Our stay was good until Wednesday January 9, 2008. The crew and I returned from working that day. We are contractors that use an old ambulance. The ambulance would not fit into the parking garage. All the other front desk clerks eagerly allowed us to park our ambulance in front of the hotel where there were two available spots, the clerk working that night refused to more her small silver sedan that could easily fit into the garage, because "I got a dent in my door and they wouldn't insure me, so I ain't parking up there no more". This is just after we had paid for two more rooms for three nights, making it a total of two rooms for seven nights.
She (the front desk clerk that night) refused to contact a manager so we could discuss the situation. She said, "No, he already went home tonight."
It is appalling that since one person considers herself to be holy than thou and place herself above and beyond paying customers. No disrespect to the rest of the staff at EconoLodge but I highly recommend taking your hard earned money elsewhere.

Hotel staff was nice and helpful. Rooms were very clean and the price was good. The view was wonderful! Right on the ocean, above the boardwalk. Breakfast was ok---some fruit would have been nice. The parking might be a pain if you are travelling during peak tourism season. Great restaurants right across the street and a nice pool inside hotel.

My first trip to Virginia Beach to see my son, stationed at Oceana Naval Air Station and family; went by reviews online of this hotel.
We had a great stay and would go back. Hotel employees were very helpful, even gave us names of grocery stores and directions to them, gave us the upgrade we asked for. All were friendly and polite, especially bellboy, Joseph, who helped us move all our luggage (a lot) to our rooms. We could'nt have asked for a better place to stay. Private balcony, and ocean view was amazing, Watching the sunrise and sunset, beautiful. First class service all the way.

For starters, the parking area is very tight and low, making it difficult to maneuver larger vehicles. The lobby was very clean and tidy and there is a pool in the lobby which was not much bigger than a kiddie pool and only has a depth of 4 feet. Checking in was quick and easy, though the desk clerk did not give us a warm welcome...in fact she gave us no welcome at all, just asked "What's your name?" The corridors were very shabby looking and the room was in need of a major overhaul. The bedspreads looked like they hadn't been washed in years. Underneath the toilet seat wasn't completely clean, and the phone was absolutely grimey. I scalded a washcloth in hot water and washed some of the filth off the phone before I used it. One thing that made me want to stay at this particular hotel was that they offered free high speed wireless internet service. I could not get a signal most of the time, and when I could, the speed was honestly about as fast as a 14.4 kb connection. We didn't want maid service during our stay, but on the second day we gathered our used towels, bagged our garbage and left a small tip with a note on top of the miniature microwave (the door of which was very hard to open) asking for additional coffee. When we came back to our room, the tip was gone, 3 packs of coffee were in its place, the towels were gone but had not been replaced and the trash was still sitting on the floor. We were not pleased about that, of course. On an up note, the hotel was very secure. It wasn't too bad for the price, but I wouldn't recommend it.