Econo Lodge Panama City Beach

United States , Panama City - FL
PANAMA CITY, 4411 W. Us 98
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100 reviews shown

2/10

Poor

03 May 2026

Michael

Mold everywhere holes in the door this place was bad

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Apr 2026

David

The owners are very nice

10/10

Exceptional

26 Apr 2026

Stephanie

Clean room, staff, easy booking

Family

8/10

Excellent

24 Apr 2026

Terry

It was great for the price and the kids loved the pool! Great for people who aren't planning on being in the room for much. Clean bathrooms and beds.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Apr 2026

Milena

Was very good and smooth, fast check in and check out. I only missed the hair dryer - everything else was in the room working and convenient

Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Mar 2026

Renona

Affordable
Clean
Quiet
Safe

Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 Mar 2026

Renona

Great Value
Clean
Safe

Partner

4/10

Poor

08 Mar 2026

Ramona

Just old

Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Feb 2026

Shaniya

The room was clean and up to date but the only thing was my room smelled like smoke

Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Feb 2026

Gerzzell

Hospitality was great, the room was clean and the staff was awesome with accommodating with changes. I will recommend for my next stay with company.

Business Family

4/10

Poor

19 Sep 2025

Jamie

I honestly just did not feel safe there.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jul 2025

Holly

Cleanliness of the floors was not great nice beds typical Motel room, good place to sleep and swim would stay there again if I had to

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

12 Jul 2025

Patrick

The room had a musty smell the door seal had a wide crack in it which I had to put a towel under it every night. Otherwise the cleaning staff did their job every day the hotel office staff check me in fast not close to a beach

Self

8/10

Excellent

06 Jul 2025

Brenda

My stay was very peaceful, room wasnt bad however you could not walk thru the room without shoes or something on your feet. Floors were dirty.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

01 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Was in room 15 minutes and room smelled of mold making my three young grandchildren sick then I was charged for a night because we went into the room for 15 minutes to to look at it and I think it was just piss poor

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jun 2025

Christy

Would recommend

Nice little hotel with a very good price per night. Pool was nice and clean. Property was also clean. TVs could use an upgrade but the room was nice and the beds were comfortable. Staff was also excellent. Checking in and out was easy with no wait time. Would stay here again for a weekend getaway.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jun 2025

Charles

Desk clerk was most gracious when we checked in.
Very impressed with the property, except the cable TV went out (no picture, audio only) while we were watching a national news special report.

Otherwise!!! Great stay!
Bed spreads were brand new!

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

23 Jun 2025

monique

I stayed here the door wouldn’t close. When I asked for another room they told me they didn’t have a room. Then we I asked for another room the next day they gave me the room but later the hotel called the police on me saying I was trans passing, and over charges my card four times, and only stayed one night. I will never be returning to this hotel very unprofessional, and nasty.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

22 Jun 2025

Jessica

The room smelled of stale cigarettes and the bathroom door had a hole in it, the air conditioner had pieces missing. The bathroom tile was broken. The mirror had multiple cigarette burns on it. The floor was dirty.
It was just all around gross.

Business Self

2/10

Poor

09 Jun 2025

Oscarillys

I had a terrible experience at Econo Lodge Panama City on June 3rd. From the moment I arrived, the front desk staff was extremely rude. I was given a smoking room even though I had reserved a non-smoking room. When I asked for a change, they responded with a bad attitude. The second room smelled strongly of chemicals and the AC didn’t work.

When I asked to check out because of these issues, the staff refused and told me to come back on Friday. I was also denied written confirmation that I had left. I ended up not staying at the hotel and had nowhere to sleep that night.

What’s worse is that my family had stayed here before and recommended the hotel, but my experience was completely different and disappointing. Despite reaching out through Expedia multiple times, the hotel has refused a refund, even though I didn’t stay.

Extremely unprofessional service. I do not recommend this hotel and would never stay here again.

