Jimminy C.
Yelp
This is a tough thing to do, is review such a beautiful little motor lodge with such warm and friendly people. The rooms are quaint and very comfortable. The staff all seem to be very welcoming and friendly and the prices are very fair. They also allow your dog to stay with you for a reasonable $15 charge. They even use the old school type of keys, where anyone who finds it, will know exactly where to go and what room it's for. Charming, not very safe, but I enjoy it.
These are the facts as we witnessed them.
The issue right now is that this town currently operates heavily under the impression that the virus situation we are facing is either political, a hoax, doesn't pertain to them, or maybe they are immune. I don't know. But in this town, even the mayor stated so, MASKS are..... OPTIONAL.
Why? Maybe it's so that he stays in office with no problems and the town can choose on its own what is safe and what is not safe. Maybe the police won't enforce it anyway.
The problem... no one in this town (and in this hotel including the cleaning staff), no one wears protection, for themselves, or for someone else. And I'm even talking about the food vendors here. NO mask or gloves, and there certainly isn't any social distancing. In the industry of hospitality, where people come from out of town, where the stay one night, and on they go to the next town.
And then to have a cleaning person, wearing no protection, go from room to room, no mask or anything, "clean" the room. From one room where people stayed the night, having an unknown history, then into the next, and into the next and into the next... with no protection or precautions to prevent spreading of anything.
Now, this isn't a political thing. This is a safety thing, even if you don't believe there is a problem. Where is the harm in better safe than sorry, especially for people in the hospitality sector? The whole town... the vast majority of people... no mask, not outside, not inside, not even hanging from their chin to pretend they use it. So... just be warned.
And that's too bad, because we really wanted to enjoy this town, but we chose to hightail it out of Arizona... because this is the norm. It sadly is.
But... as to balance it out... if they took that precaution I would highly recommend this place. Thus - 3 stars.