Comfort Inn Richmond

We take a yearly trip to a race in Rossburg, OH and stay in Richmond, IN. This is the sixth year for this event, we have been tryng to find a hotel to stay with every year. The one we used to begin with is under new ownership and is not very good. So the past couple of years we have tried other hotels. The Comfort Inn was a bit disappointing to me I must say. We checked in late, had already made arrangements to do so. It was around midnight when we finally got there so we were looking forward to a shower and sleep. Unfortunately when we got to our room we found the bed had never been changed, dirty towels in the bathroom floor and the trash cans full. Returning to the front desk with this information we were given the "only other room availabe", a smoking room. We checked it out, the aroma was entirely too overwhelming. I went back to the desk and told him to just give us the sheets and towels, give us a discount on the room and we would take the original room. He left a message for the morning staff to get in touch with us about a discount and carried the sheets and towels to the room. He was even kind enough to help us make the bed. After our day of racing and cooking out we returned to the hotel only to find no parking. The only space left was one that had a large SUV a foot over the white line. In the front of the parking lot there was a box truck parked horizonatlly taking up 5 spaces. We went in and asked if we could park in the grass and we were told we could park at the restaurant next door. My problem with that was that hey didn't share a parking lot. The parking lot was completely empty and not a single light. I was not at all comfortable with leaving my car that far from the hotel in a dark parking lot all night. The parking lot for this hotel is far too small to accomidate the size and capacity of this hotel. The day we checked out we did get half off that first night stay which pleased me a great deal. The staff was all very kind and more than willing to assist.