No Ac/heat. They don't change sheets. Same bedding with holes. Stains. Furniture só old. ROACHES!!!!!!!! dont stay here. $100 is NOT worth It. They have no housekeeping either. read more

This place is like something out of a David Lynch film. I've never been more creeped out by a place in my life. If you value your health, your sanity, and your belongings, please do not ever consider staying here. First of all, the building itself is not even remotely secure. From the parking lot behind the building you could clearly see windows that were broken open, easily accessible from the fire escape below. The neighborhood is, shall we say, SKETCHY, so this was already not looking too promising. The man at the front desk was clearly intoxicated, and so it took a minute to realize that the room we booked didn't even have a bathroom... you have to pay extra if you want to have a private bathroom instead of the shared rooms. Fine, whatever, I'll pay the extra fee, it's not worth the hassle of a shared bathroom. His assistant had to continually remind him of what he was doing during the check-in process. For what it's worth, he was polite at least. Then, the room itself. The door frame around the deadbolt had been hacked to pieces by someone with a crowbar. It was obvious this room had been broken into before, and there was no attempt to repair the shredded door frame beyond maybe a coat of paint. The bed itself was covered in hair and the sheets were stained and burned with cigarettes. The windows leading to the outside were broken and could not fully close or latch. We sat down just long enough to book a room somewhere else and then got the hell out of there. On the way out, an old woman with an enormous pot belly stood in the hallway smoking a cigarette, staring at us the whole way down. I'm telling you, it was like Twin Peaks, but smellier. Please, do yourself a favor. Spend the extra money to stay anywhere else, like maybe a tent in an alley. read more

As many others we were on a road trip with no where else to stay. This place is absolutely disgusting inside and out. No fan or ac, it was hot as hell! The guy who works at the front desk is clearly on something and is very sketchy. Beware read more

Traveler's Hotel - Bullet hole? - Hotels Near Me - Salinas, California

I don't know what people expect when they pay $44 for a room in California for the night. You shouldn't expect much. I didn't, and I didn't get much either, but that's ok. I am overnighting here because I am a traveler, and I want to get the most experience for my dollar as I am spending other monies on food and gas. A bed, (warm) water and towels were provided, and clean, too. The hotel is very old, and I can tell from the round metal doorknobs with large keyholes for which the keys are no longer in use. The doors are narrower than they make these days, and the rooms are of course tiny boxes compared to the standards of today. I like it for what it is: a relic of the past that is still in use; the function of a hotel has not yet become obsolete for us. We have been having a warm spell in California for the winter and just yesterday it got ass-cold. I was in denial and did not pack extra clothing, which is not good since there seems to be no heating. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and this is the type of place for you if you like to rough it. Bring a blanket if you think it might be cold. The taqueria next door makes the most massive super burrito I have ever experienced. There were a lot of people dining there, too just in case empty restaurants creep you out like they do me. I recommend. Salinas itself is really unique and like a time capsule from post(world)war America. read more

Worst hotel ever! Musty smell, shared bathrooms, creaky floors and doors that you hear all night. Very small beds. Sleeping under your car in the parking lot may be better. Don't do it, go somewhere else, anywhere else. read more

This is a really cool old hotel from the turn of the century - it is rather plain in the lobby, though the rooms are modern and have all the amenities we expect today: TV, fridge, WiFi, etc. I booked a room for my mom while she was in town - one with a private bath - they have two types of rooms: hostel-style with shared bathrooms and toilets, and regular rooms with a private bath. Obviously the the rooms with their own bathroom cost a bit more. The owner, Kevin, could not have been more helpful! He showed me a few different rooms, allowed me to pick one I thought was best for mom, and gave me a guided tour of the property. The rooms are small, and only had double beds, which is fine for a single person or couple that dosen't mind sleeping close. It was off-season, so the rooms were inexpensive and mom really enjoyed her stay there as it is just a block from the Steinbeck Museum and she could walk anywhere in downtown. This is not a good site for a handicapped person, as there are stairs and no elevator. It was a great value for me and I recommend the hotel for the price and friendly service. Besides my mom, other friends (who couldn't stay with me due to space issues) have been guests here as well and were very happy with the property. The only thing I would say is: Providing rooms themed on Steinbeck's books would be a big improvement and I could see the place being much more interesting if it had more of a Bed & Breakfast feel with antique furniture and interesting local art. Just a thought! read more

Very clean and awesome place to be. The workers are very nice and nothing sketchy at all. I'll be coming back here soon

