My one night stay at the Econo Lodge by the Oakland Airport was strictly for convenience before an early morning flight out. They offered a $6/day parking rate so I could stay and then leave my car for five days. They have good security in their parking lot and that's the only positive thing I can say. I pre-paid for the parking and told them exactly when I would be returning. When I got back to the airport and got my bags I called them and they claimed to not know I was coming back then and had no shuttle driver available to come get me. They said maybe they could find somebody to get me in as little as 30 minutes, no guarantees. They tried to get me to take a car rental shuttle to some car rental place they couldn't explain to me where it was - and then I'd have to get some other shuttle from there back to Econo Lodge. Right. I took a cab to the hotel which greatly upset the cab driver (3 minute ride) and the guy at the front desk wouldn't even reimburse me for the tip I paid to the driver, only the fare.
And the room was definitely not adequate, even for the low price I paid. The shower head through out random streams of water that challenged me to get wet. The TV was seriously snowy on all but a couple of channels, and the door to the room didn't seal (big gaps) so there was serious traffic noise, parking lot noise, wind noise and breeze coming through on a rainy, cold night.
There are far better options very close by for only a little more money. One of which would have been to sleep in the airport for free.
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