Extended Stay America - Durham - University
Phone: (919) 489-8444
Extended Stay America Select Suites - Durham - University offers everything you need when you need to be away from home for a few nights, a couple of weeks, or even several months. Whether you're relocating, traveling for business or require temporary housing, you'll find our spacious, fully-furnished suites with kitchens are the perfect, affordable option. All the rooms in our Durham - University hotel have full kitchens, so you can prepare meals your way. And every spacious suite is equipped with free wi-fi and plenty of space to relax and stay productive. Guests also enjoy pet-friendly rooms and on-site laundry facilities.
Details
- Guest Rooms 120
Amenities
- Accessible
- Fitness Center
- High-Speed Internet (Fee)
- Is Accessible For Free?
- Parking Available
- Pet Friendly
- Pets Allowed
- Wheelchair-accessible Elevator
- Wheelchair-accessible Entrance
- Wheelchair-accessible Parking
- Wheelchair-accessible Restroom
Hours
Monday: Open 24 hours
Tuesday: Open 24 hours
Wednesday: Open 24 hours
Thursday: Open 24 hours
Friday: Open 24 hours
Saturday: Open 24 hours
Sunday: Open 24 hours
Tuesday: Open 24 hours
Wednesday: Open 24 hours
Thursday: Open 24 hours
Friday: Open 24 hours
Saturday: Open 24 hours
Sunday: Open 24 hours
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Google Rating
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Ive stayed here for months and find the staff super helpful and almost like family. The wash room is run with coins or an app and that make doing laundry very convenient. Full size refrigerators and very comfy beds make this a must stay for me!! -
I stayed here for work and figured since I was only going to be in town for a couple months, it would be fine for a temporary stay. I was a little skeptical because of the low prices, but I tried to keep an open mind.
Right away at check-in I was told the “fully equipped kitchen” didn’t actually include cookware, dishes, utensils, etc. unless I bought them from the front desk. I’ve stayed at other extended stay hotels before that included those things, so that was frustrating and honestly felt misleading.
When I got to the room, it smelled pretty bad — kind of like BO and old corn chips. I ended up going to Target for Febreze just to make it tolerable. The room itself was rough around the edges too: torn carpet, missing bathroom door handle, no chair at the table, and surprisingly no microwave. The pictures they show you online are very far from what the actual room looks like.
That said, I’ll give credit where it’s due: the bed was actually really comfortable, the shower pressure was great, and it was pretty quiet at night. Because of that, I decided to just deal with the rest since I was only staying short term anyway.
About a week later I got a survey from the hotel and answered honestly. I mentioned the condition of the room, the kitchen situation, and that I wasn’t aware about when I would get housekeeping services. The next morning I got loud knocking on my door with someone yelling “management.” The woman who said she was the manager was clearly angry about my survey responses and immediately became argumentative with me about the cookware and housekeeping policies instead of just listening to the feedback.
That interaction honestly made me more uncomfortable than the room itself. I understand this isn’t a luxury hotel and I wasn’t expecting one, but I do expect basic professionalism. I ended up checking out early and just eating the extra fee because I no longer felt comfortable staying there.
I wouldn’t stay here again.
P.s. If the manager is reading this, I've included the email where it says fully equipped kitchen which it was not. -
Pet friendly room: D***. I don't have very high standards for hotel rooms, but this was pretty bad. Floors were visibly dirty, table had two broken legs, one of the two burners on the stove didn't work, wall handle in shower missing, black gunk around shower control, and people had clearly been smoking in what was marked a non-smoking room. On the up side I did not see any bugs.
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I am telling you, if you are trying to build savings and on a mission to save financially, if you need long term housing security, I would recommend Extended Stay. You hav all the elements of studio that’s affordable. The savings that can grow your wealth was realized when I stepped into my current role.
No thinking about rent, separate utilities, cable, WiFi, maintenance, renter’s insurance, the benefits of staff coming in to assist with housekeeping, kitchenette that includes a full refrigerator, stove top cooking, microwave… the cost savings are worth the momentarily stay to goals. -
This is an extended stay place which is an important distinction. You can't really expect it to be a 5-star fancy hotel- its not. That said it served our purpose extremely well. Location safe & near shopping area plus only about a mile from the location of my training- we traveled from Memphis so it was a haul & were happy to land here. Price was fine - 2 nights ($85 per night) & really reasonable especially compared to a hotel located 6 or 7 miles from my destination & was priced at over $300 per night-it was nice but not worth the difference for our needs. The staff was nice, brought up extra towels quickly & were polite. Room was worn but very clean, no bad smells- it was very adequate. The only real problem for us was no drapery, so we dealt with a lot of light coming through the blinds- the walkways are very well lit, thats a positive except when you need a very dark room to sleep.
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