Let me put it this way. If you only pay $70 a night for a hotel room in or near Salinas during the Steinbeck Festival (especially if the hotel is a block away from the Steinbeck Center), you'd better bring your own toilet paper. The Traveler's Hotel is more of a hostel, with shared restrooms and showers. There are two single-toilet stalls on each floor (one for men, one for women) and two bathrooms, each with a toilet, sink, and tub/shower, so even if the bathrooms are occupied there are toilets available. The bedrooms have sinks and mirrors. At no time during our two-night stay was there ever toilet paper available at any of the four toilets. Luckily we managed to "borrow" a roll from the brewery around the corner. I got the feeling our room hadn't been used in a while. Our host (a friendly, helpful guy who seemed sort of sheepish when he showed us upstairs) only remembered that the room had no cable to the 30-year old, wall-mounted, 24-inch Zenith when he showed us to our room. We assured him free wi-fi would make us perfectly happy, and it's available if a little spotty. We had made the last-minute reservation only a few hours before through Priceline, but if they're going to list a room as available, it better be ready for guests. The room held a double bed, a two-drawer dresser, a tiny pair of French-milled soap bars, a single, unwrapped styrofoam cup, an ash tray and a Bible, two bath towels, a hand towel, a washcloth, and a full-size refrigerator/freezer. There was a closet (with four televisions in it) that had some hooks and a shelf. Reminded me strongly of rooms I've stayed in in Tijuana, but with carpet. The place is fairly clean, but it's strictly no frills. You are paying for a place to sleep and some hot water and electricity, that's it... and you're not paying much compared to other hotels in the area. No art on the walls, no coverings on the light fixtures, 5-gallon bucket with a bag for the trash, elderly but serviceable linens and bed. I might have given this place three stars if they'd gone to a little more effort... toilet paper, for one, and a few inexpensive, homey touches like actual trash cans, maybe a towel rack in the room. They don't seem to care to invest much in the place. It is antique... think a dozen coats of paint on the walls (and hinges), exposed wiring, ancient locks, cigarette burns, windows that don't close, and transom windows in the toilets that look out into an open garbage or laundry chute. Mildly terrifying. The other problem is the location... it may be a block from the Steinbeck Center, but that doesn't mean the area isn't pretty skeevy after 10 p.m. Sirens, screams, breaking glass, bumping stereos... the hotel itself is quiet but it's not sound-proof, and although Old Town Salinas is undergoing some gentrification, it's still pretty ghetto. That said, during the day it's lovely, with a dozen restaurants nearby (and at least two of them wonderful, the Monterey Coast Brewery and Fresh Awakenings, where the friendly locals come to have brunch on Sundays), a great Internet cafe and coffee shop, the very nice Maya theater, and an outstanding antique store (there are probably more in the area but this one was so big it was all we could handle). If you decide to take your chances on this bargain hotel, come prepared with toilet paper. We didn't get lice or bedbugs, the hot water was hot and the fridge worked, and we had a place to crash at the last minute (seriously, this was probably the only hotel in a 100-mile radius that had a room that weekend, and even booking in advance you couldn't get a room in Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz for less than $150 on Friday and Saturday night). I would stay here again in a pinch (a major pinch) but my better half says he would not. Up to you. read more

Online $45 a night is offered. I called to see if they would work with me. I work nights and need ONLY 8A-5P, to sleep on Tuesday. He said after taxes $66. Idiot must not be from US as we are not yet in the 50% tax bracket. Think I will do better to sleep in the car. At least I wont take bed bugs home or to work with me. Or put up with old smells because the don't wash carpets or linens. 100% CROOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

If the experience of staying somewhere with the feel of a crack den appeals, then this place is for you. Otherwise avoid. No carpets or paint in hallways, plaster peeling from walls, broken floorboards and generally dirty everywhere. Terrible service. Litterally nothing to recommend about this hotel. read more

Worst Place i have ever stayed at. Hairs in the bed. It was dripping from the roof when you heard your upstairs neighbour pee in the washbasin. read more

If I could give 0 stars I would !!! I just called to get a price quote for just one night and the guy was extremely rude and hung up on me and said we don't have any rooms. Please nobody give this place the time of day!! Sincerely a 9 month pregnant woman ! I can't stand the rudes in customer service!!! read more

This is one of the best hostels I have ever stayed at. This old historical 100 year old indoor hotel has so much character. From the outside, the building definitely need some TLC; but the lobby and rooms are definitely been upgraded - The carpet in our room (private room with shared bathroom) was definitely new. We had all the basic essentials in our hostel room. The TV had premium cable channels and ESPN sports package that my boyfriend was thrilled about. I was excited about all the Spanish channels (lol). The toilets and showers were down the hall but private so I didn't feel like I was sharing with other people. The hostel / hotel had a Mexican restaurant, which was quite busy, but we decided to venture outside into the downtown Salinas area. I love the fact we can just walk around and not have to drive everywhere. There is a bakery attached to the hotel that has super tasty sandwiches and I had to also grab a cupcake at the place next door (pricey but decent). I rather stay at place that is in the city so you can experience the old town versus be off a busy highway like the the other motels. Kevin the manager was super helpful and cared about our stay and comfort. Customer Service cannot be beat. He really made the place feel comfortable. My boyfriend injured his finger when we were out and about and Kevin came to rescue and provided medical aid (band-aids and first aid ointment). Talk about going beyond the call of duty. Thank you Mr. Kevin! We will not forget our time at the Travelers! read more

