We stayed several days at 5 motel chains. They were Best Western at Grass Valley, Mt. Shasta, Anderson, Marina and Solvang. This chain, along with Holiday Inn Express(Lake Tahoe) was consistently the best. We had the best free continental breakfast at the Holiday Inn Lake Tahoe. (They provided sausages!) This Lake Tahoe motel also was conveniently situated with a Carrow's restaurant just across the parking lot.
As far as ambience goes, the winner is the Best Western Tree House Motor Inn at Mt. Shasta. This property differed from the cookie cutter pattern where all motels look alike. The extensive use of wood panelling and trim made this place stand out.
The Comfort Inns at Redding and Fortuna were adequate with no glaring defects. Just about what you would expect. Clean and good value for money.
The Discovery Inn at Napa was a real disappointment. We referred to the towels as grey sandpaper. We were only able to identify the cleaning staff because they were accompanied by their cleaning cart(which will probably last forever) as they were in jeans and a t-shirt. Dead spiders and their webs adorned the inside frames of the windows. When we told the manager that we wanted to take the charge off the credit card he said, "You can't do that! I will lose money." Thankfully his wife took him in hand and fixed things. The only good thing about this motel was its location on the Silverado Trail and its proximity to the wineries.
The Day's Inn at San Simeon had a strange manager who told us the Day's Inn did not have the software to issue a printed receipt for cash. I hope that charge does not show up on my credit card.
The Day's Inn at Ontario was rather scarey. It's located right next to a liquor store and is the only place on our 21 day tour that did not provide free continental breakfast.
All in all winners are Holiday Inn Express and Best Western! I would always book one of those.
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