You get what you paid for. I was looking for a nice stay with my husband and daughter and we did not get that. We have always stayed at a Motel 6 but none of the previous stays were as disappointing as the one in Carlsbad. Air conditioning did not work, the room smelled of cigarettes and the worse parts, cockroaches.
When I got there a lady was complaining about the plumbing, fortunately that was not my case, but seeing all the trouble and arguments she was having with money reimbursement, I decided to suck it up and stay.