Name: Econo Lodge At The University
Address: 2376 Us 501 East, Conway, 29526, US

4/10

Poor

25 Jul 2026

Justin

Be weary of checking in after hrs. The front desk agent was not helpful and refused check in until seeing a payment email from online booking app. The problem is it goes to manager email who might be gone at night. Took about 30 min to clear up. Expedia agents did help resolve the issue.

8/10

Excellent

25 Jul 2026

Jayne

The staff was efficient. Good parking.

The road in front of the hotel is under construction, so there was some backup and travel delay.

2/10

Poor

25 Jul 2026

Gabriel R

Front desk staff

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jul 2026

Jeremiah

About what you would expect for the price. Bathroom had mold on the ceiling. Breakfast was really underwhelming.

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jul 2026

Dannon

Had to travel to Conway to drop my son off at his coastal Carolina University orientation. Stayed for tonight's. The hotel is the into two building, the first building probably has seen a better days where you check in, but we were in the econo Lodge building behind it. You walk in it smelled very clean, very well maintained, and very safe. The pool was definitely a plus for my kids. At centrally located right next to the college while being close enough to go to Myrtle Beach 10 minutes down the road. You can't beat the vicinity. Plenty to do around. Will definitely stay again.

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jul 2026

Gabrielle

Everything was great. Simple 1 night stay. Trash outside the door was over flowing. Room was clean and comfortable.

8/10

Excellent

22 Jul 2026

ANTHONY M.

Everything was good

8/10

Excellent

21 Jul 2026

Kimberly

Great location to Coastal Carolina. Room was great - only didn't give higher because hotel was in the middle of updates/door lock renovations. Otherwise, room was clean, comfortable, and affordable.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jul 2026

Kellie

Dirty and musty

Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Jul 2026

Christine

This was a solid stay for the money - the property was quite dated but served our purpose. I felt safe and taken care of well. The ice machine was not where it was advertised, but I did find it eventually.

Partner

2/10

Poor

16 Jul 2026

Devon

Gross moldy and unhelpful

Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

15 Jul 2026

Jerry

Broken glass, cigarettes, trash everywhere. Staff was rude, keys did not work to get into the building. The hotel was closed upon arrival to check in. Asked to cancel our room upon arrival and they refused. Don’t waste your money. We left and went to another hotel and they never refunded us and ignored all contact. Horrible service.

Partner

2/10

Poor

11 Jul 2026

Jeffrey

This place is a dump.

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

11 Jul 2026

Dennis

Breakfast was disappointing Waffles or cereal juice or limited choice of fruit cup
No fresh fruit
No yogurt no eggs

Self

6/10

Pleasant

08 Jul 2026

Alaina

Our room was not ready at check in. Which is fine it happens. We were treated as if we were making a crazy request by showing up at check in time to try and check in. The front desk lady wouldn’t even take our name told us there were several people in front of us and to stop bugging her she had work to do. So we joined the about 20 other people in the lobby waiting. She then came over and scolded us for sitting in the breakfast area and told us we had to move. She wouldn’t give us an estimated wait time and wouldn’t take our names told notify us so we had no choice but to stay and wait. Then without a word when someone arrived to check in rooms were ready. So everyone lined up on the honor system in the order we arrived and we all checked in about an hour late. The woman did not say much to us other than insert your card and tossing some room keys our way. The hotel itself was very outdated lots of holes in the floors and the ice machine didn’t work. Honestly if the lady at the desk had been decent I probably wouldn’t have minded.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

02 Jul 2026

Dustin

The staff was friendly and tried being helpful, but…. The room(s) was disgusting. Floor wet. Muskey smell. Rust in shower. Trouble with room key(s). I could go on but it seems pointless. The price was right, but given the room issues I would rather pay double for a nicer place. I would not stay again.

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

28 Jun 2026

Brian

Upon checking in, the air conditioning in the room was not working. The staff responded quickly and got us in another room. All went well after that.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2026

Wilmer

Clean room nice staff

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jun 2026

Patrice

The room was clean, bathroom updated. The staff was incredibly helpful and professional. The breakfast was a perfect way to start the day although it is a old hotel which you must take into consideration it was perfect for two nights pool was clean furniture.

Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

01 Jun 2026

Neil

Upon arrival I was told that a deposit was required and it would be returned at checkout. due to late time, I paid the deposit. The next morning at checkout I was told it would be five days before the deposit would be returned. What a rip off!

