Days Inn Poughkeepsie

I feel like I need to defend the Days Inn Poughkeepsie a bit, since most of the reviews online are moderate to negative. I booked a room here on Hotwire for MLK weekend in January, which is probably a slow time for hotels so I got the room for a great price. I went into the weekend with a little bit of hesitation, since the reviews I had read were pretty lackluster. I’m happy to say that I did not need to worry at all and had a good experience at this hotel!
The room was comfortable, clean, and spacious. I appreciated the microwave and mini-​fridge, and the TV had full cable + HBO. The bed and chairs were comfortable and the room was quiet at night. Here are my only two complaints: the showerhead in the room was old and didn’t work well, and the pillows on the bed were kind of undersized and crappy. But that’s really it as far as complaints from me.
The employees at the front desk were all very helpful and friendly. The hotel has some nice amenities, like an indoor pool and a pretty decent continental breakfast every morning. The location is great too — it’s centrally located to almost everything you’d want to do in Poughkeepsie or Hyde Park. I would definitely stay here again.

While working at nearby Pharmacy this week, a lovely French women visiting Vassar asked if we could recommend an anti-​itch lotion for her rash.
Her arms and legs were covered with bites. Concern the TSA wouldn’t let her on her flight home sent her to the hospital for treatment. They confirmed it was bed bugs.
BLEGCH!

Yikes. This is probably the most disgusting hotel I have ever stayed at. First off, they have SMOKING rooms, which is a horrifying red flag. The walls are mildewy, beds are lumpy, blankets have cigarette burns and holes, carpet is stained, toilet is rickety… and it sounded like someone was spraying a power hose on the roof all night, despite us being in the wing with only one floor. They have like 10 wifi networks but I couldn’t get access to any of them from our room. And the kicker is that it’s expensive! $ 200 for what shouldn’t be more than $ 70.
Can’t speak for the breakfast or other facilities because after the disaster of the room I was afraid to try them. It’s really unfortunate this is the closest hotel to Vassar – I will never stay here again!

I struggle with giving this place 1 star. My main issue is I paid $ 200 for at most a $ 75 room. At best. The carpet was horrible and the bed was something you would expect from a $ 35 hotel. Sad they price gouge because they can.

Well Unilocal has always helped me in my quests, so I figured Id write a review as I lay in my bed here at Days Inn Poughkeepsie. Basically you get what you pay for.
PROS:
Inexpensive
Breakfast (cereal, coffee, bread products, juice. Better fill up.)
Micro, fridge, safe, iron in «business rooms»
Desk clerk was friendly, but was having a bad day on Day 2
Fairly clean, quiet
Business center
College nearby with shops and restaurants
CONS:
A bit dated
Peeling wallpaper
BIG long hair in bathroom
Coffee like from gas stations
Hood nearby
Desk clerk was on cell and eating dinner at front desk. Kinda a turnoff.
All in all not terrible if you’re looking for a place to lay you head (or a stranger), but wouldn’t vacation here.

The service was very friendly, the breakfast was modest but satisfying.
We stayed for 2 nights in one room an ended up having to extend our stay, we were moved to another room for the last night. Our rooms had a strange smell, like someone was trying to mask a bad smell of something. There was no conditioner and only one tiny bottle of shampoo for 3 people. Also had only 2 towels. On the bright side … Our bed sheets were clean and so were our towels. If you have a choice stay in the rooms that are not part if the main building, they are quieter. It’s well priced and about 10 minutes walking from the college.

After sleeping two hours behind an abandoned kmart this place is a 5 star resort.
Perspective is king.

