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Reviews of Clarketon Motel

2 out of 5
Clarketon Motel
1527 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 45 out of 94 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 21 out of 94 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 14 out of 94 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 94 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 94 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Staff & Super Clean - Horrible Internet & TV
We enjoyed the room that had a comfy bed and was super clean. The appointments were simple and adequate. The staff was very nice and enjoyable to speak with. They have chairs outside each of the rooms where it seemed most guests chose to spend some time enjoying the evening out there, being social. We enjoyed that. The not so good, was internet/Wi-Fi and the TV. T-Mobile has virtually no signal at this location so for us to map out our next day's plans, getting onto the motel's Wi-Fi was important. Nothing in room 3 and very hit and miss service when stepping outside. It got no better at any point between our room and the office. What little I did get, while standing in the parking lot, was super slow, lacked sufficient connections, constantly disconnected and used very outdated security. I got better signal from the neighboring motel, across the street restaurant and cars driving by on the main avenue. There simply is no excuse for Wi-Fi being that bad and that outdated it this type of business. The world series was on and the TV cut out and needed to be switched off and on several times during the game. Finding good service and a team that does quality work is the hard part and they got that right. Having functional internet and tv is the easy part, but that part they didn't get right.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Thomas

Not the same
We have stayed here in the past just not the same, bathroom flooring needs replacing, ceiling falling down, air conditioner not working.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Francine

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Management on 29 Jul,2023
Super excited you enjoyed your stay! Please come again!

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Management on 26 Jun,2023
Thank you greatly for such a wonderful review and Thank you for choosing the Clarketon Motel! Hope to see you again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Crystal

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Management on 18 Jun,2023
Thank you for such an awesome review! Sure put a smile on our face. Thank you for choosing the Clarketon Motel

10/10 Excellent

Sheryl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Loved the chairs outside had that quaint back home feeling. No complaints. Exactly as described.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Management on 5 Jun,2023
Thank you so very much for that Wonderful review. Hope y'all get a chance to come back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Sandy

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Management on 17 Oct,2022
Thank you so much for such a Wonderful review!

10/10 Excellent

Amanda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was close to all the attractions I had planned to go to, it was clean and well kept, friendly staff, plenty of parking, and the pool was great!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Management on 30 Aug,2022
Thank you so much for such a Wonderful review! Hope to see you again in the future

10/10 Excellent

Dave

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The owner is fantastic!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Management on 28 Jul,2022
Thank you so much for the Great review!!!

10/10 Excellent

ted

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Management on 28 Jul,2022
Thank you so much for the Wonderful review!!!

10/10 Excellent

Benjamin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from Management on 4 Jul,2022
Thank you so much for the Wonderful review! It truly means so much! Hope to see you again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Vernon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It just what we wanted.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from Management on 13 Jun,2022
Thank you so much for choosing the Clarketon Motel and for the Wonderful review! Hope to see you again real soon!

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from Management on 8 Jun,2022
Thank you so much for such a Wonderful review! We are so excited to know you were happy with your stay. Hope to see you again in the near future!

8/10 Good

Randall

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022
Response from Management on 26 Apr,2022
Thank you so much for the Wonderful review!

8/10 Good

Melissa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021
Response from Management on 9 Dec,2021
Thank you so much for the review! Hope to see you again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our room was clean and inviting. We had everything we needed. Staff was fantastic. It did seem cluttered outside the property. Maybe a shop or something on the premises but it was quiet. We would definitely stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021
Response from Management on 15 Nov,2021
Thank you so much. We do have a shop. My husband is a heating a cooling contractor. We are trying to move it to another location just going to take some time. Look forward to seeing you in the future.

10/10 Excellent

MD

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Management on 10 Nov,2021
Thank you so much for the Wonderful review! You certainly put a smile on our face today!

6/10 Okay

helen

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
This place does not charge what expedia told you it would charge. Very old but appeared to be clean. Ok for a 1 night stay.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Management on 10 Nov,2021
Card fees are in the online policy Please read all information before booking. We are an older facility without all the amenities that is why we are able to offer lower rates. Our motto Older than some cleaner than most. Thank you for taking time to leave a review

8/10 Good

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021
Response from Management on 20 Oct,2021
Thank you so much for the review!

10/10 Excellent

craig

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It is an older hotel but it has been maintained very well. nice firm bed.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021
Response from Management on 17 Oct,2021
Thank you so much for such a Wonderful review! We are happy to know you were happy! Hope to see you again in the future!

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Response from Management on 7 Oct,2021
We are beyond excited right now! Thank you so much for such a Wonderful review!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved everything about this motel friendly folk's my third time staying and will be back in the future
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Management on 28 Jul,2021
Thank you so so much for such a Wonderful review!! We look forward to seeing you in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Brandie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Management on 19 Jul,2021
You truly made our day with this Awesome review! Thank you so much!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location for the things we did
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Management on 19 Jul,2021
Thank you for your input. If their is something you think we could improve on we love to hear from you. Our email address is info@clarketonmotel.com Thank you and have a Wonderful Day!