Family

6/10

Pleasant

14 May 2026

Nancy

Breakfast was poor and the air conditioner did not work.

Partner

2/10

Poor

13 May 2026

Geneviene

We had 2 rooms. One of them the door didn’t lock. Only found out the next morning when I just pushed it open. It took them the day to figure x it. I had to put our stuff into the other room. The parking lot had giant crater pot holes. It was treacherous driving through it. It’s our last stay here.

Family

8/10

Excellent

12 May 2026

Gregory

The outside looks old, outdated, and off-putting, but the inside is clean, well-maintained, and very comfortable. Overall, we were very pleased with our stay.

Family

4/10

Poor

09 May 2026

Donna

A call to the fire marshal is next on my agenda. No smoke detector in the room (I have photos) no screens on the 2nd floor windows - (definitely a hazard) Not sure how anyone can say this place is up to code. Pretty run down building. They updated the shower in our room (newer - tile) but saved money by reusing their Toilet Paper dispenser from 1980 (full of rust). Just not up to par.

Family

8/10

Excellent

07 May 2026

Troy

Building is a little dated but the room was fine. Breakfast could use a few more options (fresh fruit, microwaveable breakfast sandwiches).

Self

8/10

Excellent

06 May 2026

James

Have stayed multiple times, would return when in area.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 May 2026

John

Breakfast options were decent. Only suggestion would be some fresh fruit. Room was amazing. Had good wi-fi and staff was friendly and helpful. Minor suggestions...a TV channel guide and a flyer with close by restaurants, coffee shops, etc...Stayed here for 3 nights and would stay again. Definitely recommend.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

26 Apr 2026

heather

The breakfast was ok. They didn't serve hot tea which was a huge disappointment. No fresh fruit

Partner

4/10

Poor

23 Apr 2026

Penny

There are 2 buildings. The first one where the office is located, seems to be for weekly rentals and run down. The facade of the front, looks great, which is what's on expedia, but it doesn't show the outside rooms of that building, so when we pulled up, we felt very deceived and apprehensive.

The lobby was clean and the staff was friendly. Had to walk to another building through the side parking lot. This entrance was secured with a key card which eased the concern. The room was a seven out of ten....clean, but the bathtub looked dirty.

There was a lot of people around the other buildings at night.

Construction and upgrades being done on forst building. So the property is a work in progress. Once the owner is finished, it will be much nicer

If you stay in the second building, I don't think you'll be disappointed. But when you pull up, you may question your decision.

8/10

Excellent

22 Apr 2026

monique

Super convenient to campus. clean and maintained, a/c was good. Bed was comfy and great Mexican restaurant right next door!!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 Apr 2026

kia

Hot showers!! Love it

The parking lot looked sketch but it was quiet so don't let that run you away.

Staff was nice and respectful.

Our room smelled like cigarettes upon entering but we used spray to get it to go away.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

07 Apr 2026

Haroon

This property was clean and had Queen size beds clean & staff was friendly - will def go back

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

02 Apr 2026

Sharon

Parking was easy. Safe secure very quiet area.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Mar 2026

Beth

Great location, on-site breakfast was good, plenty of options. Restaurants within walking distance. Great place to stay for our family weekend trip.

Family

4/10

Poor

18 Mar 2026

Carl

Shabby with a separate unattached wing of the hotel stuck across the parking lot behind the dumpsters and a restaurant/bar with a party music deck

Self

4/10

Poor

14 Mar 2026

Richard

Place was nothing like pictures.

Self

2/10

Poor

08 Mar 2026

Donna

Prefer to talk to management

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

22 Feb 2026

David

Room was fairly clean. Stay was an expected for the price. Entire facility and parking lot needs to be remodeled. Again, stay was as expected for the price. If it wasn’t dollar friendly, I would have lots of complaints.

6/10

Pleasant

22 Feb 2026

CHRISTOPHER J

It is what it is

Family

2/10

Poor

15 Feb 2026

doug

Blood and urine stains on mattress in 2 separate rooms. Paid for 3 nights and used it only one. Hotel and Expedia thinks nothing is wrong with those mattresses and refused refunds even thou brought to their attention upon check-in
Stay away from this hotel and Expedia has you have to fight for refunds. The pictures of hotel is misleading.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

14 Feb 2026

Derinda

Staff and rooms were nice. It's an older place with a few cosmetic upgrades. Our door had a boot print on it like it was kicked open. It's walking distance to an ABC store and the Coastal Ale House. It's not a bad place, especially for the rate, but not the best area for a famil.

