Econo Lodge Tampa near Busch Gardens

Disgusting hotel. Will never stay here again. 0 stars this place should be shut down!

Stay away!!!! Do not let the pictures fool you. It is basically a halfway house. Front desk staff didnt greet us. There was no "ill be with you on a minute " nothing for almost 10 full minutes. The door and hallway we were told to use to get to our room was dark and scary. The room smelled of mildew. The toilet leaked there was water all over the bathroom floor. There was mold on the AC vents, roach eggs and rat feces. We immediately left. Still waiting for our refund 2 months later.

Staff is friendly and helpful. Public transportation available, on site laundry and pool.

AVOID THIS HOTEL AT ALL COSTS. This hotel was infested with bugs. We had to change rooms 3 times. One room had really bad water damage, the floor boards were sticking out. The room we settled for (because the booking was non-refundable) had dead bugs everywhere and it was not clean at all. Because of all this we decided to leave all our belongings in our car. Worse hotel ever.

Here is what I have a problem with: upon checking in on May 24, 2026, the first night, I was scammed by the night clerk, Sharon C. Never have I ever been asked to pay for a hotel to an employee's personal Chime account. Since I was exhausted and my best friend was paying for the room, he did it for me as a favor. Since my travel plans were postponed till today, May 25, I paid for another night through Expedia. At this motel, they do not let you wait in the lobby after check-out for an Uber, Lyft, or any other type of transportation. I am not sure what goes on at this motel, but that is not cool when it's almost 100 degrees outside and humid.

Clean

The woman at the front desk was, however, lovely and did her best to be very helpful.

I don't drive

Filthy, unvacummed carpet. Walked in room, checked sheets and saw some black speck and other filth. Sliding door was wide open and ciggerette buts on crappy balconey the faced some thirdworld hellscape, a fence or concrete wall about a foot away. Pictures very misleading. Instead of the dated, not great budget hotel I was expecting, it was cleary something much worse. Walk to bush gardens (at your own peril)! I walked right back to my car, found a reputable hotel, and checked my clothes and bag for bedbugs. Stay away! Spend the extra $40 for a hotel with clean sheets and a vacuum cleaner, unless you've budgeted the extra money for crack and a prostitute. Glad there was a cop car accross the street at the hot dog stand keeping an eye on things or I might not have made it out alive. Back the blue!!

1. The minute we got in both of the double beds had black stains on them. Large and very much visible. There's literally no way anyone decent tending a room would have seen that and thought it was ok. I had to call to get the sheets and bedding entirely replace to which the male receptionist did and brought new clean ones to the room. 2. The room itself. Old. Needs a full refurbish. It's extremely dated and there were termites in the bathroom eating away at the caulk in the bathroom by the tiles. Also- "no smoking 🚭", but the AC remote had a lighter burn. As well as parts of the old stained furniture. The bathrooms lock doesn't work. And the door at the bottom is falling apart to where you have to push the door and can see the fake wood varnish stick and jam the door. Also the bedrooms decorative baseboards/trim were peeling off. The carpet flooring in the room is very obviously not vacuumed often. Biohazard at the least. 3. The parking lot. Shady as hell. Too dark. Park anywhere near the back and 100% that car will be broken into. It's just too shady and the outside is littered with garbage. All in all. Save yourself the regret. Book anywhere else.

The room was absolutely not clean. There were roaches, the fridge door was disgusting and the walls were stained and dusty. We had a back door to the balcony that wouldn’t even shut all the way which made us feel unsafe.

Disgusting and roaches dead and alive found in the room and the bathroom is disgusting and in a terrible unsafe area never stay here

Everything was good and clean 👌

The staff was great but the quality was terrible. The pictures on the website and expedia were extremely inaccurate. There were roaches in the room, sheets were dirty and stained. There wasnt even a main light in my room. When we arrived we assumed it was abandoned from the looks of it. There was trash everywhere and the door to get in and out had a lock problem. tv did not work and no phone to call the desk, neither a smoke detector. Barely any furniture besides the bed. the whole building smelt like weed despite booking in the nonsmoking area. For the amount i paid, i we assumed we would get a way better room. The inaccurate pictures need to be fixed....

Entramos a la habitación, las colchas eran feas y con olor. Las sabanas tenían restos de pelo, y estaban sucias. No se puede ofrecer este lugar. Tienen que refaccionar

This place was an absolute dump. It was dirty and smelled like pee, cigarettes, weed, and cat litter. The overall vibe was “tropical crack den” and I will never try to save money by booking at an Econo Lodge again. Besides the people paying with change at the front counter and the man rolling a joint in the lobby, the towels weren’t clean and the outlets were covered in some sort of brown spatter. The slimy handprints on the headboard were the icing on a very rancid cake. Avoid.

We rented a room and the smell wasn't great. The bed sheets had stains and there were hairs in between the sheets. We asked to switch rooms, the next room smell was worse sheets were cleaner but still some hair around the bed. I would not ever come back.

THIS HOTEL HAS TO BE THE WORSTE HOTEL I HAVE EVER SEEN. THE COVERS HAD MULTIPLE HOLES THAT APPEARED TO BE FROM CIGARETTES EVEN THOUGH IT STATES IT'S A "COMPLETELY SMOKE-FREE HOTEL". THE MICROWAVE HAD RUST ALL OVER THE INSIDE. THE AC WAS LEAKING, PAINT WAS STRIPPED OFF THE WALLS, SHOWER HEAD WAS RUSTED AND LOOKS LIKE IT'S FROM THE 80'S AND THE SHOWER DID NOT TURN ON. TOWELS APPEARED TO NOT HAVE BEEN WASHED AND INSTEAD FOLDED AND PLACED BACK ON THE RACK STILL DIRTY FROM THE LAST USE. WHEN I BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE FRONT DESK, ALL SHE SAID WAS "WELL THE SHOWER WORKS, YOU JUST HAVE TO PULL IT REALLY HARD." I REALLY WISH I WAS EXAGERATING WHEN I SAY THIS PLACE NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED AND REBUILT!

Filthy, disgusting. Trash everywhere. Mold in refrigerator and on bathroom tiles. Trash on floor in room.

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