"You get what you pay for." My boyfriend and I booked this place for one night, THANK GOD we didn't stay here any longer!! The hotel has an almost quaint, run-down look on the outside, typical of Downtown Salinas. Not too scary looking. Yet. When we entered the lobby, the first things we noticed were the STENCH and a big grouo of flies flying around right in the middle of the room. And people just acted like nothing was there! When we checked in we were informed they didn't have the type of room we booked, but since the Rodeo and MotoGP were in town, we had nowhere else to go so we took what they had. We got stuck with a hostel-style room on the third floor. The room itself wasn't too awful, my boyfriend said it perfectly when he compared it to a room you would get in Tiajuana. Bare walls, a hard bed, a tv and a sink (which was dirty). The restrooms were near the center of the floor, one single for men and one single for women, but you had to use the sink in your room to wash your hands. There was also a restroom with a shower sink and toilet, one for men and one for women, supposedly on each floor, but the women's was out of order, so I was forced to use the men's, which unfortunately, I didn't use until the evening and the lights didn't work, so I showered by the light of my phone. But hey, hot water! Also, the previous guests stole the towels out of our room, so we had to ask the manager for more, which he was NOT happy about, like it was my fault! Ugh. We didn't even want to bother with the state of the bedsheets, so we bundled up and used our clothes for pillows, we felt better that way. We left as early as we could get up! If you can muster up the courage to stay here, be warned: BRING YOUR OWN TOILET PAPER. THEY DO NOT PROVIDE. also comes in handy for tissues. Bring flip flops for the shower! Come on, sharing showers with questionable sanitation? Ew. We went to the dollar store down the street for each. read more

I stayed here with a friend while we were in town to visit the Steinbeck museum and house. It provided us with all we needed and more. The room was well appointed with mini-fridge, coffee maker, etc. The owner / operator was helpful and friendly. It's located right in the midst of downtown, with street parking and easy access to the bus terminal. read more

DISHONEST read or be ready to be disappointed. I had reserved a room about a month in advanced and yesterday when i was checking in the manager said there was a problem with my credit card and so therefore he was not going to honor the rate at which I had booked the room for. I called my credit card company and they said there was no problem with my card. i put the phone on speaker and they talked to the manager, he said his name was "TRAVIS", and explained to him that there was nothing wrong with my card and that they had no record in their system of the hotel trying to charge me for the room. "Travis" then went to the back somewhere, and I asked the lady if she could call him because my credit card company wanted to talk to him to figure this out. When i asked her, "Can you call Travis?" She said "Who's Travis?" I told her it was the guy who was just out here and she said: "His name is Kevin." Why would he lie about his name? What else was he lying about? I later heard someone else call him Kevin. When he came back he told my credit card representative: "Hi this is Kevin." Long story short: I ended up staying at a different place. At the place that i ended up staying at I used the credit card that Travis alias Kevin said had a problem. Before thinking about booking a room here ask yourself this: Why would you want to give your business to a place with a manager as dishonest as this? read more

My boyfriend and I booked the room in a rush, and forgot to read any reviews first. Just before we arrived, we read a few reviews and seriously considered going elsewhere (my main concern was a few reviews that mentioned bedbugs), but there were hardly any available rooms nearby, so we decided to try it; if it was terrible, we could still go somewhere else. The man at the front desk was friendly, and the lobby seemed clean, so I thought maybe the reviews were overreacting. Once we got to our rooms, we inspected the sheets and found no signs of bedbugs, but did find one or two human hairs. There also turned out to be a lot of broken glass on the floor. Eventually, we decided to stay because we didn't want to pay for another motel on top of this one, and our room was fine for just one night. However, we spoke with some other people who had a filthy room. They showed pictures of everything dirty and covered in hair -- so I think we got lucky. But the shared bathrooms and showers were clean, except for one that reeked of urine. The neighborhood was also not sketchy at all; I think some of the reviews here may be just coming from a more sheltered perspective. We left the next day feeling like it was a 2-2.5 star experience, because it was mostly cleaner that what other reviewers reported, so I thought maybe the owners were trying to turn things around. I left knowing I wouldn't book there again by choice, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if I had to. Today though, I got an email from Expedia asking for a review of the place. I figured it couldn't hurt, since it seemed like the owners were maybe trying to improve. I mentioned that our room's floor had a lot of broken glass, and other guests that night had dirty rooms with hair everywhere. Within an hour, the Traveler's Hotel personally replied to the feedback. They suggested that we "Go stay at a Hilton". So honestly, with that on top of everything else, I'd give them 0-1 stars. The fact that they took an attitude toward complaints about broken glass and hair in rooms is pretty damn immature and unprofessional, especially knowing that people post reviews. Overall, it seems like they just give very few shits about the place. It's passable, and even though it's cheap, you're probably better off just going elsewhere for a little more. read more

