What ever you do with your life, do not stay at the Econo Sludge. The only reason we stayed here was because it was the only place available in Champaign, IL. We were in town to watch the Badgers play IL in football and had no choice where to stay even though we made reservations 9 months before hand. We paid $150 a night for a hole. I have stayed in better hotels for only $50 a night.
First of all on our reservations it said we had 2 queen size beds. We only received one king and a pull out. Also on our reservation we requested a nonsmoking and received a smoking room. I was hesitant to even sleep on the pull out due to the cleanliness. The room was not clean by my standards. We even head a cigarette butt on the floor in our room. The room had a slant to it. It looked as the floor was going to cave in at anytime. There was little to no lighting in the room. Not all the lights worked. When you turned on the exhaust fan above the Jacuzzi tub in our suite, it sounded as it was going to break at any time. It also was falling out of the ceiling. I bet if we were to use the Jacuzzi tub the exhaust fan/light would have fallen right into the tub and killed us. Even worse the bathtub looked as if it was never cleaned in the past. I did not dare to walk with out shoes or sandals in the bathroom as well as the rest of the room. There was no hot water to take a shower that is if you dared to take a shower.
Not even an hour after checking in there was four to five squad cars at the hotel. That is how ghetto it was. I didn’t feel safe even before the police showed up to take care of some business. It looked as if our room, as with other rooms, that they have been broken into sometime in the past. I was not sure if it was safe to leave any of our stuff in our room while we were gone.
There is much more to complain about, but I think you get the idea. Whatever you do, DO NOT STAY AT THE ECONO LODGE!!! Find another hotel in a different town. Champaign in general is not a good place for hotels.














