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Reviews of Mackinaw Budget Inn

2 out of 5
Mackinaw Budget Inn
138 Old US 31, Mackinaw City, MI

Reviews

6.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 85 out of 480 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 139 out of 480 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 112 out of 480 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 77 out of 480 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 67 out of 480 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

5.6/10

Amenities

6.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Gordon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was clean quiet had fridge micro coffee maker.Nice firm beds.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Mackinaw Budget Motel
I had a very enjoyable stay. The room was clean and the staff were very accommodating. I would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023
Response from FRONT DESK on 7 Sept,2023
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10/10 Excellent

Holly

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff was so nice. Loved my dtay
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from FRONT DESK on 7 Sept,2023
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10/10 Excellent

Rosezotta

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from FRONT DESK on 28 Aug,2023
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10/10 Excellent

Nathan

Travelled with family
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from FRONT DESK on 28 Aug,2023
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8/10 Good

Brittany

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
room was clean and good location for traveling with pet. lighting in the room was terrible and some of the electrical outlets need replaced. staff was pleasant.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff. I even got complimentary fudge
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Deekshitha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from FRONT DESK on 26 Aug,2023
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10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value for the price
It was a quick stay and the room Had a nice old school Feel to it. I liked it and would stay again. The price for the room was very well worth it.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from FRONT DESK on 25 Aug,2023
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6/10 Okay

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It was clean and right off interstate but far enough that didn't have traffic noise. Prices for food nearby was expensive
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

John, Allegan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Quiet while providing the basics. It's clean and easy to access. No continental breakfast or or beach access like the larger chains but the price is less than half. If you're just looking for a place to sleep, this is a good option.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from FRONT DESK on 21 Aug,2023
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8/10 Good

Albert

Travelled with group
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Cathy

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
I was charged 55. For my dog yet on the website it said nothing about extra charges for dogs. That amount is ridiculous !!!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tonyia

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel check in was odd. You had to drive the the property next door. Our room smelled had Cobwebs , dust and stained sheets.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kristi

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Rox was amazing at check in. So friendly and welcoming. He took great care of us for sure!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Jacqueline

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from FRONT DESK on 15 Aug,2023
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8/10 Good

Donna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worth the stay!
This was an amazing find for the price. We stayed only one night on our Roadtrip to Niagara Falls. While the outside of the motel is dated and showing weathered. The rooms are some of the cleanest I have seen and I have seen a lot of hotel/motel rooms. You can tell that they have done some updating such as new linens, the softest hotel towels I’ve ever had, new tub/shower surround. Beds were comfy but pillows were a bit small but luckily we brought our own. Furniture a bit dated but in really good shape. I would stay here again in a heartbeat.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from FRONT DESK on 15 Aug,2023
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8/10 Good

Gail

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean and reasonably priced. Hot Tub was drained, though, which was a bummer. Inside and outside pools were nice. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from FRONT DESK on 21 Aug,2023
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6/10 Okay

Ralph Bradley

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
ok
It was ok. Too expensive for the level of accommodations.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from FRONT DESK on 15 Aug,2023
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4/10 Poor

Cameron

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rooms were moldy, tried multiple rooms, very very outdated, had physical keys and no spares
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gerard

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Location
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from FRONT DESK on 21 Aug,2023
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8/10 Good

Donna

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Everything was good except the outside pool was green/dirty and the hot tub had no water/unusable.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from FRONT DESK on 15 Aug,2023
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10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
mid
we got there to check in and they said the room wasn’t ready, so we just went to Mackinac. We came back in an hour like he said, and the room still wasn’t ready. I waited in the car while my boyfriend was getting to check in and the cleaning lady had a horrible attitude about cleaning the room. They ended up giving us a different room, and there was a hole in the ceiling from water damage and mold, starting to form . for one night It was not terrible though.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Sankar

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Overall okay , not recommended for family
Location good Check in fast and friendly Bit smelly room Not storage for cloth Decent and compact restroom
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

felicia

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
the place was quiet which was good. kind of disappointed in not having a heated pool and the tv in the other room didn’t work. overall it was relaxing
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from FRONT DESK on 21 Aug,2023
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10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