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My review
We really enjoyed our trip everyone there was really friendly and plan on rent a room from Tammy again
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Management on 13 Jul,2021
Thank you so much for such an Awesome review! Looking forward to hearing from you again!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Skip it
Checkin is time is limited. The place is very noisy all night long.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Management on 6 Jul,2021
Check out is at 11am we need time to clean the rooms in order to start checking people in. We do try to get people in as early as we can. If the room is ready before two we allow guest to check in early. We are a small facility family owned facility with little help right now so we close between 9pm - 10pm. We ask that people make arrangements early for arrivals after 10pm because we can not stay up all night and clean rooms the next day. We do not get a day of May - October. We have not received any noise complaints but if we would have we would have addressed the issue. All though we close between 9pm - 10pm we do answer the telephone. We have been happy to have had the opportunity to address your concerns while you were here instead of having to respond to a complaint after the fact.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly staff, quite and clean!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Management on 6 Jul,2021
Thank you so very much for the Wonderful review! We are so Happy that we were able to make you Happy!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cute little hotel with very friendly staff!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Management on 21 Jun,2021
Thank you so much for such a Wonderful review! Means so much!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quaint, very conveniently located,
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Management on 4 Jun,2021
Thank you so so much! Thank you for the review!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in May 2021
Response from Management on 21 Jun,2021
Sorry you were unhappy. Wish you would have let us know and gave us the opportunity to fix the issue/s even if it mean finding you another accommodation. Being that we are not a full service motel with all the amenities that larger facilities offer we realize we are not for everyone.

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Management on 2 Jun,2021
Thank you so much for the such a Wonderful review! You put a smile on our face!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Everything was great except the sheets, they were small with plastic underneath which was making them uncomfortable
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Management on 2 Jun,2021
Thank you for the Great review! We are tickled to death to know you had a nice stay!

10/10 Excellent

Evana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable getaway.
Very friendly staff had everything prepared and clean for our stay. The atmosphere was relaxing and comfortable and all of our needs we met. Price was very affordable for the peaceful stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021
Response from Management on 22 Apr,2021
We are smiling today because of your Wonderful review! Thank you so much!

10/10 Excellent

Justin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommended
Would come stay again. Very clean rooms. A little old feeling but great place and nice people run it.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021
Response from Management on 5 Apr,2021
We just love it when our customers are Happy! Thank you so much for the Wonderful review! Hope you and your family will come see us again real soon!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I like everything about it. Very clean location, quite
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Management on 29 Mar,2021
We are so Happy to hear you enjoyed your stay! Thank you so much for the Wonderful review! We hope to see you again soon!

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2021
Response from Management on 4 Mar,2021
We are so excited to know you were a Happy traveler! Thank You so much for such a Wonderful review!

8/10 Good

J Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020
Response from Management on 24 Nov,2020
Thank you for the Wonderful review! Hope to see you again soon!

6/10 Okay

Maureen

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2020
Response from Management on 24 Nov,2020
Thank you for taking the time to review Your feedback is important to us

8/10 Good

Anthony

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
C10 Nationals
Room was clean, everything, fridge, microwave, a/c, worked. Owners and employees were pleasant and helpful with recommendations of were to eat, shop, etc.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Management on 28 Sept,2020
So glad to hear you were happy and Thank you so much for the review

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Management on 23 Sept,2020
Thank you for such a Great review! You put a smile on our face!

10/10 Excellent

CHRIS

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great people, clean room!!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Management on 9 Sept,2020
Thank You So So Much for such a WONDERFUL review! It makes us so happy to know you were pleased!

4/10 Poor

Johnny

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don’t stay here unless you have no choice
The motel bills itself as retro which I discovered is just a way of churching up the fact that it is terribly rundown. No way to secure the door to the room other than the turn knob on the door handle. Anyone can jimmy the catch with a credit card. We had to prop a chair under the handle to feel safe. The air conditioning is just an old window unit that literally sounds like it’s about to take off into orbit. It did sufficiently cool the room. The beds were not horrible. They were thin memory foam mattresses that should have been supported with plywood or some other flat even support. The platform it was on was a metal grid and the softness of the mattress meant you felt every support bar. The floor was dirty and sticky and looks like it hasn’t been mopped in ages. All of our feet were black from it. The toilet was small. Looks like it’s was out of a camper. The seat wasn’t the right fit for it. It had a small kitchenette that looked like it came out of the same 1975 Winnebago. Drip pans in the stove were rotted out and lined with foil. The one great thing about the place was plenty of hot water and the pressure was phenomenal. If you’re asking yourself why did we stay, the answer is because of Labor Day weekend and every place within an hour was booked up. We stayed two nights and the room was never cleaned. Someone at some point did bring fresh towels but didn’t make the beds. Oh and there were little note reminders everywhere asking for gratuity for housekeeper. Seriously?
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Management on 23 Sept,2020
If you had let anyone know you were unhappy when you arrived you would have gladly been cancelled and could have went somewhere else. Find it interesting no one in your party reported anything you said in the review to management. Trying to wrap my brain around why you would stay somewhere you were so unhappy and never express any of your concerns with management.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Management on 18 Aug,2020
Thank you for the response. Sorry you were dissatisfied. Wish someone would have let us know so would have had an opportunity to possibly better the situation.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Management on 18 Aug,2020
Thank you for the Wonderful review

10/10 Excellent

ClarketonMotel, Maggie Valley,NC

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love it nice rooms everyone was nice and frindley lovely view Cant wait to go back
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Management on 8 Jul,2020
Thank you Thank you Thank you!! We are so excited you enjoyed your stay and pland to come back. We will be looking forward to see you again hopefully real soon!

10/10 Excellent

Sheena, SC

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was great. Clean room, friendly staff. Will definitely stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2020
Response from Management on 19 Jun,2020
Makes us so Happy to hear you had a Wonderful stay! Thank you so so much for such a Great review! We look forward to seeing you again in the future.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Management on 18 Dec,2019
Thank you for the Wonderful reveiw! It warms our heart to know you were so happy! Hope to see you again real soon!

6/10 Okay

Joe

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The people at the desk were very nice, but the place was very dated.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Management on 18 Dec,2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Management on 4 Nov,2019
Thank you for leaving a review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Great location. The property is a little dated but it is being kept up. The facility was clean and warm. Will consider staying there again.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Manager on 4 Nov,2019
Thank you for such a Wonderful review!