Business Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Feb 2026

Marina

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Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

13 Feb 2026

Laurie

The rooms are clean, the location is good, close to CCU, restaurants, shopping

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Feb 2026

Jennifer

The staff was fantastic!!! Ver accommodating for everything we needed!
The only thing we didn’t like was we were right next to the outside door when someone came in the door was slammed every time but other than that loved it
Thank you so much

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jan 2026

Haley

The staff was amazing

Business

2/10

Poor

10 Jan 2026

Janice

The room had an odd odor, the building was in a noisy area, although the room was relatively quiet, and the bed and pillows were not comfortable at all. We ended up cancelling the second night and went to another hotel.

Business Family

6/10

Pleasant

18 Dec 2025

Robert

Staff Courteous & Helpful

4/10

Poor

14 Dec 2025

Karie

The staff seemed ok, but the hotel itself has declined greatly since the first time I stayed there 4 years ago. A pipe burst in the second building, no hot water except for one short amount of time over two days. No offer to refund either of two rooms. There was literally a small pond in the middle corridor. Fire door was also propped open the entire time, the one that has a sign beside it saying door must remain closed at all times. Lastly, the security latch on the back of the room door was broken off and the dead bolt couldn't lock. Last time we stay there.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

14 Dec 2025

Marjorie

No hot water for 2 1/2 days! Not amenable to vacation! Could not ensure cleanliness of breakfast area due to a homeless man present and touching all of the breakfast items. We ate out for food safety!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Dec 2025

James

Yes Forrest checked us in and made sure we had a room close to where we were parked with the car

Business_and_leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

01 Dec 2025

Johnnie

Staff was great. Breakfast was okay. Nothing spectacular. Room was clean

2/10

Poor

19 Nov 2025

Crystalena

It was horrible didn’t even stay still waiting on my refund

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

14 Nov 2025

Karen

The room was clean but the bar lock on the door was as broken.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

07 Nov 2025

Joseph

This is truly an economy lodge. I will pay more somewhere else in the future.

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2025

Rachelle

The young man upfront was very helpful. It was clean and warm up front. I needed a copy made and was able to get it. Breakfast was basic the waffles was very good. Would love some boiled eggs for protein or nuts to balance my blood sugar. But, overall it was a great stay and a great price. I will come back and highly recommend this one.

Business

4/10

Poor

29 Oct 2025

Gineen

We were given a room in which the air was broken, there was hair in the tub and mold on the walls. We asked for a refund to go elsewhere and they said no and tried to give us another room . They let us on and told us they would come back with the keys and never did. This room had crumbs all over the desk, and a huge hold on the curtain and smelled like dog food. The guy never came back with the keys, we had to be someone as o had told him so we just left and didn’t come back and got a much better hotel . I have disputed with CC.

8/10

Excellent

27 Oct 2025

Bronson

I like the parking

Business_and_leisure Pet

2/10

Poor

25 Oct 2025

Mary

Poor review, they charge you an extra $106 when you check in and they blame it on the 3rd you book thru for not telling you. The check in person was not helpful at all. Due to health concerns we had to check out and find another hotel for the night. I asked for a refund but was told I had to go thru Expedia. I called Expedia and they had to contact the hotel which was a waste of time. I just want my money back

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

24 Oct 2025

Janice

Check in was frustrating! I entered the office on my walker and they assigned us a 2nd floor room without an elevator, when i questioned it, they gave us a first floor room. We got to the room, the key didn't work! Went back to the desk to rekey the cards. When we got into the room, it had 1 king bed - we had reserved 2 Queen bed room. Triedto call the desk-no answer! Back to the desk for a 2 bed room. When we looked at the key card cover - it had 4 different room numbers on it, all of them marked out except our room.

Leisure Friends

2/10

Poor

23 Oct 2025

Dana R

The room was in terrible condition. The tub was backing up. When I called the front desk to ask for more towels, they never brought them. The bathroom door didn’t stay shut or locked. The hallway smelled like a urinal.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

20 Oct 2025

James

The room was not cleaned leaving pubic hairs on the toilet seat.
When cleaning staff was told shower flooded in to the rest of our room they didn’t speak or understand English and handed me extra towels.
The front office was notified of all incidents.

