Arcola Inn

Hotel

Good rooms for the price. Quiet area.

When visiting Arcola, we have various hotels to visit.

The lights, TV, outlets, and Wi-Fi did not work. The floor looked like it had not been vacuumed in a week. I also found hair and other bodily scabs in the sheets. There were two positives to my stay: running water and my departure. Stay clear from the Arcola Inn.

If I could give 0 stars to write this I'd do that. Horrible misrepresentation the condition of this place. Reeks of body odor and urine. You won't be happy.

The staff was super helpful, when I arrived on the evening of a terrible snowstorm in december. They allowed me to pay IN CASH ($42) and charged me $4 extra for my dog. Free Wi-Fi! Check-in procedure included me hand writing out my information (which, I could've totally made up if I wanted to, as they never asked for my ID). I hate having to get a thousand forms, get my ID scanned, get told about all the breakfast options, and basically wait around, before getting a key. This place — fill out my name, gave them cash, and in return got a key. Excellent and easy. Next to some food places, a little farther from the interstate. As far as cheap — cash paid rooms are concerned, is this by the the LEAST creepy, sketchy, weird, drug-dealeresque place that I have ever stayed. Since I'm currently in grad school, I tend to choose the real discount (read: often unsafe) places to rest my head while on the road. Many times, it's too unsafe to even go outside at night — however, here, I did NOT encounter any questionable characters, even walking my dog around in the evening. Not even a, "HEY GIRL, You gotta boyfriend? " or a "Damn, girl, where yo man at? " Nope. None of that. Actually, much better than expected given location (where is Arcola, IL, anyway? ), price, and payment options. They still have actual door keys. Crazy.