Leisure

2/10

Poor

30 May 2025

Sierra

Was a last minute trip. This room had a smell that would not go away 😩

8/10

Excellent

13 May 2025

Jennifer

It was great

10/10

Exceptional

10 May 2025

Chris

great stay..

i stay here all the time ,great location- great price..great service…

Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Mar 2025

Christopher

great stat

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

22 Oct 2024

David

Don't Trust Your Booking be what you chose!

I booked a NON smoking room but when we got there it was a smoking room! My confirmation said nonsmoking but the motel's reservations said smoking room. They said it Was Hotels.com's fault..since we were evacuating from a hurricane, we really didn't have much choice but to stay. So NO, I'm not very happy with the stay! Besides everything being yellow and sticky and smelling like smoke...there were ants,broken fixtures,light switches and floor tiles.

6/10

Pleasant

17 Sep 2024

Ashaley

The room was reasonably priced and clean. Very loud and disruptive being along the highway and apparently on the path of the Air Force Base. Loud jets continued all day and well into the night. Staff was amazing tho cleaning room and fresh linens daily. The last night of my stay the power went out and I was able to get a full refund on t for the last night.

Leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

23 Aug 2024

Breakfast was a joke! And they have bed bugs!!!!

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

28 Jul 2024

Denia

would I stay there again if I had to sure! But the smell in the rooms it wouldn't be first pick.

Business_and_leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

21 Jul 2024

Hannah

It was a decent stay but I got accused of stealing pillows when I know for a fact there was only four pillows in the room! I didn’t get my deposit back when we made sure the room was spotless the only thing was the pillows! Overall though it was a pretty okay stay. They do need to fix the cracks in the bottom of the door, we could hear everyone’s conversation walking by our room!

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

15 Jul 2024

james

It was clean, fresh paint and new floors. no issues with check-in or out. good deal for the price

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

06 Jul 2024

Verified traveler

Do not recommend

Check in was fine, check out… lady practically ran to the room to check it, then tried keepin the deposit sayin we took 4 hand towels. Room smelled, and there was a roach in the bathroom. Do not recommend.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

28 Jun 2024

jacob

They messed up my reservation and I had to pay extra

Leisure

2/10

Poor

26 Jun 2024

amber

I never made it to the room before they canceled my reservation

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

21 Jun 2024

Glenn

The staff when we got there was accomodating because they switched us to room on the ground floor after we found that we were put in a room upstairs and they didn't have an elevator My husband can not do stairs very well. What we were very disappointed about was that the floors were so dirty that we had to always have shoes on to walk around in the room or our feet would be black. And one day when we returned to our room it had not been cleaned at all. Bedding was unmade, no clean towels, etc. Also we discovered a roach crawling across the wall. Thankfully we only found one.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

14 Jun 2024

Verified traveler

Room smelled like smoke was supposed to be non smoking but wasn’t allowed since we weren’t staying there three days. Lamps were rusted over. Air conditioning didn’t work well, shower didn’t have tub stopper and was very rusty. Bed however was comfortable. Drawers of dresser were off track and broken. Customer Service was nice had a 25.00 Deposit.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

12 Jun 2024

Patricia

The room was smelly , thick cigarette smoke, the floors were not clean. The bed and towels were clean and fine. The room not good

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

25 May 2024

Verified traveler

Room was adequate. Even though nonsmoking hotel, room smelled of smoke and had burns.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2024

Christopher

Check-in was quick and easy staff great great location great motel

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

05 May 2024

Michelle

The room had mold, the shower didn't work, there were roaches crawling around, fridge were dirty, door didn't lock all the way, key stop working. The Receptionist wasn't friendly, she also got my information mixed up with a previous guest and gave me all their credit card information and put us in their room. I WILL NOT recommend.. Run and go the other way.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Apr 2024

Robert

The hotel was OK.

Check-in was quick and efficient. The desk person was friendly and helpful.

My room was on the second floor, the only one on an interior hallway - so my window just looked out on the hallway.

