During a recent trip to near-by Gainesville, I opted to stay in Alachua to be close to my sister's house. Knowing that the hotel selections are limited, I turned to TripAdvisor reviews to help me select a place. Honestly, none of the local hotels received rave reviews, but the Econo Lodge seemed to have fewer complaints. So, I stayed one... More

this is by far the most filthy and disgusting hotel ever! Dirty towels and sheets, floors have never been vacuumed, roaches, hair on the towels, plain awful and they know it! GM will refuse to give you refund and move you room to room, one worse than the next. Someone needs to shut this hotel down. It is a health... More

Got in at Midnite. The check-in lady was very nice. No small talk, she could tell I was tired. With five other people in tow we got a roll out bed which was delived in five minutes! Thank You!!

We stayed at this hotel one Friday night we had a reservation there through the weekend but had to check out early the room was so disgusting. The towels had holes in them they were a dingy grey color and the sheets looked like they hadn't been changed. We had to stay in the area for a wedding so we... More

Towels were stained and had softball size holes, the faucet leaked and would flood the counter, the shower has been caulked over about 10 times, the ceiling was chipping, the carpet and floors were dirty, the beds were the absolute worse, and the pillows were hard! The breakfast was pitiful at best! Everything is saran wrapped and looks like it... More

I'm a Bulls fan and stayed at this hotel while I was in town for the Bulls vs UF football game on September 11, 2010. We stayed at the Econo Lodge for 1 day / night on September 10th because there is no reason to stay 2 nights in Gainesville, FL since our game was a nooner. All of the... More

My family was looking for a decently priced motel/hotel the night before the Florida football game. I got Econo Lodge on travelocity at the best price I could find. Lesson learned!!!! Check in was fine, I had no issues with the staff. The room had obviously not had the air conditioning on in days, if not weeks. It smelled very... More

I arrived at almost 10pm and left first thing the next morning, so can't elaborate on the surrounding area. The lady who checked me in was courteous and efficient. The room could have used painting and updating, but I was really just there to sleep, so no worries. One nice thing they did, which I wish more older properties would... More

We were traveling thru Alachua, FL from Jonesboro, AR to Naples, FL when our van broke down about 3 blocks from this motel. We checked all motels in the area and decided to stay @ Econo Lodge. From the time we checked in with Crissy, the PM auditor, until we checked out with Linda, the AM auditor, everything was extremely... More