We made the reservations online at the Clarion Resort. But we left that hotel after going to the room. We got the money we paid and called Days Inn.

The lady at the front desk was very busy, but very friendly. She gave us an oceanfront room on the ground level for a great price. The Clarion was $90.00 and Days Inn was a lot cheaper, and better than the Clarion Resort.

The Days Inn has a beach, with sand, not rocks. That was great.
The prices were great, and the service was good.
The rooms were clean, and it has 2 big pools.
Free Beakfast, easy access to the beach, it is the best hotel for its price on Jekyll Island.

If you go to the Clarion, then to the Days Inn, you are not going to complain about this hotel.

My family and I stayed at the Days Inn on Jekyll for a long weekend in Sept. 2007. As other reviewers have said, the hotel is dated. In fact, I remember staying in it a few times as a teenager with my own parents, before they renovated it.

We booked a one bedroom, oceanview suite with a pullout sofa in the living room for our daughter. The room was large and clean, with a kitchenette area that was useful. Our view of the ocean from our second floor balcony was beautiful. The free continental breakfast every morning was really good, with lots of options from scrambled eggs to waffles to cereal and toast.

The only "complaint" I had, if you want to call it that, is that I felt a little misled in booking the room. Admittedly, I booked it online without calling the hotel first. But I booked what I thought was a one bedroom suite with a separate living area for our daughter to sleep on the pullout sofa. (As we had brought her with us on the tail end of our honeymoon, you can see why this might be important.) However, what we got was one big room with the bedroom on one end, divided from the living room by the kitchenette/bathroom hallway which opened right into the living room/balcony area. There was no door, in fact no privacy at all, for the bedroom area. So booking the "one bedroom suite" was pointless when we could've paid less for a regular room with two double beds.

Other than that, it's a good hotel for families who want good beach access, as well as two swimming pools for kids to enjoy.

This hotel does not even deserve one star. Many of the hotels on Jekyll Island are old, but the Days Inn is not only old, it is scary. The building looks as though it was constructed in the 1950's and not one rennovation has been made. The beds were hard as rocks. The ceiling was made of this weird white straw material and was discolored by years of when the hotel allowed smoking. There were dents and holes in the walls. The carpet was extremely worn and filthy. Thank goodness we traveled with our own sheets and towels! I don't think I could have slept there otherwise. If we had only paid $40 per night I wouldn't feel so compelled to complain, but the fact was we paid over $100 per night and the place was BY FAR THE WORST hotel I have ever stayed in or seen in my life. The place needs to be completely torn down and rebuilt- it's in awful condition.

When I made the reservation I asked specifically for an oceanfront room with a good view of the ocean. I was assured that my room had a great view. When I arrived I discovered that the view of the ocean was blocked by the roof of a covered stairway. When I asked for another room the manager became very abusive and insulting. The threatened my physically when I demanded my money back. I will never stay at a Day's Inn ever again and am writing a letter of complaint to the parent company. The manager should be fired.