Relax Inn

Hotels
Independent
4.8 (117 reviews)
188 N Lovers Lane, Franklin, Indiana, 46131 , Franklin , US

Pets allowed

Facilities

Free WiFi
Casino
Front desk (limited hours)
Internet access in public areas - high speed
Smoke-free property
Wheelchair accessible parking
RV, bus, truck parking
Free self parking
Free RV, bus, truck parking
Casino nearby
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Review Highlights

Pros:
Friendly staff
Quick refund process
Cons:
Dirty rooms
Unattentive service
Twice charged

Categories

Cleanliness
3.44
Multiple guests reported unclean rooms with dirty sheets and roaches.
Service
7.41
Staff were friendly and offered refunds, but issues with room assignments decreased the overall service experience.
Location
6.45
The property has a convenient location but its sketchy appearance detracts from its appeal.
Room Quality
4.4
Rooms were reported as disgusting with issues like dirty linens and lack of amenities.
Amenities
4.43
Guests noted the lack of basic amenities like a working TV and ice availability.
Value for Money
3.39
Many guests felt they were overcharged for the poor quality of the stay.
Food and Beverage
5.44
No specific food or beverage experiences were mentioned.
Overall Experience
3.41
General dissatisfaction with the quality and service of the hotel experience.
* This sentiment is summarized by AI based on user reviews.
Updated at: 2026-01-17 06:22

Property Description

Discover your perfect getaway at our charming hotel, Relax Inn, nestled in the heart of Franklin.

Recreational Paradise: Unwind with a round of golf at nearby courses or try your luck at our vibrant casino, offering entertainment for every taste.

Comfortable Accommodations: Choose from our 50 spacious guestrooms, each equipped with modern amenities like LCD televisions and microwaves, ensuring a relaxing stay.

Convenient Amenities: Enjoy complimentary wireless internet, daily housekeeping, and free self-parking with laundry facilities available on-site for your convenience.

Book now and experience the exceptional hospitality awaiting you at Relax Inn, where comfort meets fun!

Important information:

  • This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.
  • Children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
  • Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
  • The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
  • Alcohol is not served at this property.

Check-in and check-out hours:
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Airport code: IND

Property Policies

  • Pets

    Service animals are exempt from fees/restrictions

  • Children and extra beds

    No rollaway/extra beds available

  • Food & Beverage

    No alcohol served onsite

  • Guest type

    Essential workers only - NO

  • Pets

    Pets allowed

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Location

Guest Reviews

4.8
Based on 117 reviews
Cleanliness: 3.44
Service: 7.41
Location: 6.45
Room Quality: 4.4
Amenities: 4.43
Value for Money: 3.39
Food and Beverage: 5.44
Overall Experience: 3.41
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Ashley
2
Pros:

Checked into this property with my daughters for a two night stay, once it got dark the cockroach’s came out, room was disgusting and stink like piss!. When I finally located the person at the desk she instantly apologized and offered a refund said she would approve it when booking agent called but never did, this place is digesting along with the clientele would not recommend anyone stay here infact it shoukd be removed from Expedia and condemned by the city of Franklin, Indiana!!

2025-10-06 via Nuitee
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Joseph
2
Pros:

They charged me twice. I had to.be moved to another room, no tv or cable. Did not get ground room like i asked for. No ice anywhere for cold drinks. The people at the hotel disappeared. Nobody around for several hours. I coukd not check out or talk to someone why i was charged twice. Until i went to the ecno hotel next door. Who leave a hotel with nobody to attend the residence of the hotel

2025-09-28 via Nuitee
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Robin
2
Dirty and roaches
Pros:

The place is kind of sketchy pulling in. Going to the room, the floors were dirty all the way up the stairs. The room did not seem clean. There were no headboards, just platform beds. The sheets on one bed were dirty and the sheets on the other bed were do thin that I could see the stains on the mattress cover. Then I had to kill two roaches. I left. The best thing I can say is that all the employees were friendly and helpful and gave me a refund.

2025-09-07 via Nuitee
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Kyle family
2
Pros:

Lady at the front desk was nice and very helpful but the property over all was pretty trashy and our room was absolutely disgusting

2025-09-02 via Nuitee
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Clemencia
2
Pros:

Definitely a motel type feel. No lamps in room. Looked rather seedy. No elevator. We didn't stay

2025-08-08 via Nuitee
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Sanjeev
2
Pros:

TV remote doesn’t work, stinking due to some cleaner, holes in top sheet, gnats roaming around in room

2025-08-01 via Nuitee
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Marc
2
Horrific - this place should be shut down.
Pros:

Horrific experience cannot does not and will not fully explain our experience!!! Visiting Franklin from out of town on our wedding anniversary of all days. Let’s bypass the fact that the cleanest thing in the entrance was the aquarium. I could be wrong but laundry detergent bottles and weed eaters do not go into the lobby. First off when given the key to our 1st room (that’s right 1st room) the man said “if anyone is in there just let me know” 😳. We proceeded to go into the room and a young man met us on the other side of the door very surprised. Not even for the fact that we were entering but as if he had gotten caught. We went down and let the man at the desk know and we were given another room. This one checked out so we decided to go to dinner. We returned and proceeded to enter our room, and it had been given to SOMEONE ELSE! Are you kidding me?!?! So this same gentleman, who we had to go outside and find, walked down the hall (where might I and had paper plates taped to door and gave us a room with turned over beds that had been slept in. One pillow for two beds. Ashes and shoe strings on the floor (obviously the non smoking sign means squat and you should probably check the smoke detectors because it can almost be guaranteed that they DO NOT WORK! Trash on the sink and the fridge smelled like old hot spoiled food. we had to ask for clean sheets blankets and towels because why wouldn’t a facility have clean sheets and blankets and towels in a room!