2/10 Terrible

Ludmila

Travelled with group
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Arrived late, full parking, for 2-nights, our first night spend in overwhelmingly mold-smelling room, w/ice-blocked freezer, dirty entrance door by the lock. 2 friends slept in one bed, because the second bed contained used sheets. Office's 300yd away in neighboring building, refused early checkout- offered a move...to smallest room I ever seen (my closet size) single-bed with one-foot-around, one chair, tiny round table all-occupied by microwave, and leaking toilet. At 1 AM someone's radio ON was "brainwashing" through out hotel square with 40 rooms, until dawn! In the morning wanted to share my concerns w/attendant, but quickly changed my mind, noticing his pinky face and other's naked legs up behind the counter!! There's no owner - no honor in this barracks!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

George

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Customer service was awesome!!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Crystal

Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Got to stay and vacation with my dog but even though advertised there is no pet sitting services, checking in is a pain because you have to go to a different property to check in. There was a gap under our door so mosquitoes got in. Bad experience with night staff just trying to obtain toilet paper. Day staff and housekeeping is great. Beds are like sleeping on a trampoline, fridges are super small. Air conditioners didn't work and didn't get cold.there is no breakfast. The rooms are very spacious.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

4/10 Poor

Stephen

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was musty. There was onlyone waste basket in the room. The bed sloped downhill. Most frustrating was the tv. The remote was irregular in channel changing. Volume had to be controlled on the wall mounted tv.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Jill

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
The property could stand removal of carpet in room and replace with laminate. The carpet is old and stained. Other than that, it's worth the money for location.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not worth the price even if its low.
While they did give us some accommodation. The site itself and room was just unwelcoming. Very VERY limited outlets. Had to unplug the lights to be able to plug my phone in. The ac unit continuiously froze over. And even the plugs they did have were mostly 2 prong so i couldnt even use my computer withiut unpluging the microwave. Also while u was booked at the mackinaw budget in. It seems starlite, mackinaw budget and thunderbird are owned by the same person. I was booked for mackinaw and ended up at starlite. Which all in all isnt horrible but a little strange. Would not recommended
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Janet

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
That they gave me a choice on which property to stay at. When I booked with this property. Plus for the Continental breakfast wasn't the best. It was messy. Too many people in a small space during the pandemic. We had to travel to the other hotel (not far) but still an inconvenience to us.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

GLORIA

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Ali

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It’s old and no clean we found marks on the pillow case and it smelt bad when we walked in doors don’t lock properly unsafe a lot of ants
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Motel!
Nice motel and reasonably priced. Clean, quiet, good A/C. Plenty of towels, comfortable bed, in room coffee, fridge and microwave. When there was a problem with the TV, the front desk staff came over to fix it right away. Also, I checked out at 615 am and no one was at the front desk at checkout and the door was locked. Kinda different but I just left the keys in the room and called and left a message with whomever answered the office number.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Kerry

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was old and not updated at all
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Bernice

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

Gerald

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had to clean the bathroom..and the towel was gross after I did shower. Microwave had black greesy handprints on it. No cups for coffee in room. Toothpaste..at least hope was..on floor. Advertising breakfast..there was none. My bed had holes in the sheet and carpet by door was burned or something. Pool area was gross by the time we could use.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Tina

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The rooms did need a bit updating. The room had a bit of a closed up smell but was clean
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Alan Mathew Kit

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
great
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disappointing
Offered a dirty room in disrepair, asked for another and it was ok. Advertised a pool that was not available. Overall it was not worth the money i paid for the room. Will go elsewhere in the future
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Sherri

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Property was very dated but economical for our purpose
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

George

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well worth the stay
It was a very nice stay. The staff was excellent and helpful. The rooms were nice and clean. Would stay there again in a heart beat.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Debra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No fuss no muss.
It was clean room, decor was alittle dated. Needs a battery for smoke detector it was chirping when we got there. Could use a coffee pot in room and seating outside room for relaxing. Decent place, beds are pretty hard. But it worked for our needs.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022