Mamaroneck Motel

Prices ate good

for $100 with two beds and only a few minutes from NYC, it was exaclty what I was looking for. No frills. Provided a quiet place to sleep on a decent bed.

Ok, it’s an old place, but with a good price. One of the horseshoe shape motels on the side of many US highways. It was fairly clean, but it is very, very old and in need of a lot of updating like carpeting (old and stained), old wood wall paneling.
I didn’t book this hotel, a company from out of the US I was contracted to work booked this location.
Alright, we know it a bargain, older place, here were my main, real issues…the heating for the room is not controlled from the guest rooms. You have to call the lobby manager and either have it on or off. Nothing in the middle. I would leave the heat on until I couldn’t stand it with the windows open and start to break into a sweat and call the front desk, they would turn off the heat.

The beds are hard, small & old (but free of bugs…I checked). They were covered in a protective bed cover. The pillows were rock hard and I had to use them as “Book Ends”, one on each side of my head in order to sleep. There was no way I could lay my head on these and sleep!

The room lighting is very bad and limited; The TV is very old tube TV with about 10 channels. Funny thing is when you check into the front desk for the first time, they give you a TV remote control along with your room key. If you don’t bring the TV remote back, you get charged extra.

The Pros: Price, and it was right next to a Starbuck’s (which I was at any waken moment) and a few rood local restaurants. Free wifi (if you can get a signal)

Had to have a couple of days for a business meeting and found this little gem. No frills but clean and comfortable. Priced right and was convenient to my meeting. Has free Wi-Fi too!

When you call, they quote different prices, $82 to 97 and no guaranty on the price. Close to $20 without knowing until you get there. Nice.