Stayed for 3 nights..9/24 - 9/27. As we were there Weds with a checkout on Saturday all the hotels were charging the 'Business Traveler' rates - and to tell you the truth we did not want to pay $300 plus a night just to sleep. We decided on the Econo Lodge because the price was right, parking on-site was free and it was convenient to the Metro (walking distance rather then relying on a hotel shuttle)
We found the hotel to be adequate. The rooms were very clean, although they are on the small side. We had a room with a King bed - no refrigerator. We wish we had booked into a room with 2 double beds, they were much larger and did come with a refrigerator. The plasma TV was a nice touch! The 'bathroom' has a tub and toilet with the sink outside, so that was nice to be able to get ready while my husband showered. Be prepared, the sink is in a small cubby - but there was a hairdryer although the counter space was small. There is no closet in the room, there is a place to hang your clothes on a rack, which was fine with us. The bed was clean and comfortable along with the pillows being comfortable. The 'breakfast' in the morning was not big by any means. they had cereal(s), muffins, pastries, toast, bagels, OJ, coffee, milk. As mentioned in previous reviews there is no place to sit down in the lobby to eat so you really have to take it back to the room, but they do have trays to carry the food.
The walk to the Metro was about a 10 minute walk at the most. There is a bike path basically outside the front door. It was a quick, easy walk to the Metro. Also as posted in previous reviews this path takes you to the stairs to walk down to the Metro parking lot. Going down the stairs was easy...the walk at the end of the day (after walking all over DC) was a bit more difficult - LOL. Sometimes we just took the short walk around and went via the road. It is an easy ride into DC, maybe 15-20 minutes. 6 Stops to the Foggy Bottom stop, and from there it is downhill to the Lincoln Memorial. Very easy to use the Metro.
Would I recomment this hotel? Yes, but I would want you to know that this is not a fancy hotel with amenities. This is a small, basic, hotel which is an alternative to the pricier hotels in the DC area.
