Better to sleep on the side of the road - that’s what we ended up doing!
We ran into car trouble during a road trip and had to get a room in Grand Junction at the last minute. This motel was the only available option, and we booked despite the bad reviews. It took less than 10 seconds to find the first dead bed bug in our room. We put the bug in a disposable coffee cup and fled the room with our belongings.
When we produced the bug to the manager, he did not seem surprise. He apologized mechanically several times and said to contest the room charge with the third party we had booked through. No other assistance was provided, and it was past 11pm at that point.
I should also note that the scene at the motel was sketchy. The room below us had dragged chairs out onto the sidewalk and several men were intoxicated in the parking lot, while one seemed to be standing as a sentry. He watched us arrive and followed our movements in and out of the room. We also witnessed what appeared to be a prostitution situation. The entire experience gave us the creeps, and we found a BLM road to camp on as an alternative at midnight.
Please heed our warnings! I don’t know where all of these positive reviews recently are coming from. We wish we had taken the bad reviews seriously. AVOID THIS PLACE!