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Golden Door Motel

2.5 star property

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Individually decorated, desk, blackout drapes, rollaway beds

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Laundry
  • Pet friendly
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
515 1st Street, Traer, IA, 50675
  • Taylor Park
    5 min walk
  • Traer Salt and Pepper Shaker Gallery
    5 min walk
  • Ripley United Church of Christ
    6 min walk
  • Waterloo, IA (ALO-Waterloo Regional)
    37 min drive

Room options

Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

Room, 2 Double Beds

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

About the neighborhood

Traer

With a stay at Golden Door Motel in Traer, you'll be within a 10-minute walk of Taylor Park and Traer Salt and Pepper Shaker Gallery. .This motel is 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Ripley United Church of Christ and 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from Traer Golf and Country Club.
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What's nearby

  • Traer Golf and Country Club - 8 min walk
  • Young Arena - 33 min drive
  • Lost Island Waterpark - 33 min drive
  • Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center - 34 min drive
  • Isle Casino Waterloo - 34 min drive

Getting around

  • Des Moines International Airport (DSM) - 109 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Joker's Iron Legend Saloon - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Fox Ridge Winery - ‬19 min drive
  • ‪Pizza Palace - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Sunnyside Tavern - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪1901 Chop Haus - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Golden Door Motel

Motel in Traer with free parking
Golden Door Motel offers 14 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and complimentary toiletries. These individually decorated accommodations include desks. This Traer motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include showers. Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge) are also available. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 14 individually decorated guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have showers and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless internet access and barbecue grills.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Free self parking is available onsite.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Free RV/bus/truck parking on site

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator (single-level property)

More

  • 1 building
  • 1 floor

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Individual decor

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: USD 10.00
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: USD 10.00

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions and key retrieval information; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 9 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours), key retrieval

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 10.00 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Specific rooms only, restrictions apply; pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10.0 per day
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: USD 10.00 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Early check-in fee: USD 10.00 (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out fee: USD 10.00 (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

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Golden Door Motel Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 8 out of 30 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 15 out of 30 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 30 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 30 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 30 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Business traveler
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
I love the service and cleanliness
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

dylan

Business traveler
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

Dan

Business traveler
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tami

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Connie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Terry

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Parking was great, right in front of our room. Easy access to our room. Located very close to the main square in town.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Grace

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

ROBERT

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was super friendly and helpful. Rooms were clean and bed was comfortable. Restaurants are close by. Downtown is in walking distance. Great place for us to visit the hometown.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice, simple, road side motel
This place may look a little dated, but it was very clean! Very comfortable bedding. Had a mini-fridge and a microwave. Great value for the money and close to where we needed to be. They were very accommodating when we decided to stay an extra night.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

2/10 Terrible

Laverne

Business traveler
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

diane

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Had to pay cash for our stay even though they said they would accept credit cards on line! Very unhappy with that situation!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Cynthia

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Craig, Golden Valley

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The Golden Door Motel was very clean and provided the basic essentials for a short stay. The bed was very comfortable and the staff very friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
near to where i needed to be
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Convenient to downtown. There was some dust on one of the furniture pieces, otherwise pretty clean. Some pictures on the walls would have been nice.\A guide to the TV channels would have helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room smelled terrible..musty, no extra chairs to sit on. Wouldn't recommend this place.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Amanda, Iowa City

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was so clean. Not only were the blankets, pillows, and matress clean and comfortable, they smelled amazing. The gentleman running the hotel took it upon himself to bring a chair to the patio outside my room when he saw me outside smoking. Very attentive and proactive. I highly recommend The Golden Door.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very pleasant stay. Very nice to work with, and hospitable. Would have never known about this place, had the prior town we stayed not been booked. However, this would be the preferred choice to return to next time around.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Michael

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
If I had not had a reservation, I would have driven right on by. The outside of the motel had grass growing in the concrete. The motel itself looked "dull." But, my wife and I were surprised by the room itself. The room and the linen were clean and the bed was comfortable. One issue I had with this motel is it only accepts cash for payment. I wished this would have been posted on the information for this motel so I would have been prepared to pay that way. I had to scramble to come up with the payment for the night. I had the money, but not in a convenient location.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Duke

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hidden gem
Old but nice. Had to call the owner to get a room. It cost more than advertised but it was worth it.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Marli

Disliked: Staff & service
Traer motel stay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Good location, good price, owner very friendly. Room was spacious. Older motel so no frills. Could have used a microwave in the kitchenette.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Lisa, Baudette, MN

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
No one there when I wanted to check in. Had to wait 30 minutes for someone to show up. There was no heat in room or a tv remote but I tracked down the handyman and he got all that for me. Very nice man. Motel does not take credit cards which is a bummer and you have to call them at their house when you want to check out. The room itself was clean and very comfortable.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Small town environment, friendly and homey. Nice stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017