Baymont by Wyndham Rawlins

If you are not part of a Railroad crew, don’t both

Rooms were fairly well furnished. Location right by Interstate freeway.

I had a reservation made in advance as part of my itinerary for this motel. When I pulled in, I noticed a shuttle van for the motel leaving. The first oddball aspect of this place is that the front desk is in the diner. I went to the window for checking in. After a couple minutes, someone from the diner came to help me. I told her I had a reservation. She cheerfully told me that the lady who takes care of that just left. She was the one driving the shuttle bus down to the train depot. I didn’t get the whole story, but evidently this motel exists primarily to provide rooms for employees of a railroad company. I asked the lady from the diner when she would return, she cheerfully told me about 15 minutes. Needless to say, if I did not have a reservation I would have left immediately. When the lady returned in the shuttle with the railroad employees, she ignored me waiting there and took care of them first. I noticed that the motel has a nice looking actual lobby area. However, it is the Crew Lounge, and is off-limits to the less-deserving paying motel customers. Here are the highlights from this incompetently run establishment: - No continental breakfast, not even free coffee. The lady cheerfully told me the diner is open 24 hours. - The free coffemaker in the room had no coffee. - No alarm clock in the room. - The hot water pressure was weak, I had a hard time taking a shower with warm water. I was insulted being treated like an inferior person by the staff. The $85 they charged was way over-priced for a no-frills motel like this.