the facility since the 80's for family gatherings in Twisp. No more. Oh, the pre-check in agreement form is the most threatening document I have ever received from some who wants my business.

I will start by saying that this is the first review I have ever written. I will also say I do not need anything fancy for a quick overnight stopover and I have stayed at plenty of outdated, middle-of-nowhere type motels. This place was the filthiest motel I have ever been to. I ended up not staying because I was so grossed out by the room. The pictures online make it look kind of cute and charming in an old-fashioned way and they show rooms with new carpet. This was really misleading. My room (motel, not cabin) had carpet probably from the 80s and it was very dirty. I didn't even take my shoes off it was so filthy. I immediately checked for bed bugs and luckily didn't find any. I decided to take a shower before heading over to the hot tub and there was mildew/mold growing all around in the the crease between the shower wall and tub. I wore my crocs in the shower. Some water leaked out onto the floor and I used a towel to dry it up and when I looked at it it had turned completely brown, meaning they haven't mopped the bathroom floor in who knows how long. The walls and everything had grime on it so I grabbed my Lysol wipes from the car and wiped everything down. Then I decided to go check out the hot tub and see if it looked clean enough to use but when I got there they had signs up saying that it was out of order. So I tried the dry sauna, that was out of order too. I went to the office hoping to ask about both and there was no one there, just a sign with a number to call. I called and requested a partial refund because they advertise as having these amenities. I went back to my room and felt so dirty in there that I went and sat in my car. It was then that I decided I would go somewhere else for the night. I was lucky enough to get in at a place down the road that was so much nicer for only 50 bucks more than this place. I ended up not getting a discount/partial refund from Idle a While which was disappointing considering I didn't stay the night and there was no access to the hot tub or sauna. This place is just filthy and I strongly recommend avoiding staying here if at all possible.