It’s not a 5-​star hotel, but I can’t really complain about anything. It’s small, and the furniture isn’t the newest, but it really wasn’t a big deal. Everything was perfectly clean, the bed was fine, and nothing felt gross at all. Breakfast was fine (bagels, bread/​toaster, waffles, oatmeal, yogurt, eggs, cereal). I didn’t hear any noises at night, there is ample lighting in the room, and the wifi was ok (I wouldn’t download 5 movies but it worked). When I arrived there were some shady looking 20-something’s hanging around, but nothing happened. I was happy to (and I recommend you) stay in the main building because of this (I was in a king/​nonsmoking), but I didn’t hear any noises at night, and nothing actually happened. Overall, it’s not the cheapest hotel in the area, but it’s not a dump either. I think the staff here does a good job, and it’s maintained alright. If you’re on a budget and need a quick place to stay, but don’t want a dump, this is fine. If I need another 1 night stay in this area, I’d stay here again.

Similar to another reviewer, I’d rather spend $ 180 on a premium tent and sleep outside than at the room we were put in at the Days Inn. Beware of room 214!
Due to everywhere in the area being full, we found an open room here, and it was a smoking room, which I wasn’t thrilled with but figured for one night it would be fine. It was absolutely AWFUL. The smell of the room was so terrible from smoke, I had to keep my clothes out in the car so they wouldn’t smell. I feel like I got second hand smoke from the room alone, and keeping the windows and door open didn’t help one bit.
The bathroom was atrocious. Not only was it outdated and yellow (perhaps from the smoke!), but it was the size of a crawl space. You can easily touch both walls at the same time by spanning your arms. You also had to hold the toilet lever in order for it to slowly flush. It was terrible.
I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone. Perhaps a non-​smoking room with a functional bathroom could be better, but I won’t be back to find out!

GO ELSEWHERE!!! Wa mart is right down the road and they sell tents. Closet/​bathroom, first place I stayed at where you could s**t, shower and shave all at once.
No coffee or microwave. You would get a better continental breakfast at the rescue mission. Internet works then doesn’t, vary random connection could be from the permanent residents staying here. Maids do a great job with the crap they got to work with and thats the only plus I get here.

I attended a function in town and being from California, I didn’t want to take a chance staying at a hotel/​motel with a name I wasn’t familiar with so that’s why I chose Days Inn.
The quality of this Days Inn is pretty consistent with others in the chain. The only issues I had were there was no elevator to my room on the second floor (but I was offered help with my luggage) and the in-​room refrigerator woke me up at 3 something in the morning hence when I’m writing this review. Other than those things, the room is modern, clean and meets my needs.
Free parking, WIFI and continental breakfast.

My husband and I traveled to Poughkeepsie from Boston for an event on 1÷22÷2011. I would not have chosen this hotel, but the hotel that I originally had booked, Hilton Garden Inn in Fishkill /​Poughkeepsie, messed up our reservation, forcing us to quickly «pick out» a hotel.
We arrived at the Days Inn and were given room 215. DO NOT stay in this room — or in any room! It was just horrible! There were a myriad of problems in the room, and no others were available.
Here’s a list for you:
1. The bottom sheet on the bed was torn… where the corner elastic is on the fitted part of the sheet.
2. The furniture was not only ancient, but «broken» — the dresser was missing the front piece of the drawer. The chair in the room was ripped, showing the stained foam filling, the chairs at the table had broken springs in them, for when you sat down in them, you nearly hit the floor.
3. The bathroom. Where do I start? I could stretch my arms out and touch 2 walls — and I’m short! You could NOT move in this bathroom, which had cracked, dirty floor tiles, and a nasty, stained toilet seat. Ugh.
4. Could not sleep on the thin, worn sheets and blanket. The bedspread immediately came off the bed and was put in the corner — lord knows what was on that spread! Eww!
5. To add to us not being able to sleep, there was also a very noisy group of people in the room next door to us. The walls were so thin, we could hear every F-​Bomb that was being dropped, along with some creative uses of the word. They were banging on the walls, yelling, swearing, and at one point, it sounded like thy were literally pounding on our door — seriously! I was scared! They kept up their stupidity until around 5:00 AM!
All in all — this place sucks. Do not stay here. You’d fare better sleeping in your car!
EWW — YUK — UGH!