The room is large and rather dark. It seemed well-cleaned, although the tub/shower was not the best (mold on the inside of the clear plastic shower control, nasty drain opening), and the corners of the tile floor hadn't had a lot of attention.

Some exterior surfaces (specifically, the steps to the second floor) were rather dark and dirty.

The included breakfast was quite skimpy (coffee, juice, some muffins and bagels).

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

02 Apr 2024

kristal

I bought a fan because I wouldn’t dare turn on the nasty ac system. I had to clean and disinfect the room myself it smelled terrible. I barely let housekeeping come in cause they prop the door open and bugs get in I stayed for 2 weeks and the second week I found a dead mouse inside my brand new fan after housekeeping cleaned. I left and only got the money back for one week instead of my whole stay. The manager was very unprofessional kept making it seem like I was the problem knowing damn well her place is gross. I took the dead mouse to her in the fan asked for reimbursement for my fan and she denied it and told me I was something else. Save your money! Not worth it at all. It’s noisy at all times of the day. There was a homeless man sleeping next to the vending machines. Really adds character to their vibe!

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

22 Dec 2023

Christopher

The older lady (probably owner or manager) was rude everytime I spoke with het

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

10 Oct 2023

Brad

It served it's purpose. Bed was comfortable

Business

6/10

Pleasant

13 Aug 2023

Cristiane

overall a good simple hotel to stay. no roaches was definitely a good thing compared to others that had them.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 May 2023

William

Nice place not far from pier park

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

16 Nov 2022

Kenneth

The only negative thing that I can say about my stay was a car alarm that kept going off. This cannot be controlled by the hotel since they couldn't hear where they were. Rooms very clean. Staff extremely nice. Would stay there again.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

08 Oct 2022

Verified traveler

There was a drunk guy hanging out front making females uncomfortable. The staff brushed it off as nothing. The room smelled like mildew and the lady at the front was rude.

Friends_and_family Friends

2/10

Poor

26 Sep 2022

Verified traveler

Pay a little more and go elsewhere

The room was super smokey. Shower knob fell off and won’t stay on. It’s gross. Table lamps were rusted. A/C did not work but fortunately our friend with us was able to fix and make it work. Noisy…man it was noisy throughout the night.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

19 Sep 2022

Lizzy

Staff accused us of smoking in room when she clearly saw us outside that morning smoking.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Sep 2022

Christopher

I can only say the customer service here was outstanding. I thought I had lost my keys to my car, but the staff here helped me search, checked their standard CCTV and sure enough, I found them after a very long, stressful search. I can only say how fortunate there are nice people like this. The customer service was second to none.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

21 Aug 2022

Paul

Very old and poorly maintained.Desk clerk came immediately to clean up a pile of dirt on floor between door and bed...? Broken vacuum sweeper
Fridge froze even soft drinks.
Sink fauced squirted water sideways from base to flood counter

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

17 Aug 2022

Leroy

Bathrom smelled bad of mold, therfore the room smelled of mold. Floors were not cleaned/swept. Bed sheets were dingy and looked as though they were slept on already. Noisy. Other patrons talking Spanish outside my room at 3 am. for an hour. No coffee in the morning at the desk during breakfast hours.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jul 2022

Kyken

Be prepared to pay $25 cash deposit

I wish they would state clearly that there is a $25.00 deposit. The site says there’s a $50 deposit but only during the month of February to April. It does say to be prepared to pay a deposit for incidentals but it’s misleading. It looks like the deposit is the one between February and April when in actuality there is a $25 deposit all the time. I just want other people to be prepared to put $25 in cash down because it’s not stated clearly anywhere

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

27 Jun 2022

Anthony

Terribel hotel! Booked and paid, got there got our room key, went to the room and someone was already in there! They gave our room to someone and then didnt have another one for us!

