I had read reviews saying the property was clean. I was only looking for a place to sleep for myself and my daughter, as we would be leaving early to tour UF. I sent a message to the property letting them know we would be a late check-in, probably around 11pm. They said that was fine. I received an email that gave me the following information: Gainesville Lodge 3: (insert 4 numbers not leaving that information in case they re-use codes). We made it right before 11. Staff is only present 8a-8p. I found room 3 but didn’t see a key pad and the lighting by the room was sparse. I called the number that was on the office door for assistance. We did get that figured out. The email they sent me did not have a # symbol in it so even if I had discovered the key pad, it wouldn’t have opened.
Once we opened the door, we were greeted with dozens upon dozens of dead love bugs on the floor. There were live bugs on both beds, the pillows, everywhere. While on the phone with management I said something about the bugs and they just said “we do the best we can and sweep when we can”.
Needless to say, we did not sleep well. I kept feeling like something was crawling on me. When we went into the bathroom we found more bugs in the sink and all over one of the bath towels. It was absolutely disgusting. We left by 6:30ish because we simply could not be in that room any longer. Spend a little more and stay at a better property.