Howard Johnson Boise Airport

Worst hotel experience in decades. When you have to drive behind a Lowe’s hardware store to get there, you begin to sense something is wrong. We stayed there because it was the ONLY place we could find in the entire area that night. We should have slept in the car! We tried to remedy it afterward but found little interest by Wyndham to offer assistance. The hotel jacked their prices up because of a regional sports tournament but what we got was filthy room. When we went to check out the next morning the office was closed and dark- at 7:30 am! Stay in your car or keep driving all night!

I only go to a Howard Johnson when I only require a hot shower and a clean pillow to put my head on while using my Wyndham rewards points. We got one of the two and that was the clean pillow to place our heads. The shower wouldn't produce hot water. Water was tepid at best. I did try to wash our clothes in the laundry; ended up having to find a coin operated laundry elsewhere as there was no rinse cycle in the washing machine. The early morning front desk gentleman was very good and provided extra pillows and quick help. The night one that kindly checked us in under stressful circumstances was also helpful. The rest of the staff were entirely unresponsive to any request -- even getting warm enough water to shower with. The property sits behind a Lowes and Walmart so quiet is not really an option at times. This hotel s only good enough for a quick stay and minimal expectations set at pet friendly and a bed.

I'm a bit late writing this review, but it may help future travelers when they feel comfortable to travel again. We stayed here for four days before COVID hit. We felt it would be a fairly decent property since it had the Wyndham name. This property was quite the opposite of our Wyndham expectations. The room was very run down with cracks in the walls, especially in the bathroom. But the real shocker was that the hotel appears to house homeless. The room beside ours had homeless looking people coming in and out all day, at one point a women arrived with a shopping cart which she pushed into the room when she entered. Off and on we saw homeless people with their garbage bags of belongings sitting on the sidewalk outside the office, then later disappeared. Were they provided a room? In the morning when we went to the office for breakfast, all of the chairs and tables were full with what again appeared to be homeless. Each person seemed to gather plates of food at their table, obviously to take with them when they leave. The food counter was emptied out, but we had no desire to stay and get breakfast goods at that point. Last, as we were checking out at the office, we noticed several envelopes on the counter from the Department of Social Services. I can only guess that it is some sort of compensation from the government for the motel to board homeless. We definitely had the creeps after our stay. I felt like posting pics to prove everything I described, but it would probably be disrespectful of the homeless staying there.