We were on a road trip with our two little girls, ages 3 and 10. We couldn't find ANYWHERE to stay in any near by city. We called them desperately and they had the NERVE to charge us $139 for a small two bed room and said they only had two rooms left. At the time we couldn't find any Yelp reviews. My boyfriend paid for it over the phone and we arrived 30 mins later to a room smelled of mold, mildew and a rotten bathtub and refrigerator. Our girls were terrified to sleep in the beds that sat right up against the windows without any type of guard rail or screen. We were three stories high. Because we needed the sleep and we had been driving for over 10 hours, we decided to sleep there and parked the truck near our window thinking we could watch after it. We woke up the next morning to a broken into truck. Our daughter's belongings, every outfit they owned, every pair of shoes, their tablets and DS that were hidden, and our food had been stolen. They didn't bother with a credit card that was in the middle console and didn't damage anything else. Because of the sketchy area we were in, and because of the circumstances we had just slept through, we demanded our money back. The foreigner in the window could care less about our kids crying or what had just happened and through his hands up in the air and said "sorry no refunds". He then chased me and my girls upstairs calling me a "psycho lady" and that I had an attitude. We got our girls out of there as fast as we could, I imagined he was going after a bat or something. This man was about to harm a woman right in front of her children. I've read the reviews now, and I'm sorry for anyone's experience here. Horrible. Its apparent he fakes a name each time. This place needs to be condemned. There are residents actually LIVING in these conditions on a daily basis. Their "we have only two rooms left" was a trick for "TRAVELER'S" hence their business name. In my heart I know my girls' things are with some welfare bitch living IN that building. I REFER NO ONE. DO NOT TAKE YOUR KIDS HERE. DO NOT STAY IN SALINAS, CA PERIOD. I have photos of this place, I WILL find a way to broadcast them. read more

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This was quite an adventure! When we arrived the lobby was full of unfolded towels and the person at the desk was dealing with some customers checking in. Their check in process took about 15 minutes. We waited. When it was our turn, we found out that our $139. room had no bathroom. If we wanted a room with a bathroom it would be $20 more, it came with only one bed so someone would be sleeping on the floor. We opted for the 2 beds with the bathroom in the hall. Our room had a sink! When I turned on the water, the handle came off in my hand. When I turned on the tv we just got snow. One of the residents called the tv guy who also lived at the hotel, even though he just quit his job this morning he reluctantly came to see if he could fix the tv. Well, he got picture but no sound. Awesome! Since there was no A/C we had to leave the window open all night and listen to the lovely sounds of downtown Salinas. This room was advertised as "Deluxe". I wonder what you get in the cheap rooms? By the way, bring your own toilet paper. read more

We stayed here because we didn't want to pay $150 for a chain hotel room. I'd read the reviews on it, so I knew what to expect. It's a great bargain. I enjoyed the old school feel and the sense of history you get from staying here. The room locks are turn key style, the windows are rusty iron framed, the doorways are narrow, there are fire escapes on the outside, and there is a dozen coats of paint on the walls. All these added to the old time feel of the place. It may be old, but it's clean and it's safe. It's right in the (revitalized) downtown area of Salinas and near Steinbeck Museum, great restaurants and pubs (but no liquor stores or late night bars). If you're looking for luxury, amenities, and space, stay away. But if you're up for a different experience and a bargain, stay here. read more

It's not often I write reviews on accommodation but my experience at the Travelers Hotel deserved some recognition. Arriving in Salinas late and tired from exhausting all reasonably priced hotels in Monterey Bay we were happy to discover a simple, comfortable room, all we needed. Kevin, the manager extended genuine hospitality; recommended places along the coast to stop (and we did, Nepenthe restaurant in Big Sur was a trip highlight!) and was at our service for anything we needed to make our stay pleasant. Give an old hotel with character a chance. It is certainly deserving of such. read more

Horrible no-tel motel and worst service ever! Charged me $50.50 three times for a 1 night stay and when i confronted them they denied it and told me to call my credit card company to dispute.Please don't stay there! and yes... there is more... hair and mold everywhere and the son is cocky and has no customer service skills. And no wi-fi either! read more