Name: Mother Lode Motel
Address: 1940 Broadway, Placerville, Placerville, Placerville, CA 95667, United States of America
Rating: 6

Air conditioning

Smoke-free property

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No elevators

Reception desk

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Non-smoking rooms

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Family room

Cable TV

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Free Wi-Fi

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Sun Deck

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Parking

Free parking nearby

Free Parking on Premises

Swimming pool

Outdoor pool

Seasonal outdoor swimming pool

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Pool and beach

Fax and copy machine

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Kids

Pets allowed

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Personal protection equipment for staff

Extra decontamination measures

Personal protection equipment for guests

Contactless check-in and/or check-out

Additional measures against COVID-19

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At the mini-hotel

Room amenities

Auburn Municipal Airport

Mather Airport

Sacramento McClellan Airport

Mother Lode Motel

Placerville

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Fantastic!  large, clean room in a quiet area.  It was great. We had to be towed there and the local town truck driver tried to get us to change hotels and said horrible things about the place.  The hotel refuses to rent to some of the locals that are noisy and destructive when they want to party there.  Good!  We would definitely stay at this place again.  The woman at the desk was gracious and concerned.

Fantastic!  large, clean room in a quiet area

Our room was little little little, but clean. They love to take care of their flowers and bushes, but the wall around the pool is falling apart. Thought is was close to the center of old town, but was about two miles away. The front staff was ok friendly.

You get what pay for.

I come to the area several times a year for business, and I believe this is my fourth stay at this hotel. Hotel? Motel, l guess. Everything that you read about it in other reviews is true, my room was clean, but the front desk after I checked in was rude to the extent where I felt I was hung up on when I called to ask a silly question about how the shower control knob worked. Honestly, I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but I found it a little confusing and the front desk person, whose  name I believe was Rachel, responded very abruptly that the water was working and hung up! No mention of how to work the control, no pleasantness at all. After I checked in, this girl wanted nothing to do with me. Maybe she was just having a bad night, if things get better over the next day and a half I will make a note.

Ok value but Rude front desk

We stayed in a room across from the beautiful pool with 2 beds.
 All around us was stunning natural beauty.
Stayed here because the rest of our party had booked here as it was close to the venue .First off the carpet makes you not want to take a step without shoes on, the beds were made and appeared tidy but I couldn't get over the state of the carpet. The TV's picture was zoomed in and would only display the top 1/4 of any program or video that was playing. The Samsung TV option was scaled correctly however anything playing would only show the extremely zoomed in partial Pic. Even more disappointing, during our entirety of our visit the Internet that the TV was connected to was only showing 3-5 seconds before cutting out/buffering. The free wifi is a complete joke as it is not sufficient to stream a video much less an entire movie/'s. To top it off when I went to get my deposit ,I paid cash for the room  $ 142 plus$50 deposit. I handed the lady a single 1 hundred note 2 fifty's and 2 one dollar bills ( I paid$202 so I would get $60 back with the deposit instead of the $50 as I had no change ) on the receipt she had already wrote the totals I was to pay not the amount I paid her as she had no idea what I was planning and she had already finished the recite so i wrote 202 on my carbon copy and made Shure to both tell her and visually confirm flashing the bills in front of both of us as I counted it out. I Figured she just didn't want to redo the receipt, fine. I had done my part to confirm the totals and I told her I would just get it back with the deposit as she was helping my nephew next and we were running late and had to get dressed for the ceremony. I thought this would avoid any questions about this at checkout as the paperwork didn't show any change even after I had made her aware of the payment. She nodded to me and that was all I needed. Well at checkout it was an older male who was pleasant both on the phone and in person ( I had called to ask about checkout time ) and understandably he needed to confirm this with her. The distinguished lady came out with a distorted face angrily  insisting it was not true...I was flabbergasted! Her story was that she gave me $10 change the day before which was either an outright lie or her mistake. Either way it was the worst part of my stay. Luckily the older gentleman said it was okay but it was not okay with me. I didn't even mention how terrible our stay was I just grabbed my deposit plus the extra $10 I paid and left.

Needs attention

I strongly suggest guest read the reviews before booking these rooms. The operators own both Mother Load Lodge and Gold Trail motor lodge. 

Both my father and I searched for hotels in Placerville via a simple Google search on the drive from SoCal. The prices ranged between 70-80 dollars. We booked a room via Expedia clearly indicating there were 2 guests. The charge was 88 dollars after taxes. We explicitly put in the notes that we request 2 separate beds. 

Upon arrival we were asked to stay at the Mother Load Lodge because they didn’t have two beds available at Gold Trail. We drove next store to check in. The total charge to my card was $157.80. They increased the price to $107.80 PLUS charged another $50 dollars deposit.

The women was EXTREMELY RUDE and completely unaccommodating. It was to late (10:30pm) to dispute the charge and find some where else to stay.

I gave them a two because the rooms were clean. 

 Beware of deceptive advertising... 

We should have asked to see  a room before paying. but the less time spent with the decidedly unfriendly owners the better. The room was so small that there was no room for even a single chair. The bed cover was old and worn thin. The carpet was old, worn and torn. The sink was vey slow to drain and  the cross bar on the towel rack was missing. The wall had  been patched but not painted.  It was a cool night and the heater did not work.  After the owner fiddled with it to no avail, he brought in an electric space heater. We asked if we couldn't just move next door.  He said it was reserved.  The next morning it was still vacant''  Be prepared to pay an extra $20 for a pet and a $50 deposit. Drive an extra 10 miles to the next town.

The penultimate worst motel in which we have stayed.

The room #21 had the following issues: Drapes were broke (jury rigged it to have some assemblance of privacy), bathroom light did not go on, hole in the wall, etc... 
We also lost power at 615pm, guy came by with flashlight (was a candle with no matches. lol). So no A/C, no lights, no hot water (no showers). We still got charged a pretty price $77 +$50 (was suppose to be a deposit). So $127 total for a horrible experience... My advise stay away

No power, no hot water, room needs an overhaul...

Absolutely horrendous. I'm travel here from Ireland and I have never experienced such vile staff, greedy and aggressive. After all my years traveling this is the rudest, most inhospitable place I have ever stayed. Places like this give small town America a bad name. You'd be better off sleeping in your car.

Travel/holiday

This review is meant to be informative to others traveling in the same place. I am posting this at 3:30 am. Not a good sign. I am working class, the room booked using Priceline for $109 is now costing me $169, I usually use their competitor and have not ever had this problem. I will not use Priceline again. Lesson learned. As for the hotel itself? Because I am using their room, I will pay for the use of it. Between the smells of bleach and mildew, I have an awful headache, the bedding was really bad. I laid the towels on the bed to try to sleep. When I use the a/c a weird smell came through. The bathroom light did not work, toilet looked dirty. To me $169 is not cheap for a room and I write this purely to inform another from going through the same experience. If those things would make you feel like you were ripped off? Then Please learn from another’s truthful experience.

Mother Lode in Placerville, CA

I had to go to the Better Business Bureau over this place. My wife and I were scheduled to stay there in May, but one of the people we were going to visit died. I asked for my deposit back, but the owner said they had a one-week cancellation policy and I had only given them four days. I told him I would take him to small claims court and he said "make my day." Small Claims court people told me it was hard to collect. So I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, explaining what had happened. They forwarded my complaint to him for a response. After a month, he had not responded, clearly because he knew I was right. It will be on his file for three years. Ask the BBB about the Mother Lode before staying there.

Deposit type	Price
-	100 USD per room for the entire period of stay
for pets	100 USD per guest for the entire period of stay

Mother Lode Motel

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