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

16 Jun 2022

Olando

I did not like anything about that possibility it was dirty crack pipe was all over the place

Business Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Jun 2022

Thomas

My stay was really good. Wish I could of stayed longer.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

16 May 2022

Kelly

Only stayed one night and was comfortable. The hotel could use some updates. For the price and location I would stay again

Business

6/10

Pleasant

15 May 2022

tim

We hadashort butnice stayat this hotel. Whati didnotice was the cleaniness and the cleaning staff were Super Super nice. We would definately use them again.

Business_and_leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

18 Apr 2022

James

Close to the spot where I was going.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2022

Melissa

It was a friendly area but hotel could of been cleaner

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Apr 2022

Christopher

Good stay for short quick busoness trip

Business

6/10

Pleasant

09 Apr 2022

Stephen

Room was clean but old with chipped paint/tiles/flooring. Stench in the room eased once the air conditioner was turned on but an overall a musty smell remained. Staff was friendly but there was a language barrier. Breakfast area was minimal and dirty. Luckily the items were prepackaged but we chose not to eat there. Would not stay there again.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

29 Mar 2022

carl

Outdated/Neglected

Room was very outdated and needed attention to sink handle and both electrical outlet no cover and unusable

Partner

2/10

Poor

26 Mar 2022

Raven

Nothing to much

Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

20 Mar 2022

Krysta

Just needed to sleep and wake up and move to our other vacation rental the next morning. It served it’s purpose. The staff was rude during our check in process. It’s an older rental and a little run down but decently clean. Could be worse could be better. I would stay again for 1 night.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Mar 2022

Crystal

Baby surgry

Nice rooms. Bed great and over all god

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Mar 2022

Kira

Friendly service. Room was nice but the sheets and blankets had burn holes in them.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

03 Mar 2022

James

Less than expected

First room a/c was broken. Also spotted a roach. Beds were very hard and uncomfortable.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

02 Mar 2022

Verified traveler

While staying the refrigerator wasn’t working in my room. The water was barely getting hot. The tub was rusted and the employees were rude. Other than that the parking was okay. I would not be staying there again.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Oct 2021

Verified traveler

no comment

Self

4/10

Poor

20 Sep 2021

Marcus

The toilet didn’t work properly,when u run water in the sink the water took a while to go down.dirty mattress,furniture tables scratched up,needs painting on the inside,Tv needs to be upgraded.It was like cracked out motel.Room 223

Partner

2/10

Poor

13 Sep 2021

Gary

At checkout I was made to wait 25 minutes for return of my twenty five dollar deposit that this motel charges for any possible damages. This was the manager who could not have cared less how long I waited.

2/10

Poor

23 Aug 2021

Justin

Trash

Wasn’t able to cancel room and get refund with hurricane Fred coming

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Aug 2021

Verified traveler

Was very clean, would definitely come back.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

I enjoyed the pool access and the staff was friendly. The one thing I was not happy with and did not enjoy was there so called continental breakfast. They should not even use the word continental breakfast in their advertising. It was orange juice and apple juice with bagels and muffins that were pre-packaged that you buy from Sam's.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

30 Jun 2021

Verified traveler

Did not stay, requested a handicapped room and they didn’t have one with a shower instead of a tub after they told me they did. When I arrived at the hotel to check in is when I realized they did not have one. Rooms are aged but seamed clean.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 May 2021

Verified traveler

Clean rooms good customer service

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

09 May 2021

Amy

Good value decent location

This is my second stay here. It's a good value and relatively close to everything.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 May 2021

Mark

Panama City

Business stay.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

22 Mar 2021

Casey

Will stay there again

Partner

2/10

Poor

29 Dec 2020

reese

So dirty tv broken front desk wouldn’t give me receipt

Business

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2020

Melissa

BETTER than the hotel across the street

They were very nice, customer service was great. Very quiet and the room was very clean. We will stay here again

Partner

2/10

Poor

06 Nov 2020

Quenton

Roaches make for bad bed fellows!

