After walking around the whole day at the Florida Fairgrounds in Tampa, I returned to my room at Rodeway Inn Near Ybor Cityonly at 4PM only to find a homeless person in my room with all of his belongings in about 15 or so carrier bags!!!!!!!
No, he didn’t break in!!! The hotel management actually gave him a valid working card to my room! He showed me that it worked!!!
Though I felt bad for the person being put in this situation he was already aware something wasn’t right since all my things were in the room, including my iPad, which he tried to use to get in touch with me to tell me that I had forgotten all my stuff!! I asked him to remove all of his things of course, which he did promptly, but having a homes person in the room I was staying at with all of his belongings, made me feel very uncomfortable and scared.
I was afraid the hotel would do this again with another homeless person and was on guard the whole night, which in the end made me decide to leave the hotel at 6AM, since I was not getting any sleep anyway!!! What a waste of my money and what a scary experience!!!
This “hotel” is in a very rundown state, extremely dirty, no blankets nor duvets on the bed, no non smoking room as requested, but since it was a last minute trip I really didn’t have a choice. Their pricing per night suggested it was good. I should’ve known better.
Be warned! Be very WARNED! Do Not TRUST these people!