Tahoe Sands Inn

Worst hotel I have ever stayed at. And it is a lie that it is a hotel - it is the bottom of motels. They should have called it the Bates Motel. Deserves negative stars. This dank, dismal motel manages to create a little location of ghetto and unsafety in the midst of beautiful serene south Tahoe. We were assigned room 22 in the very far back of the motel at the end of a narrow creepy dark corridor hallway. While we were sleeping, at 11:45pm, we heard screaming and yelling and people slamming and knocking on ours and other motel doors in the dark hallway. We were alarmed and called the motel manager. I explained what was happening and - he hung up midway on my conversation. I have a 10 year old daughter and was afraid to get out of the room to go to safety, and to have the hotel manager behave this way- really unacceptable. We paid $188 on a holiday weekend for 1 night - and received the opposite of hotel hospitality- ghetto south central LA crime and lawlessness. I tried to stop by the office early before we left for our ski day to talk to the manager, come to find no attendant on duty and a drop box for the key. Worst place I’ve ever seen - can’t believe this awful place is in the midst of beautiful Tahoe. It should be shut down.

The TV remote didn't work so we had to watch closed captions. The bed was flat as a board and hard as a rock; in the middle of the night we flipped the mattress to see if it was any better, and the cushioned part of the mattress was underneath, with stains--it was softer, but now the springs creaked. We pulled out the sofa bed and it had a thin mattress with springs you could feel. In the morning I took a cold shower because I couldn't get any hot water; my man figured out (he's smarter) if you pointed the lever to cold you got hot water and vice versa, so he got to take a shower at least. They are remodeling so the room was fresh, but if the bones aren't good it is for nothing. Don't take a chance on this place. Atrocious.

I stayed one night at Pinewood Inn during my Lake Tahoe travels in July. The accommodations were as expected for budget lodging though I was surprised that there was no air conditioning. The place was clean, the room was comfortable and check-in was smooth. Location was convenient, easy to get in and out, and ample parking was available. I was satisfied with my stay.

This was our worst motel/hotel/inn stay ever. They let us check in a few hours early for a reason….. they had plenty of vacancies. We were here for 3 nights. I regretted booking this place minutes after we checked in and saw the room. It was a terrible decision. They put us in one of the upstairs rooms. Advertised as having AC, there was NO AC, and just a dinghy standing fan. Nights were hot with just a fan blowing air at you while trying to sleep. Terrible decision #2 - there was nowhere to put my bag so I grabbed the ironing board without looking and what do you know - there was a GIANT BLOODSTAIN on the board. We were disgusted beyond belief. Looked like it was used as a ****** weapon at some point. The shower floor also had a drop of blood at the corner where the water doesn’t really touch. There are sketchy individuals that stay here. There was another guest that kept trying to break into his own car throughout the night. Car alarm went off 4+ times. On the last night, a group of guys checked in late and started partying next door. Lots of beer, loud music, chatting into the night. Around 3am someone tried to open our door. The housekeeper will go in everyday because there is no Do Not Disturb sign to hang outside the door. They took our can of Lysol (probably by mistake but still). The only thing that was good was that the linens and towels looked clean for the most part. But I highly do not recommend and just avoid this place at all costs.

I recommend do not go here rooms are filthy dirty crampy the room was so small, they don’t clean there rooms at all stole my gold nugget ring told me they were sending it in the mail my ring never came here we are in august. and my family caught Covid from the place .