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Econo Lodge Ames

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Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, Non Smoking | Pillow-top beds, desk, cots/infant beds, rollaway beds
Indoor pool
Pillow-top beds, desk, cots/infant beds, rollaway beds
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Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, Non Smoking | Pillow-top beds, desk, cots/infant beds, rollaway beds

Reviews

7.4 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Breakfast included
  • Pet-friendly
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning

Explore the area

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2600 Se 16th St, Ames, IA, 50010
  • Place, Ames Dog Park
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, Main Street Cultural District
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Place, Iowa State University
    ‪6 min drive‬

Room options

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Pillow-top beds, desk, cots/infant beds, rollaway beds

Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, Non Smoking | Pillow-top beds, desk, cots/infant beds, rollaway beds

Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, Non Smoking

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Room, 1 Queen Bed, Accessible, Non Smoking

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Room, 2 Queen Beds, Accessible, Non Smoking

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Suite, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, Accessible, Non Smoking

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Pillow-top beds, desk, cots/infant beds, rollaway beds

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(8 reviews)
  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Pillow-top beds, desk, cots/infant beds, rollaway beds

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking

7.0 out of 10
Good
(17 reviews)
  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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About this property

Econo Lodge Ames

Hotel in Ames with free breakfast and 24-hour front desk
This hotel features an indoor pool, a business centre and laundry facilities. Free full breakfast, free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour front desk, free newspapers and a banquet hall.
Econo Lodge Ames offers 85 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and complimentary newspapers. Beds feature pillowtop mattresses. Flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels. Guests can make use of the in-room fridges and microwaves. Bathrooms include a combined bath/shower unit and hairdryers.

This Ames hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs, as well as telephones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool.
During your stay at Econo Lodge Ames, you'll be close to Iowa State University. Free breakfast, free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking are available.
  • Free full breakfast served daily
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self-parking and Motorhome/coach/lorry parking
  • Take a swim in the indoor pool
  • Amenities include free newspapers in reception, a business centre and meeting rooms
  • Just a 4-minute drive from Cinemark Ames Movies 12 and a few minutes from Ames Dog Park
  • Pets welcome for a fee
WiFi is free in public spaces. A business centre and meeting rooms are available. Free breakfast is served daily. The business-friendly Econo Lodge Ames also features an indoor pool, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Self parking is free.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this Ames hotel.

Guests are served a free full breakfast daily from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Free RV/bus/lorry parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Things to do

  • Indoor pool

Family friendly

  • Cot (surcharge)
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Indoor pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Braille/raised signage
  • No lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking

More

  • 2 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Cot (surcharge)
  • Pillowtop mattress
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with premium cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Free local calls
  • Free weekday newspapers
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets: USD 15 per pet, per night
    • Service animals are exempt from fees.

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Pet fee: USD 15 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Cots (infant beds) are available for an additional fee
  • Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of Commitment to Clean (Choice)
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

We should mention

  • Pool access available from 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM
  • Children aged 18 years old and younger stay free in the same room as the parent or guardian when using existing bedding.
  • Connecting/adjoining rooms are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property at the number on your booking confirmation.

Property is also known as

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Econo Lodge Ames Iowa
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Econo Lodge Ames Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 161 out of 787 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 335 out of 787 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 163 out of 787 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 82 out of 787 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 46 out of 787 reviews

7.6/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

kenneth

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Nicole

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff. Not super clean. Wouldn’t stay unless had to.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Jill

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Mostly Positives!!

Room was spacious and clean. Hallways had a distinct unpleasant smell. Check in was friendly and efficient. We would stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

Justin

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Jenna

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Needs a facelift

Staff were friendly, everything worked as it should, but things were not clean. The air conditioning unit had things growing in it, cigarette butts in the windowsill, and floors that left your feet black (the hotel room flooring is all vinyl). A dog was barking thought the hotel for most hours of the night. I did enjoy the plantings around the property.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Kim

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Didnt eat looked dirty
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Tristan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awful
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Thomas

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Lisa

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Breakfast was gross. No elevator. Loud hallways. No shampoo or conditioner. It was one step up from staying in a car.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Debra

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Andrea

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Severly outdated. Can hear expressway noise very easily from room.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Christopher

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Check in was ok put a request in to be on first floor. I dont know if they read them or what was too tired to fight about it. The bed was very uncomfortable hard as a rock. The entrance doors aint secure like other hotels. Parking lot could use some help in hence cleaning and up keep. Over all the hotel as a whole could be up dated. Dogs in rooms barking all night. The breakfast was mediocre at best just had sausages and hard biscuits and gravy. No other hot food options.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Arland

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spacious room. Comfortable beds. Needed housekeeping to supply a stopper for the bathtub. For some reason, the door key/cards needed to be renewed more than once over the course of five days. Fortunately the manager was always at the desk to take care of the problem. All in all, it was a good place to stay.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Naomi

Travelled with family
Disliked: Room comfort
Room was fine, plenty of towels. The AC was set correctly but it didn’t come on all night. Around 8:30am it finally kicked on. Bed was average but not amazing. Breakfast had waffles, biscuits and gravy, and sausage patties, plus other cold stuff.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Victor, Lincoln

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

margaret

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I was put into a room with a drapery that I could not close. The television had been broken. I requested a move to another room and got it. The coffee at breakfast was so strong that I choked on it.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Larry

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Only complaint i have is the breakfast was cold. Biscuits and gravy were cold.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Melissa

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property is not as pictured. Needs a lot of updating. Our room had broken door and the fire alarm was missing from the ceiling with the cords hanging down. Do not recommend. Have stayed at nicer places for less than I paid to stay there.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Kathleen

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
The property is old and needs some updating but I enjoyed my stay. The staff were friendly and helpful. They knew the places to go to eat. The rooms were big and clean, the bed was very comfortable, and everything in the rooms like the refrigerator & shower worked well. It was an excellent price. I would stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Frank

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good with the bad.

The hotel and staff were fine. The bus load of people staying there were slobs, annoying and breakfast "grab-it-all" idiots.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lacy, Tulsa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mark J

Nice affordable place to stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Jasmine

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Luann

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

STOP!! Please read

Not so good. Hotel has a very strong smell of some kind of incense pretty overwhelming. Appeared bedding was not clean. I slept on top of bed cover, did not want to complain because I did not want a confrontational argument. Also no housecleaning to change sheets after first day. Tub was dirty and had some kind of bug in bathroom. See pics
Stained sheet
Bug
Bug not sure what kind
Burn hole in sheet
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Jennifer

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It was a budget hotel along a major highway. You get what you pay for. They were remodeling, some areas were better than others. It wasn't the worst place we've stayed at.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025