Americas Best Value Inn and Suites Livingston

This hotel is currently under major renovation.  The first sign of negligent management is that the entrance is almost completely blocked by a disorderly pile of building materials.   One must enter through the back door of the hotel into a wreck of a first floor that was filthy and smelly.    We went up to the third floor room - 320 - which was newly renovated.  Most of the lights had not been plugged in and the shower water leaked.  The room was clean and new.   It just looked like nobody anticipated receiving visitors.    When we got up, there was no breakfast as the lobby was closed.    I know dealing with a renovation will be difficult, but everything about this hotel was shoddy and mismanaged.

Extraordinary High Pet Fee and Deposit Needed! Front desk employee was extremely nice and helpful! If I had known the hotel was under total renovation we would have chosen a different hotel. The $200.00 pet deposit was a shocking amount. We travel often and usually only have to pay a pet fee up to $50.00 Never a deposit and a pet fee.

Could not sit on the couch or the chairs in the room the only good thing in the room was the bed and the TV. The couch and chairs had stains on them in it and then in the bathroom they had part of the ceiling that was patched while not even patched. It was open. The room should not have been rented out at all.