My husband and I made the mistake of staying at this motel. We were coming over from the lower mainland to attend a memorial service held at this facility, so we just decided to book a room for convenience.

NOTE --- anybody who books these rooms for more than $59.00 for a single king bed is paying too much. The price listed on this site is astronomical! There are waaaaaaaaay better motels to stay at that are in the $79 and higher range.

I haven't lived in Victoria for over 10 years, so I am quite ticked that I didn't remember this area of town was ghetto-ish.

First off, these motels are EVERYWHERE!!! Try finding the specific one that you booked at. It's quite fun (not!).

When we pulled in there were quite a few intoxicated people hanging around in the lobby (oh why mince words, they were disgusting old drunks....reminded me of the movie Barfly). I also noticed quite a few of guys going in and out of the lobby that looked like dealers.

During check in the lady (with the wandering eye) said that most people from the lower mainland steal things from the motel (!!!).

Then the baggage cart barely fit into the elevator. My husband had to take the stairs as there was not enough room. The employee helping us actually had to push the cart right up against the wall and ended up getting banged by the elevator door.

We arrive at our room, very small. I sit on the bed, ROCK HARD! I mean really really hard. I'm not a picky person. As soon as I sat on the bed I thought, my god, I just don't want to stay here. This place is awful!

We left to go out for dinner, and when we came back some drunk accosted me at the front door, and my husband ended up almost punching the guy!

It was then I told the staff that I was leaving the next morning rather than spending yet another night at this awful place. I asked them why there were drunks everywhere, they stated they were from the lounge and the bar (Sopranos) on the other side of the building. Why is there no security? Thank god I didn't bring my little girls with me, they would have been terrified.

That night the noise was unbelievable. I ended up getting to sleep, only to wake up the next morning to the sounds of a tap running in the next room.

We left and went to the Holiday Inn on Blanshard St. MUCH BETTER! Only $99 a night.

While there I was speaking with the front desk and told them my horror story, only to find out one of them used to work there! He said they have had a massive bed bug problem, that the facility is filthy, that the owner just buys all the motels up, does minor touch-ups and basically runs slum motels. He said he would never, ever recommend anybody stay there.

My aunt and uncle, who also had a room there, also ended up not staying there that night! I don't know if they were refunded or not for their room.

And, another guest of this event stayed there the same night we did, and was up all night with the noise from all the idiots in the hallway and other rooms!

Unless you like to drink, party, and have hearing aids that you can turn off, DO NOT STAY HERE!!!

Booked this room through Victoria Clipper. My sister and I stayed one night in December 2007 on a Christmas shopping trip from Seattle. We found the room small but certainly liveable, clean, and the front desk people were very helpful. They stored our luggage until check-in time and were generally very pleasant. The food in the hotel's restaurant was very good and the service was great. The tile on the bathroom floor is COLD, though, so bring some footies!

The only drawbacks to this stay were that the hotel still has single-pane windows, which not only let in the cold, but the street noise as well. Since the hotel is right on a main drag (Douglas St.), we heard cars, conversations, car alarms, street sweepers, more conversations, arguments, etc all night long. The hotel also was hosting a wedding and refugees from some tool convention, who were loud, obnoxious, and heavy drinkers who couldn't hold their alcohol. It took until 3am for security to finally kick these guys out of the hotel, but needless to say, we got very little sleep. I actually had to open the hotel room door at one point and tell two guys having a loud, drunken argument in the hallway to shut up and go to bed. That was around 1am and security was nowhere to be found.

It's a reasonably nice hotel and the shuttle service to and from the inner harbour is nice, but I think next time I'll try a hotel that caters to a slightly different clientele and has thicker windows.

Actually, I can't remember which Traveller's Inn I stayed at; there are so bloody many of them in Victoria. Which tells you that they're doing something right, I guess. Great coffee in the rooms, and they'll give you more for free if you drink a lot of coffee like I do. OK, coffee's a priority...what else? I liked that they immediately responded to my comment card via email. There were a few MINOR drawbacks, which they addressed immediately, and to my satisfaction. The location was good, I remember that. Walking distance to everywhere I wanted to go.
I liked the computer for guest use in the lobby. Good for fossils like me who still don't travel around with a computer, eh? The beds were good, the TV fine, and the staff were very friendly and helpful. I live in Nakhon Ratchasima,Thailand, where the price of a very good hotel is about $35.00, so I was at first surprised by the price of the room at the Traveller's Inn. But then, after wandering into a few downtown hotels to enquire about their prices, I realised that Traveller's Inn is a good value. And, they have room discount coupons on the ferry from Vancouver, so thanks for many things, Traveller's Inn!

Making reservations directly with the Traveller's Inn, I was impressed with the politeness and complete interest the staff gave me. That confirmed our stay. Upon arriving the over all appearance from the parking lot to the rooms were spotless clean, The employees were very professional in there duties from the front desk / restaurant / housekeeping. The restaurant has an amazing menu, good food and great prices. Our grandson partially enjoyed his "Little Leaguer" for breakfast and his "Belly Buster" hamburger for dinner one night. Pool was refreshing and our room was very comfortable. A little noisy one night but the rest of the stay was enjoyable. We had a wonderful stay in Victoria.
Richmond, BC