Is Motel 81 pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Motel 81?

As of Sep 21, 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Motel 81 on Sep 26, 2025 start from ￥8,448, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Motel 81?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Motel 81?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime.

Where is Motel 81 located?

Situated in Dalton, this motel is 1.3 mi (2.1 km) from Wemberly Hills Golf Course and 1.6 mi (2.6 km) from Messimer Preserve. Meadowsweet Preserve and Lackawanna State Park are also within 6 mi (10 km).

Motel 81 Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ivan

Aug 20, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

I had a great stay very quiet will be back.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Jun 14, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Staff was extremely welcoming and accommodating. We felt like we were with family

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Jun 12, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Staff is amazing

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stacey

Jun 20, 2025

Julio and Alan are awesome

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Suhail

Sep 8, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The Place smells of cat Urine the place was not even clean. The bathroom was dirty and it had stains. I had to clean them myself to stay with our family, but our stay was already paid for so we just kept the key and checked out The last day. When we checked in, we were there for a while to bring our stuff in and I believe we got sick because now we are all home and we all have stomach viruses and fevers and the rest of the family that we went to visit all and no one is sick so I think we picked up a virus from the motel room .

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

Abdel

Jun 22, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness

I was not able to check in. Property was sold out and i was told that they were not able to stop accepting bookings for some technical reasons!

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jordan

Jul 11, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Made the reservation through expedia - but there was no staff at the hotel. The office door was locked. Lights were on and waited over an hour, but no one showed up.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Michel

Jun 1, 2025

Room wasn t ready. Bugs all over. Very close to highway. We got caught by rain riding our motorcycles, otherwise we would NOT have spent a night there.

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nina Alyssa

Aug 8, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Pleasant stay! We travelled from canada enroute to NYC and needed place to stay the night! My kids loved the experience.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Aug 16, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Last minute booking. Hotel host was very helpful. Rooms are renovated and look fine for a road motel

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Serge

Apr 27, 2025

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Arrive at 9 pm, no room ready, wait for room, no towels at all, no TV cause no internet, no wifi, nobody to take the keys at check out. Don't put that hotel in your publicities !! Give me back money !

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joanne

Jul 17, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Clean and comfortable

Simple but very clean. Very nice staff. Good value for the money. Quiet too!

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Jun 23, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great

Loved it

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Robert

Jul 22, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A dive. Cheap but not worth it.Unsafe area hotel under complete renovation. Was deceived by an excellent review on the app. Won’t stay again

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

Kenneth

Nov 11, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Run fast

Forst rooms bed was broken upon arrival and now the owners are trying to charge us. The second room did not heat or get hot water.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

James

Aug 19, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Always call ahead!!

Never made it to the room overbooked was told it’s a reoccurring problem and refund couldn’t be issued until Monday morning And had to call my booking agent Thanks Hotels.com for fixing

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Robert

Feb 8, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stay away, from this place.

We got here after a 3 hour drive, and no one was at the front desk...I rang the outside bell and called there number, no one came, after 20 mins I started to call hotels.com, they then called the hotel twice and could not get hold of anyone. They put me on hold and then an employee showed up. He said he was sorry he was sleeping, I got the room, it smelled like smoke, and the refrigerator is full of crap, are the garbage can in the bathroom was not emptied, it was never cleaned. I went back to the front desk the gave me anoter room, this room was cleaner, but both beds had no top sheet, I went back to the front desk, he gave me sheets. This may be the worst motel that I have ever stayed in, ever.

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Lindsay

Mar 9, 2025

Liked: Staff & service

When I arrived at 3:30 pm to check in they didn’t have a room ready and asked me to come back an hour and a half later but I couldn’t as I had a funeral at 4pm. They cleaned a room for me in 15 minutes. It was a single bed and I booked a double bed room. There was no hand soap, no towels to even dry your hands. I was appreciative they rushed to get a room for me but booked the extra bed for my dogs as I have a large German shepherd (130lbs) and needed the extra space and got no refund for the smaller room. The door didn’t stay closed unless it was deadbolted. The bathroom door didn’t shut either. The workers were very nice though

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Travis

Aug 19, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

Ehhh

Left almost immediately. Paid for a room that was suppose to be ready I even called ahead and let them know what time we would be there. We pull up and it looks run down. This was suppose to be a nice spot for me and my soon to be fiance to spend the night along our travels and it just wasn't. We had to wait almost an hour after checking in for the room to be ready. The facility reaked of weed and was extremely loud with music blaring. We left withing 5 hours!! The TV was going out more than in with the service she wasn't comfortable and I admit neither was I just not what they make it seem on the website we were highly disappointed and dissatisfied to say the least!!

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Lizbeth

Sep 1, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The reviews were decent, the price was low and the proximity to where I needed to be was good, so I chose this hotel. Dingy, plastic wrapped mattresses and mouldy tubs. I couldn’t fall asleep and left.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kathleen

Jul 31, 2025

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kathleen

Jul 25, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Cory

Jun 15, 2025

Liked: Staff & service, amenities

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Great customer service, but the recent renovations were subpar and the room had a faint smell of urine.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Jun 14, 2025

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Jun 11, 2025

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

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Ivan

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