Pet Friendly Hotels in Fort Dodge, Iowa

I've always thought that you get what you pay for and, considering the very reasonable price for this room, I really didn't expect much. I was pleasantly surprised. The hotel has obviously been around for a while but the entire facility was clean and well maintained. The arm on the easy chair in my room was a bit thread-bare but, aside from that, I could find no fault in anything. I think the only amenity that this hotel did not have that my usual hotel does is an iron. Big deal! I've never used the iron and the price was about $35.00 less per night. I have family in the area so I plan to use this hotel whenever I am in town to visit.

Look up hotels in Fort Dodge, and you aren't going to find too many (read: NONE) posh, higher end hotels like you would in a more populated area. Knowing that going in, I chose the least seedy looking place on the list when I made my reservations. Go in prepared...you ain't in Chicago, or something, here, kid. Look at what you paid for this room, and, accepting THAT, let's discuss the Quality Inn of Fort Dodge, Iowa: My check-in process went just fine, and I was given a room on the 2nd floor. For anyone with mobility issues, please note that THERE IS NO ELEVATOR! It was nothing more than an annoyance for me, since I only had one bag, but for some, this could be a turn-off. There was nothing awe-inspiring about my room, but all the basics were there: in-room A/C with individual control, HD TV on the dresser, two beds with clean sheets and 3 pillows each, a relatively modern bathroom (nice newer granite countertops. The bathtub was aging a little bit, but perfectly fine), plenty of water pressure and hot, hot water! My bed squeaked a little when I got in and out of it, but I found it to be perfectly comfortable, as were the pillows. I realize this is subjective, but I liked it. Combine that with an actual HOT breakfast that was on par with many more expensive hotels, and Wi-Fi that was plenty peppy for general surfing...WHEN IT WORKED. It was up and down for my entire stay, but overall...for the money...you could do worse.

Asked for a handicap accessible room because our daughter uses a walker. I was told we had an accessible room and when we checked in, our room was on the second floor - with no elevator in the building. We asked for a room on the first floor and was told there was none available. We had to carry our daughter and the walker up the stairs. The room was clean but definitely not accessible.

Nice clean Super-8. They had a covered entry way by the lobby which was great for loading our overpacked car during a rainstorm. Nice folks ran the place.