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Budget Inn Express

2.0 star property
Travelers find everything they need at this centrally located hotel, with high-speed WiFi keeping them connected and helpful staff available around the clock.

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Deluxe Double Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets - Budget Inn Express (South Hill)
Deluxe Double Room, 2 Bedrooms | Bathroom | Free toiletries, towels - Budget Inn Express (South Hill)
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Budget Inn Express sits in the town center, making it a practical base for visitors. Guests can use the WiFi in their rooms, park for free in the self-parking area, and find staff ready to help at the front desk, which operates 24 hours a day.

Reviews

3.2 out of 10

Popular amenities

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

Room options

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Basic Single Room, 1 Queen Bed, Ground Floor | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Basic Single Room, 1 Queen Bed, Ground Floor

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Free toiletries, towels

Deluxe Double Room, 2 Bedrooms

  • 278 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Deluxe Double Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Double Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Deluxe Single Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Single Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

About the neighborhood

South Hill is home to Budget Inn Express. South Hill Model Train Museum and Colonial Theatre are cultural highlights, and some of the area's landmarks include Whittle's Mill Historic Site and Park and MacCallum More Museum and Gardens. Visit our South Hill travel guide
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617 N Mecklenburg Ave, South Hill, VA, 23970

What's nearby

  • Harold parker State Forest, Andover MA in the fall
    Parker Park
    2 min drive - 1.7 miles
  • South Hill Model Train Museum
    12 min walk - 0.7 miles
  • Colonial Theatre
    12 min walk - 0.7 miles
  • Tobacco Farm Life Museum of Virginia
    12 min walk - 0.7 miles
  • VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital Thomas W. Leggett Center
    12 min walk - 0.7 miles

Getting around

  • Richmond Intl. Airport (RIC)
    77 min drive

Restaurants

  • Love's Travel Stop
    7 min drive
  • Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits
    5 min drive
  • McDonald's
    3 min drive
  • Starbucks
    4 min drive
  • The Backyard Brews & Bites
    8 min drive

About this property

Budget Inn Express

Property highlights
Budget Inn Express provides laundry facilities and more. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi.
Other perks include:
  • Free self parking
  • A 24-hour front desk
Room features
All guestrooms at Budget Inn Express include comforts such as air conditioning, in addition to amenities like free WiFi.
Extra amenities include:
  • Tubs or showers and free toiletries
  • Flat-screen TVs with cable channels

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Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • 1 building
  • 1 floor
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable channels

More

  • Air conditioning

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: noon; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 10 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs and cats only
Restrictions apply; for more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: USD 10 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

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, debit cards, and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Budget Inn Express South Hill
Budget Express South Hill
Budget Inn Express Motel
Budget Inn Express South Hill
Budget Inn Express Motel South Hill

Frequently asked questions

Is Budget Inn Express pet-friendly?

Yes, cats and dogs are allowed at this property. There's a fee of USD 10 per pet, per night. Service animals are exempt from fees. Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Budget Inn Express?

Check-in start time: noon; Check-in end time: anytime.

What time is check-out at Budget Inn Express?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Budget Inn Express located?

Situated in South Hill, this motel is within a 15-minute walk of South Hill Model Train Museum, VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital Thomas W. Leggett Center, and Tobacco Farm Life Museum of Virginia. Colonial Theatre and Centennial Park are also within 1 mi (2 km).

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Reviews

Budget Inn Express Reviews

3.2

2.8

Cleanliness

4.0

Location

4.6

Staff & service

2.8

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 1 out of 26 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 1 out of 26 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 26 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 26 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 19 out of 26 reviews

Reviews

Verified

6/10 Okay

Tracy

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

If your not picky and just want a pillow.

