I recently needed to book a place to stay for one night in Chesapeake, VA. Super 8 is well advertised, and one would think it would a pretty decent place to stay -- not very expensive, but of some standard. However, this dump appeared to have no standards.

My first warning to leave should have been the two apparently drunken men standing in front of the building smoking or the Plexi-glass window that was at the front desk. Unfortunately, I did not want to sacrifice the $80 one night stay fee I would be charged for cancellation. It was also around 10:00-10:30pm, and my family and I had been traveling all day. Knowing better, I paid.

The hotel is dingy and dirty. As one other review indicates, you simply feel dirty stepping into this place. The room was dirty and cramped, and the air conditioning did not work.

The first thought was to wash the little one up and get him ready for bed. On stepping into the bathroom, my girlfriend let out a yell. The bathroom... more