Howard Johnson by Wyndham Scottsdale Old Town

Location, closeness - walking distance to old town, room

Street sound/ traffic noise - we had an end room facing the street- sounded like our window was open - it wasn’t and use of a Leaf blower at 7am

Location in Old Town Scottsdale was the ONLY POSITIVE thing about this motel.

I would compare this to a motel that you would stop for a quick night on a road trip not for a vacation stay. Price per night however, did not reflect that. Very expensive for this type of motel. Photos on website are misleading. Staff was not knowledgeable about the area. Asked directions and the gentleman stared at the map and couldn't tell us which way to go. We figured it out ourselves. We were in Room 119. Door didn't provide proper security - we returned to our room on two separate occasions and the door was open. We had difficulty getting in an out of our room. Hotel needs maintenance. No safe in room so had to take valuables with us as we knew that the room wasn't secure. Bathroom tub was dirty upon arrival. We were placed in an adjoining room so we were up all night for 2 nights listening to the baby screaming next door. It was like they were in the same room with us. Breakfast was very basic. No healthy options beside green sour apples. Breakfast area had only 4 small tables for all of the guests in the hotel. We were told we could eat in our room. Really? Where, on the bed? To add insult to injury, when we checked out, we were charged $21 US more than what we were quoted on booking.com. We realized this upon our return home. Hoping to get reimbursed for the over charge.

This hotel was centrally located and made it easy for me to get everywhere I wanted to get on foot or with an Uber.

The door handle to my room was very difficult to use, the faucet leaked in the shower and the bathroom lighting was a cheap fluorescent that buzzed loudly when on.