Studio 6 Merced, CA

This is not a good area to stay in, per the locals! We had no idea when we booked it as it was decent for a long term stay as compared to when we were in Stockton.... HOWEVER, it was horrible and I complained to management and to corporate! We had roaches and they gave us a can of roach spray to do it ourselves!! OH HELL NO! They needed an exterminator! I took pictures and sent them to corporate and we took the actual bugs we killed to the manager. Mold in our room on the ceiling. You could see daylight around the door frame.... BUT what was worse... the people banging on our door at 0200 the first night we were there. Then, they came back at 0245. We called the front desk and let them know! OH, but don't try to use the room phone! It did not work! We had to use our cell phones! You could hear gun shots going off in the distance. Homeless people living in the parking lot, people living in their cars, or in their cars out on the street. You could not leave your curtains open or people walking by would literally stop and look in your window checking things out! OH, and the window, it had the glass out and we had to have maintenance come in and fix it! People have their pets there-- so did we.... however, we seemed to be the only people who cleaned up after our pets! You had to watch where you walked or you would step in one heck of a pile of CRAP! So nasty! There were people literally living there-- not travelers working like us-- but actual people taking up residence there! Between the roaches, the *****, and the atmosphere... don't do it!! The maintenance man and the housekeepers were very nice and attentive to anything we needed.... management, no so much! I would NOT recommend this place to anyone!