Super 8 by Wyndham Arcata

Location: The location is good for touring, convenient off the freeway with stores and restaurants nearby, easy to find and walkable to food and grocery

I don't recommend this property. Do not stay in Room 231. My standards are very low and I'm normally fine with anything as long as the door locks, but this was so bad it felt unbelievable. I wasn't told anything at check in, but later learned that the door to my room wasn't aligned properly with the lock and you have to lift it up to get it to line up. The manager looked at me like I was crazy for being confused by this when he showed me that only after physically lifting the door the lock would click. I also wasn't warned and couldn't tell from the inside, so the door could just be pushed open from the moment I got there until when I went to get dinner. At that point I learned it wasn't locking. I heard the sound of someone trying the handle at least twice, almost like someone knew it might push open. I was scared the entire time for myself and my belongings. I thought about cutting my losses and leaving but couldn't afford the expense of booking a second hotel. I would also add that only 1 of 3 bedroom lamps worked (the bathroom was fine). Only 1 of 2 charging stations worked. I couldn't get a plug to stay in the outlet on the wall. The faucet was so stuck I was worried I was going to break it. The desk phone didn't have a dial tone and didn't work so I had to call the hotel on my cell phone. There were constantly people in the parking lot and loitering outside and there was A LOT of night noise from outside, since this is the furthest room to the front of the hotel.

Not worth the stay This is only a place I would stay as a last resort. The location is good, but the experience was poor. Our room was so loud that we could not sleep. The icemachine sounds like it might take off for space all night long. People were talking in the halls and lobby late into the night. The breakfast was cheap bread and two cereal options. It was truly the cheapest food options with very little selection. The rooms are small. The front desk staff were polite but in the end the manager was not helpful.