Western Sands Motel

2.0 star property

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Outdoor pool
Standard Room, 2 Bedrooms
Reception
Exterior
Property grounds

Reviews

5.6 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning
  • Laundry room
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

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80900 US Highway 111, Indio, CA, 92201
  • Place, Shields Date Garden
    ‪19 min walk‬
  • Place, Prestige Nails & Spa
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, Rancho La Quinta Golf Club
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Airport, Bermuda Dunes, CA (UDD)
    ‪11 min drive‬

Room options

Basic Room, 1 Bedroom

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

Standard Room, 2 Bedrooms

  • 28 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

Standard Room, 4 Bedrooms

  • Sleeps 6
  • 4 Single Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

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About the area

Indio

With a stay at Western Sands Motel in Indio, you'll be within a 10-minute drive of Empire Polo Club and Indian Wells Tennis Garden. .This motel is 28.6 mi (46 km) from Joshua Tree National Park and 4.7 mi (7.5 km) from Fantasy Springs Casino.

What's nearby

  • Shields Date Garden - 19 min walk - 1.6 km
  • Prestige Nails & Spa - 3 min drive - 1.9 km
  • Rancho La Quinta Golf Club - 4 min drive - 2.3 km
  • Coachella Music Festival - 11 min drive - 4.9 km
  • Empire Polo Club - 11 min drive - 4.9 km

Getting around

  • Bermuda Dunes, CA (UDD) - 5 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Dutch Bros Coffee - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪In-N-Out Burger - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Thai Hot Restaurant - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬2 min drive

About this property

Western Sands Motel

Western Sands Motel offers 37 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary toiletries. 32-inch flat-screen televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include showers. This Indio motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the motel include an outdoor pool.
Make yourself at home in one of the 37 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and complimentary toiletries.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a terrace and a garden.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV with cable channels

More

  • Air conditioning

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

An adult age 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking
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 not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

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

Payment types

Important information

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; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Western Sands Motel INDIO
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Western Sands Motel Reviews

Reviews

5.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 30 out of 200 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 40 out of 200 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 42 out of 200 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 28 out of 200 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 60 out of 200 reviews

5.6/10

Cleanliness

6.4/10

Staff & service

5.2/10

Amenities

5.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified

8/10 Good

Jim

Ac was adequate
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2026
Verified

6/10 Okay

Sabrina

Nice
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025
Verified

4/10 Poor

Sonny

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was okay responding to our needs but the place itself was not worth placing on Hotels.com lust!!! There was no hot water in the taps until a staff discovered the faucets are all backwards and takes about 10 minutes to warm up. It has full kitchen amenities but no utensils or pots and pans. The microwave barely functions but the ref can cool foods down to freezing. There were no trash bins in the room except for a small one by the toilet. In short, the amenities needed for a restful stay are lacking!!! Will not go back and Hotels.com should remove from their list. Definitely a 1 star place only because my parking spot was directly in front of our unit!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2026
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Joe

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Horrible

Don’t come here.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
Verified

4/10 Poor

Sierra

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Booked this for Coachella neighbors seemed to be living there and just made me and a female friend feel very very unsafe
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Ridvan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

8/10 Good

Luisa

Disliked: Staff & service
They asked for deposit $20 dls .. but they lady in the office she gives me chance to get deposit later.. that was asme
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Mario

Found 3 small roaches going around the water faucet by the sink area in the bathroom. Tv remote control did not work, a/c controls were very loose, hard to adjust the temprature. This place sucks, trash outside most rooms!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Coleman

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I was told 3-4 different prices higher each time, when I called the property later in the day but per my departure at 12pm the same day the room was $70, as well as Expedia. Then it said suddenly "no rooms available for chosen date" so I called, told they had room for $96. Called back, told it was $150-180. I had traveled after a VERY long day just to patronize again as this hotel is HORRIBLE: dirty room, dirty bed, dirty and damp towels, no water pressure, dirty floors, and frighteningly deceptive as it was quite vacant per my 11:15pm arrival, which I am expecting the same greeting as the 1st evening, but told a different price by 3 different agents at front desk. It was not just "as if they were" but they DID PRICE GOUGE ME AND LIE ONLINE REGARDING VACANY AND PRICE. The younger man, assuming the son, saw (and I do understand many languages- it's smart to be kind to everyone, especially Valentine's day near midnight.) I explained several times my problem with converting Euro at the moment, so had only enough for the $96 quote. He glanced at my phone and saw the complete anount in my USD account and literally told the other representative out of sight how much I had, used a calculator in front of me and adjusted taxes and all to make it every $ I had for a gross, one damp dingey towel, no TV, gross shower, and just, deceptive/cruel treatment to a ret guest who'd just've stayed in Palm Springs for Valentine's day, decided I'd like some rest. REFUND PLEASE?!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Rebeca