Beds were comfy, but bathroom was terrible, faucet fell apart, water pressue was dismal. Tub was chipped and dated.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024
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2/10 Terrible

Kwong Yu

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The place was dirty
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
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2/10 Terrible

Taval

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Dirty & Unkept

The room was in desperate need of upkeep and repairs. Too many issues to list here but definitely will not be staying at this location again in the future.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025
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4/10 Poor

Yesenia

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
rooms had a smell that we could barely stand
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023
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2/10 Terrible

Michael

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dirty bad condition
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024
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2/10 Terrible

Jared

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The picture of the room online isn't the room you get. Patched up holes all over the walls. The bathroom was undescribable. Avoid the hole in the floor when you walk into the room that's only covered by the carpet. Cockroaches everywhere. It was disgusting. And this is review is for room 103 but I'm sure the rest of the hotel is the same.
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Harold

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Room Lacked Many Things

Room was run-down. The sink and toilet looked fairly new, and the bed was alright. Towels were stained and shower curtain was badly stained. The pictures will tell the rest of the story, but here is what was lacking: no place to put a suitcase, no place to hang clothes, not even a wall hook, no shelves, no toilet paper dispenser, no bath mat, no coffee maker, no cups that can be used in a microwave (microwave was rusty and greasy see picture), no Bible, no available wall outlets, exposed wiring from an old fixture, moldy bathroom ceiling.
Rusted microwave
damage to wall
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Harold

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Room and Property Were Run Down See Photos

This is a run-down property. In the room I had the sink and toilet looked fairly new, but the furniture was in poor shape, the bed was alright. Towels were stained and shower curtain was badly stained. The pictures will tell the rest of the story, but here is what was lacking: no place to put a suitcase, no place to hang clothes, not even a wall hook, no shelves, no toilet paper dispenser, no bath mat, no coffee maker, no cups that can be used in a microwave (microwave was rusty and greasy see picture), no Bible, no available wall outlets, exposed wiring from an old fixture, moldy bathroom ceiling.
Rusted microwave
damage to wall
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Wesley

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I booked this hotel for a friend who had a roadside emergency. Once he got there, they charged him again, after I’d already paid. Had to go through Expedia and got a partial refund. But the room was absolutely filthy. My friend didn’t even feel comfortable changing clothes or showering there it was so nasty. The police showed up twice during the night when he was there, once for the neighboring room where the guest was having paranoid delusions of being watched/room broken into.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nothing, room dirty , dirty towels Sink leaking, no hot water . Have some man on a bike going in rooms Poor service
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019
Verified

2/10 Terrible

AqParkRose

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
this place looks like a addict and prostitution Haven!!!! The worst
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
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2/10 Terrible

Clarence

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A real dump

I paid cash, then stayed in room for 30 min. And left to find a better motel. A tent in the middle of a busy, filthy train track would have been better. There was no ice,no tv, no glasses, no soap, no wifi,. The sheets and pillow cases were marked and dirty. There was poor lighting, holes in walls and furniture. Dangerous front step for wife. Nothing was plugged in when we arrived. He tried to get more money. He said i got the best room. (WOW) We left without getting our money back. You should be ashamed of yourselves for representing such a disgraceful dump.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Land

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Towels were terry cloth. Carpet was wet from AC leaking. Tube was nasty. No toilet paper. Did not feel safe.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Paresh

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bugs in the room, everything broken bad smell. No toilet paper
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Staff was friendly, but I found a dead insects in the linens, and the refrigerator was unplugged with a previous tenants food and drink growing in it.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
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2/10 Terrible

PoppyApplesauce

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not only is the hotel in disrepair (big holes punched out in the drywall and the door; a locking door that needs jiggling to open; cigarette holes in the bedspread), I saw two crawling bed bugs on my sheets before leaving. The owner has not yet refunded my money despite numerous attempts by me in person and by Expedia representatives to gain his permission to refund my room. How dare you charge someone for a room that they couldn't stay in because it was infected with bedbugs. How dare you refuse to accommodate Expedia service reps who ask permission to cancel the transaction. The owner yelled loudly at me and kicked me out of his office, though I was being polite, clear, factual, and firm. I didn't ask for extra money for cleaning my clothing or luggage. I just wanted to be refunded my charge for the room which was unusable, dirty, and infested with biting parasites.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
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2/10 Terrible

Doni

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The bed was infested with bedbugs.
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Aweful stay

Aweful stayed for less than an hour found bugs in the bed, no hot water, toulet backed up and when talked to front desk simply stated had no more rooms so I left.
Verified

8/10 Good

Antonio

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025
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2/10 Terrible

Jonathan

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025
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4/10 Poor

Ricardo

Stayed 1 night in May 2024
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2/10 Terrible

Shani

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024
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10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Verified

4/10 Poor

Kurt

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019