This motel is special: I’m a motel fan and it is the first motel I’ve ever see that goes with an elevator! it gave me both a surprise and delight that I could easily carry my luggage to the second floor. You can tell the owner knows how to do business: it’s TV is even larger than the one I lived in downtown NOLA—and most important of all, the TV is working very well. Before switching to this motel, I lived in Aloft New Orleans Downtown for 3 nights, with nightly rate above $200, yet I felt quite inconvenient because Aloft lacked this and that. So really, amenities can be new or old, but the sense of the owner to invest in essentials to provide convenience does not necessarily mean that these things have to be “fancy” (but useless). While I wouldn’t say the level of cleanliness was also super—it was ok (though the blankets could have been nicer)—but overall in the world of motels, this one makes me feel that the owner does intend to offer you some needed service.
The place seemed clean enough and very close to the airport with free airport shuttle. Had a dinner place 100 feet from there which was nice. Took the 202 bus from downtown to get there and cost me $1.25 a person to get there. The people where nice and looks nice however, they are starting to not keep it up as cracks on tiles and wood scratched etc. Still would not effect me from going again but they have to keep up and will continue to be a nice clean hotel
I went to New Orleans for a meeting, because I arrived at the local midnight, so I booked a hotel near the airport. The Days Hotel is actually a motel with free parking, but the facilities are quite complete, the most important is the proximity to the airport. With a 24-hour airport transfer service, we only need 10 minutes to walk. Because there is no living facilities around the airport, it is good to stay for one night. The breakfast buffet is very simple, with only a bit of bread and milk cereal.