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Feb 2026
Verified

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Dirty bathroom

It was only for one day but the shower was dirty with someone else's hair in it.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Blake

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Poorly staffed. Family that owns the place converted the first room behind the front desk into a living room off of their own living quarters. So when you look behind the front desk you can see discreet into the theater living quarters dream. Super unprofessional
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Gentleman at front was kind but the whole place was a disaster. Rooms were unclean (dead roaches, no toilet paper, no towels). It was an unsanitary place. The sofa bed was unusable because it was so dirty. The man at the front gladly gave us our money back. Also, the room that we had reserved was out of order because of a clogged or leaky shower. They never called to let us know and they accommodated us with a poor replacement. The bathrooms also had electrical wires exposed with only see-through yellow tape covering them. My overall experience was terrible. We left to a Super 8 motel around the corner.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place is disgusting. Torn furniture, carpet stains, tv didn't work.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Jaime

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Worse place to stay

I was given a room that was still occupied. Not happy about that. And then I was given another room where the bed was horrible, I should have slept on the floor. I definitely don’t recommend this location.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Mary

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
STAY AWAY!!! We only booked here because every other place in the area was sold out! The place is absolutely DISGUSTING. Room was extremely filthy, stains on the walls and all the furniture, pubic hairs on the towels, hair in the bed, clogged sink, kitchen so dirty there’s no way you’d want to use it. Room smelled very bad (weed and god knows what else). I don’t mind staying in simple motels as long as they are somewhat clean. This is place is the worst of the worst. Never gets cleaned and owners clearly don’t care. You’re better off sleeping in your car.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
Customer service was lacking and they gave a key to someone that accessed our room in the middle of the night!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Place was dirty towels were dirty only 1 towel trash left from previous people not good
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Verified

4/10 Poor

Alek

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall, I didn’t feel safe staying here!. Entry door was hard to close shut . Countertops and kitchen sink were stained and floor mats in the bathroom was dingy and spotted. No remote to the tv. Communicating with the staff was a little frustrating.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Verified

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

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

Desperate need of renovations and make over

This place is in desperate need of an upgrade and makeover. Black mold in bathrooms, some lights work others don’t, pool is just a mess and I wouldn’t even go near that water. It’s like someone bought an old motel with the plans to renovate and upgrade it but never got around to it!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Verified

4/10 Poor

Marleny

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Do Not Stay Here Until Motel is Renovated/Cleaned

Our room smelled like old people and mold! It seemed like it had been MONTHS, if not longer, since the last time the room had been cleaned or dusted. When taking a shower, all of the dirt came off the tub, making it a gross experience. There wasn't even a phone in our room to connect to the front desk! The WiFi NEVER worked, not for one minute. The front desk were courteous but much more needs to be done
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Verified

2/10 Terrible

jim

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

terrible no tv empty bottles layin on floor

terrible
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort

Nothing fancy, but has the necessities

The room was spacious with full kitchen and big vanity closet. The shower was a stand alone, not very big, no place to put toiletries inside the shower except the ground. Water pressure wasn’t great so if you have hair, be prepared to take a while. The refrigerator was a little dirty. Check in was quick. Overall, not the Ritz but it worked for what we needed it for.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to the music festival I went to. And the AC worked all weekend
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019
Verified

8/10 Good

Kristyn

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Decent stay. They could use some upgrading/paint to the inside of the room. Negatives: shower was old/dirty, walls had stains/dirty, bathroom door was so bent out of shape it didn't even close, entire room had a funky smell, the WIFI didn't work, the oven didn't work either. Pros: Staff was easy, hotel area was quiet/convenient to stores we needed. Room was very spacious & tv worked good. Overall it was a decent stay. We aren't too picky at all & we booked this room last minute for Stagecoach weekend (so we were hardly even inside the room) so there weren't many options left available. Would stay again if we had too.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019