This was not our first time and have always been satisfied with the service, but this time both service and customer experience left an unsatisfactory thought and possible return to this location

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

19 Oct 2025

Matthew

Room smelled like mold, and there was no fan ventilation (or windows to supplement ventilation) in the bathroom. Breakfast was okay, but ceiling was caving in in breakfast dining area.

2/10

Poor

12 Oct 2025

Erica

Dirty room, dead bugs on floor when we got in room. Strong smell of cleaner or bug spray. Didn’t even bring bags up, left and checked in at a better hotel

Family

6/10

Pleasant

10 Oct 2025

Elizabeth

Muy pobre el desayuno

2/10

Poor

07 Oct 2025

Melissa

The rooms were disgusting!!
There was garbage already in the garbage can when we got there. Mold in the shower curtain. Gross!! Don’t stay here!!

2/10

Poor

07 Oct 2025

Patrick

The room had a mold smell and mildew smell mold was on the window tried to get a refund they told me no and that they stand firm about not giving me the refund. So DONT STAY HERE

Business Self

2/10

Poor

05 Oct 2025

Erin

I didn’t stay here! I checked out immediately, and had requested a refund due to mold in my room, in the ac vent and mildew smell throughout.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

02 Oct 2025

John

I would not recommend this property, particularly to single females as it seems to be in an unsafe area

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

28 Sep 2025

Kelly

Breakfast , most things out of stock. Coffee terrible. Fridge was a freezer (literally), bed so uncomfortable

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Sep 2025

Evelyn

Comfortable bed and clean

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

23 Sep 2025

Paul

Convenient to the college

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

21 Sep 2025

richard

My room was filthy. I took a towel and ran it across the floor and the towel was black. There was a goo on both headboards. The carpet in the hall was filthy black . There was a chunk of carpet missing in the hall. Outside the entry door was a huge pile of cigarette butts that looked like it had not been clean in months. My shoe stuck to the stairwell steps due to something sticky on them.

Some more serving implements for getting the food off the morning serving trays would be good so people wouldn't use their fingers to pick up the sausages.

I also never saw the pool that is in their pictures

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

21 Sep 2025

Toni

Convenient to stores. A couple within walking distance. Very quiet!

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

21 Sep 2025

Marvin

Strong sewage smell at one end of the hall, manager said keep your door closed. Nice Keurig coffee maker, no sugar or creamer. Beds were not made next morning, trash can emptied but door left ajar for anyone to enter. Room had been refurbished some time ago and was reasonably clean but the plaster and paint around the air conditioner has peeled off exposing the wood studs.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

18 Sep 2025

Michael

$6 non refundable fee to process incidentals.

They charge $6 that is not refunded on top of $100 incidental. Said it would drop off but it didn’t charged me $106. Now I get to wait 7 days for my refund. As a business man this is so uncalled for. Sick of the nickle and dime. People a very nice

Business

8/10

Excellent

09 Sep 2025

David

Staff was courteous

8/10

Excellent

08 Sep 2025

Laurie

I was very scared by the reviews of this hotel. I had no other options since everything thing else was booked for parents weekend. I do not understand all of the negative reviews. JR checked us in and I told him my concerns - he brought me to the room first to make sure I was ok with it. It is completely fine, very clean, sheets were spotless, bathroom was spotless, no bugs, no mold, no bad smell of chemicals or mildew. They are exactly as pictured. For this price I’m not sure what people expect. There was some rust around the door trim in the bathroom and the trim in general is beat up, that did not bother me at all. You cannot beat the location - it is very close to CCU. When we were there, there were no people hanging out around the hotel and we didn’t notice any smell from the two restaurants until the morning we left at 4am and it was not bad. For the price this hotel is more than acceptable. At the last minute I could have gotten a reservation at one of the newer hotels, it would have been $400 more for 3 nights, it was after my allowable cancellation date so could not take it, I’m glad I didn’t. For reference we were in the back building but JR said the only difference is front building has outside door and have kitchenettes, they were all renovated the same time. If you just need a hotel to sleep at night this is a very good option again for the price. There was nothing scary about it.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

07 Sep 2025

Kathleen

Breakfast could have had more options.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2025

Rosa

Everything was nice and clean.

