Red Roof Inn Columbus - Ohio State Fairgrounds

I checked in, viewed the room, and checked out immediately. The room smelled strongly of urine, and activity outside the property made me feel uncomfortable about safety. The front desk staff was short in communication and did not leave a positive impression. Unfortunately, I did not feel comfortable staying at this hotel.

Shady area

The only nice thing I can say is they refunded my stay, but that was after I reached out to Expedia to fix the problem. Ready for the story? Here's the short version... We checked in and felt pretty sketched out by the area. No biggie, we've stayed in worse areas. We get to the room and there's clearly signs that this was going to be a problem. In checking to make sure things are clean I find food and cheese crumbs under a mattress, trash under a bed, a live silverfish on a pillow, and dead bugs in the corner of the closet floor. The desk clerk offered a different room, that wasn't really any better. I found stained sheets and dead bugs in the bathroom. I told the clerk I wanted to leave and asked for a refund. He wasn't helpful at all. We left and after finding another place to stay, I contacted Expedia and they worked out a refund with the property. To be fair, I absolutely should have never booked this property. I saw the rating at 4.8 stars and thought that sounds great. I can't say that I consciously thought about the scale, but so much is out of 5 stars so I honestly didn't think much more about it. After going back and looking at things when we were deciding whether or not to leave, I realized it was 10 point scale and had I recognized that I NEVER would have booked the property at all.

Room smells like cat urine. Toilet didn't work correctly. They charged me an extra $100 at check-in after paying in advance for my room. The bed was very uncomfortable. We woke up with bites all over us so there is probably bed bugs.

Room was disgusting the bathroom disgusting and falling apart couldn’t even use the bathroom sink , the photos are not what the property really looks like , a lot of sketchy behavior outside all hours of the night definitely not safe especially for a family with little kids and we were way over charged what the normal price was also not having any luck in getting a refund for at least the second night since left early morning following after check in

The light didnt work the door lock didnt work half the time. Bed bugs.