2025-08-01 via Nuitee
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Stephanie partner
4
Pros:

Pulled up and it was scary, looked like people lived there. Theres was about 10 people hanging out in the parking lot, scary looking. Left and went to a different hotel. Paid more hut felt safe.

2025-07-05 via Nuitee
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Gary
4
Pros:

There was a wierd smell to the hotel. The floor in my room had some kind of residue.

2025-07-01 via Nuitee
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Stephanie
6
Pros:

There was a 11pm curfew for children… which is much too late. Now if the children were quiet maybe… but they were very loud.
A/c worked great. After being outside in 90 degree heat all day it worked well cooling us down. Recommend bringing your own towels. It was affordable, and decent for the price I paid. I just wish they would keep the noose out of the hallway much sooner than 11pm.

2025-06-22 via Nuitee
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Bryan D. partner
2
Pros:

Upon arrival, there were many people wandering around the parking lot aimlessly. We were to pay at check in, after waiting 20 minutes with an "Out to Lunch" sign in the lobby/check in we were informed we'd already been charged. Down dingy and I'll repaired hallway we ascended even a more deplorable stairway. Children's clothes strung about the hall and toys and scooters. After t attempts to access the room, it was empty, aside from a Bud Light mini fridge, a cigarette burn ladened "comforter" and no furniture. Room was exceedingly warm as we discovered the window was open, hence the insatiable amount of insects in the room. We went to dinner, came back for our travel bag and simply left and drove the 2 hours home as apposed to date stay in a complete...dump.

2025-06-15 via Nuitee
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Kathleen
2
Pros:

2 words: Cockroaches and mold.

2025-06-09 via Nuitee
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Joyce
6
Pros:

The clerk was very helpful. The property needs some major TLC.
It seemed there were an extreme amount of people that had taken up residence in the hotel. Although these people were not rude, they were hanging out near the front door, leaving me with a feeling of being an intruder.

2025-06-06 via Nuitee
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Samantha
2
Pros:

I reserved a deluxe king, was given two queens. Holes in walls, DISGUSTING TUB that COULD NOT BE CLEANED!!! Cut my arm on their taped up front door. The staff, Logan and Cornelius, were the only good thing about this hotel, they TRIED to clean the tub with a chemical and scraped with fingernails, but nothing changed. I have cleaned homes, businesses, and hotels and this room shouldn’t be rented to an animal, much less to a human. Felt very uncomfortable leaving my car unattended in the parking lot with the people that were just hanging around. It took multiple calls from hotels.com and myself to finally get refunded since I was only there about 3 hours. Pool is completely inaccessible due to no water in it and machinery in the pool area. Lobby smelled strongly of fish and it wasn’t the aquariums…

2025-06-02 via Nuitee
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Wayne family
2
Pros:

Property was in terrible condition. Walking into the front entrance a terrible smell hits you in the face. In addition the lobby and rooms are nothing like the pictures. The hallway floor had stains and the rooms were outdated. Very poor shape.

2025-05-31 via Nuitee
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David
2
Pros:

Super dirty. Mounds of trash outside the trash can next to entrance. Broken bathtub faucet handle and towel rack, hot - cold water fluctuations, permanently stained white towels and wash cloths, no mini shampoo, small TV with only 12 channels. The entire facility looks like it hasn't been cleaned in 20 years. Needs to be condemned. The photo views on this site are a "scam" representation. I should call VISA and dispute the charges of $100 per night.

2025-05-26 via Nuitee
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Verified traveler
2
Scary
Pros:

Scary. Only stayed one night, noises in hall all night, nonsmoking room smelled like smoke, window was open. Took 4 hours to check in. I will never go back there. Left after first night, tried contacting hotels.com about refund for 2nd night, no response yet. People, especially women, need warned about that place

2025-05-06 via Nuitee
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Kellie partner
2
Pros:

This has to be TOP 3 of the worst hotels ive ever stayed at. Roaches climing the doors ans walls, no smoke alarms, latex gloves hanging out of smoke alarms, dirty bedding. The whole hotel wreeks of moth balls. You can't get the smell out of your clothes. I'm here on business and our clothes wreek of the hotel smell. Dogs barking in the room next door. Bed was made out of ply wood and broken. You'd be better off sleeping in your car.

2025-04-12 via Nuitee
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Latonya family
2
Pros:

Roaches in the rooms big ones at that

2025-01-01 via Nuitee
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alisha
6
Pros:

The ladies were nice at the check in counter. The overall hotel was on the dirty side.

2024-04-21 via Nuitee