Sands Motel

I was looking for an inexpensive, comfortable place to stay. I found it here after it had been recommended to me. It is just now under new management. I have to say the service n kindness was 5 stars. SO helpful. I slept really well. Enjoyed the tv too. But this place has character, it is like the old style American motels, made famous in the Hitchcock thriller ‘Psycho’ (don’t let that put you off!). They are upgrading it as work was going on there. It is really rather enchanting. I did a little research and guess what..Elvis Presley stayed there.. true!! In fact I think that was the room they were renovating. That’s some history. I wish them well for their future adventure.. thank you xx

The rude receptionist would not approve that we had booked with ********* and demanded a higher price than originally agreed. We have booked with breakfast, but that wasn't there either. Avoid this hotel - they are scammers.

So many problems with this motel. Just to start if you are wanting a Route 66 motel this is NOT it. It’s on a side road and full of sketchy people. Upon check in the owner did not honor our ********** reservation and charged us more for our room. Getting into our room there were crickets inside, the floor felt like you could fall through it in areas, holes in the walls, the toilet was duck taped down, there were 2 washcloths, 1 hand towel, and 1 bath towel (this is important for later), the ac did not work, and you could tell something was spilled in the fridge and never cleaned. It was so nasty we didn’t even shower, but did use 1 washcloth and the hand towel which were left on the bathroom floor when we left. A few hours after we checked out and left we noticed an extra $20 charge come through from the motel so we called to find out what it was. The owner proceeded to accuse us of stealing all of the towels and washcloths from the room and called us thieves and said he had video footage of us stealing them. #1 we wouldn’t even put our bags on the floor much less take anything from the room with us, #2 if he had cameras proving any of it he would be implying there were cameras in the room and bathroom. We saw other people complaining in reviews about how he charges and it’s no joke. We believe he targets tourists passing through to get as much money as he can because he knows that once they get a few hours from town that they won’t come back. I would never recommend Sands to anyone and would advise everyone to steer clear.