Room was dirty, not cleaned very well. Door had a big crack at the bottom that let in roaches. We counted 8 roaches on our second night!!! Plus our tv was damaged, it had very bad scratches which made it hard to see the picture. Also my boyfriend couldn’t use the coffee pot machine cause it was real dirty. It looked as if it had never been cleaned. When I checked in they had given my reserved non smoking room to another guest. They had planned to get me a smoking one! So the night clerk had to call the owner to see what to do. Customer service is lacking deeply! When I checked out 3 days latter they had to check the room, as if we had damaged something; in order for me to receive my 25 buck deposit back. At first the day clerk couldn’t find my deposit...very shady in my opinion! I was so happy to leave and return home. I will never stay here again! Next time I will scrape up money to stay a a better motel or hotel.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

15 Aug 2020

Verified traveler

The room we were in, the bathroom door didn't have a catch to keep it closed. As I checked out the clerk stayed on the cell phone talking in another language. She took my room cards and dumped them in a bowl on desk and then put the cardholder with my room number on it back in the cabinet.

Friends_and_family Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

26 Jun 2020

Miguel

Room was not to clean neither bathroom . Outside was very dirty .
For the price I would expected better

Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Jun 2020

Kristin

Pleasantly surprised

Outside of building was rundown & we were a bit nervous to see what was beyond the door. We were pleasantly surprised to see a clean fresh room. Bed was a bit soft for me. My husband was comfortable so it is just a preference.

Partner

2/10

Poor

24 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

This hotel was okay but very strange. It wasn’t very clean and we got no room service. When we asked about room service they told us to gather our own towels to the front desk and get them switched out which was very inconvenient for us. The ac was cold the first night we got there and then got really hot. I won’t be staying here again!

Partner

4/10

Poor

19 Mar 2020

Melissa

Not great

I booked two rooms and I was given one room on the first floor and the other one on the second. I asked why and clerk was very rude and disrespectful

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

20 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Everything was fine. Need staff that will smile at you and eye contact.

Friends_and_family Partner

2/10

Poor

21 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Rooms dirty tv didnt work pillows smelled now hot water

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

03 Nov 2019

Gabriel

Needs lots of fixing on the property but overall it’s just a simple place

Business Self

2/10

Poor

18 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Did not vacuum room, did not clean tub and shower area once used, did not replace used towel mat used from previous day.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

02 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

The girl working the front desk was the only good thing about this place. Got there and got checked in then had to wait 30 to get our room because it was nasty. The people hanging around it at all times of the night made me very uncomfortable. Needless to say I slept with my .40 by my side. Won’t stay there again

Leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

10 Aug 2019

Stella

UNSAFE

I was there with my daughter and we had to walk through a large group of men who were drinking outside our door. There was at least a half inch gap under and around the door to the OUTSIDE and no way to deadbolt or lock the door. They refused to refund me when I immediately checked out.

4/10

Poor

05 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Not cleanest. Not all doors would lock properly. Check in was not smooth.

Leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

23 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

The location of the property was good for our fishing trip. The condition of the hotel was much less than expected for the price we had to pay.

Leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

18 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Convenient location for traveler with a truck or trailer

Friends_and_family Partner

6/10

Pleasant

08 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

The room could use some minor maintenance. Loose sink handle, A/C cover lying next to A/C outside, and tiles coming loose tiles in bathroom.

Business_and_leisure Self

2/10

Poor

03 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

ONLY PLACE Short of HELL Available!

It was only place available just under 200 bucks on Saturday night. Which, was expensive, but should have spent 250 to stay somewhere and not worry about getting robbed or broken into room or car; and able to have got sleep so I didn't have to listen to Special K argue and beat his girl or wife. 100% dump! It was rated 2 star when I booked, that is a star too high!

2/10

Poor

26 May 2019

Brenda

Terrible hotel

Worst hotel ever! Tiny pool crappy room nasty location not enough parking space