Marc Teitelbaum
4/5
I've lived at the Maya Motel for over 11 years, so I know the place well.
It is a clean, quiet, no-nonsense Motel with rates similar to most motels in the Temescal
Area. If your looking for a place to party and make noise then go somewhere
else as they have a zero tolerance rule
for loud partying, inviting extra "guests",
and drunken or drug induced rudeness
directed towards staff, other guests,
or couples that don't care about the
rights of neighbors to _not_ need to
be informed of exactly why these
people are beyond the help of a higher
power, let alone couples counseling and
anger managment. Also, I will clarify
"zero-tolerance": experience has shown
that warnings are useless when abusive
behaviors are the problem; the parties
are asked to leave, and since they never
have and never will (but one _must_ ask
first) then they are simply removed by
OPD. Next, the identities of all are
remembered till the end of days and
never allowed back. If this sounds like
_good_ news, then you probably enjoy
the peace and safty your entitled to when
you fork out the bucks to rent a private
room for yourself or you and your loved
one -- and I look forward to you
staying here. If this news irks you,
well, not to offend (im lying), but i
(and most who respect others) never
actually cared in the first place...
Please note, these decisions are based
on an individuals BEHAVIOR and never
on Race, Color, Creed, Religious affialition
Social Status, or Income. If you'd like
to be discriminated against, simply
locate the nearest tennis or golf club
and attempt to get a membership...
If on the
other hand, you're looking for a clean, quiet room with a fridge,
satellite TV and one queen size bed, look no further. I'd give it Excellent
on the service, but occasionally (and I mean very rarely), there can
be a language barrier problem interacting with the owners because
English is their second language. It's usually not a problem, but I wanted
to give an honest and fair review. As for living there 17 years, that's because
I started living there before the motel was forced to implement the three week rule,
so staying at this (or ANY) motel is usually limited to 3 weeks. Nevertheless,
I can't think of a better place in the area to stay.
(1) Had to update and remove a star.
Reason: occasionally they ask me
to watch the desk, and rent rooms
when available. Well, unfortunately,
they finally came out and pretty much
asked me to discriminate based on
how the person "appeats". They don't
want to rent to people who look like
there homeless. Besides being illegal,
unethical, and for me, a sin; I refrained
from reminding them I was once
homeless. Anyway, I said "sure", and
then did NOT do what they said.
Among the most ethical and deserved
lies I've ever told... I should take
more stars off, and I will if they don't
change... It's sad to say, but this
kind of practice is more widespread
than I care to say: because it's
depressing.
(2 - update for 2017) I believe I've
convinved them to only judge on behavior.
I will add back the star as soon as I have
more than a few examples showing the
change. In the goal of full disclosure,
I must point out that while I'm holding
the owners to the highest standards --
and always will -- it would be unfair to
them to not say that I know for a fact that
many other motels are disgustingly classist
and racist. So I believe Im holding this
motel up to a standard that many others
wouldn't come close to meeting: and these
guys are doing pretty damned well. And
in the future I bet it will only get better: as
the 1st gen parents retire, the children (now
adults) will take over. And they raised them
really well -- I mean _really_ well (don't
forget, I was _here_ at the time); even I'm
proud of them. So that will remove any and
all of the language barrier problems, and
you'd be surprised how many minor issues
arise over small miscommunications.