Partner

4/10

Poor

28 Aug 2025

Arthur

The property itself is not too bad, it smells weird but the room is pretty clean. There was one bug on the floor but the beds are clean. My only real complaint is the deposit is not disclosed upfront and you get hit with it at check-in. You need to be prepared considering its not refundable

6/10

Pleasant

28 Aug 2025

Renee

It was humid in the room and facility needs some work

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

25 Aug 2025

Nicole

The rooms were fine for the price. You can’t beat the location for CCU convenience. The breakfast was very basic

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

22 Aug 2025

michele

Close to the University.
Check in was super easy and the gentleman who checked me in was a star. He was informative, pleasant and funny.
Ample parking.
The room was large and clean. All the usual hotel room items.
Would def stay again.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

20 Aug 2025

Amanda

The rooms were dingy. Had to change rooms due to roof leaking and mold. No ice machine, vending machines were out of order. No staff available when the went to inquire about vending machines. Not on door stated helping other guests but saw him at the gas station when we had to walk there for water

Business_and_leisure Family

4/10

Poor

14 Aug 2025

Verified traveler

Bad smell

The room was in the back building which is not connected to the main hotel. The building and room had a smell.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

10 Aug 2025

Arbin

Horrible

I need to be reimbursed for one day. I prepaid for 3 days but only stayed 2. The smell in the hotel room made me sick.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2025

Brianna

We enjoyed our last minute stay. With only 20 minutes from the beach, it was very convenient without costing an arm and a leg.
The only down side is there's no elevator in the second building.

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

03 Aug 2025

Raffaela

Our stay

The room was clean but needs updating.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jul 2025

Erica

My stay was all around nice! The only concern I had was the ice machine was dirty and looked like it had mold in some areas other than that, can’t complain staff was very friendly, my room was nice and clean! I would definitely recommend.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2025

Robyn

Friendly staff.

Business Family

2/10

Poor

21 Jul 2025

Wendy

Not worth cheap price. Room smelled, hall smelled, found hair in between sheets, the person vacuuming in the hall had a huge, saggy, dirty, stained t-shirt on.
We walked into room, checked for bed bugs, and walked out when my daughter found the hair. We weren’t even in the motel for 10 minutes total , They didn’t even offer to refund my money when I explained why we were leaving.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

21 Jul 2025

Darlene

The first room the refrigerator didn’t work the a/c made the bed shake. No where in the room was the password for the internet. After I complained and asked for a room on the first floor we were able to move. The top floor 400 the hall had a weird smell..The only way to get luggage was to carry it up 2 flights. The stairs were all painted black you should at least paint the outline yellow . Hard to see where the next step was.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Don't Stay Here

Builing was run down and smelled horribly. The bathroom was disgusting. Rotten wood on base of door. Scarey stains on shower curtain.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

19 Jul 2025

Sandra

No locks on doors to enter building. Check-in / lobby located at a different building. Urine smell in hallway. Hallways and bending areas filthy. I’ve never stayed in an econo lodge and never will again. We changed our reservation for the second night. Only stayed one night instead of 2 bc we did not feel safe. Room was nor bad. Staff was very nice.

Business Family

2/10

Poor

19 Jul 2025

Susan

The toom was so dirty. Food on walls. Our feet were black from the dirty floors. It was awful.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

19 Jul 2025

Anna

Overall, the room with two beds was okay. It had the basics and looked fine at first glance. However, there was a strong smell of dampness and mildew not only in the room, but throughout the entire building and hallways on every floor. It was very uncomfortable to stay in that environment. Also, be aware that they charge an additional deposit before check-in, which they say will be refunded later

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Nice, quite and clean

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

13 Jul 2025

chrissy

This hotel offers continental breakfast but we did not get to try it because it was located in the main building and you have to eat it in their lobby. They do not allow you to take it back to your room. We were in building B so, that was inconvenient. The room was clean and the beds were comfortable. The room did have a strong mildew smell. We bought RIDX to have in the room. It helped a little but the smell was pretty strong.

Business_and_leisure Family

2/10

Poor

13 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Room and hallway of the building smelled unhealthy and moldy. Exterior building doors were not working. Very disappointing experience.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jul 2025

Bryan

Excellent 4th of July weekend stay.