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Smart Choice Inn

2.0 star property

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Free WiFi, bed sheets
Lobby sitting area
Exterior
Hair dryer, towels
Check-in/check-out kiosk

Reviews

5.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Air conditioning
  • Housekeeping
  • Pet-friendly
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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801 South Main St., Plankinton, SD, 57368
  • Plankinton Historical Museum
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Pool Side Park
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Fish Lake Country Club
    ‪9 min drive‬

Room options

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Deluxe Double Room

Deluxe Double Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Deluxe Single Room

Deluxe Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Large Twin Beds

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Senior Single Room

Senior Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Basic Single Room

Basic Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Comfort Single Room

Comfort Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Large Twin Beds

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About the area

Plankinton

Located in Plankinton, Smart Choice Inn is within a 5-minute drive of Plankinton Historical Museum and Pool Side Park. .This hotel is 6.1 mi (9.9 km) from Fish Lake Country Club and 23.7 mi (38.1 km) from Dakota Wesleyan University.

What's nearby

  • Plankinton Historical Museum - 16 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Pool Side Park - 17 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Fish Lake Country Club - 9 min drive - 11.2 km
  • Dakota Wesleyan University - 25 min drive - 46.1 km
  • Corn Palace - 29 min drive - 49.6 km

Getting around

  • Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) - 81 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Loose Goose Saloon - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Commerce Street Grille & Bar - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪The earlybird express - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Plank-Inn - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪DJ's Drive Inn - ‬8 min walk

About this property

Smart Choice Inn

Hotel in Plankinton with free breakfast and a 24-hour front desk
Smart Choice Inn offers 32 accommodations with air conditioning. Refrigerators and microwaves are provided. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers.

This Plankinton hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels. Housekeeping is offered daily and hair dryers can be requested.

Make yourself at home in one of the 32 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have bathtubs or showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include microwaves, and housekeeping is provided daily.
This hotel offers designated smoking areas.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily.
Free self parking is available onsite.
Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast each morning.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily

Family friendly

  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk

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.
  • No lift
  • Visual fire alarm
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • 2 floors
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 5:00 AM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 10 per pet, per stay
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

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: USD 10 per pet, per stay
  • 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; cash is not accepted
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of Commitment to Clean (Choice)

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

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Smart Choice Inn Reviews

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 46 out of 283 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 62 out of 283 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 54 out of 283 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 48 out of 283 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 73 out of 283 reviews

5.8/10

Cleanliness

6.4/10

Staff & service

5.0/10

Amenities

5.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

MaryKate

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Tabitha

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The bed was warm and there was plumbing and tv. Other than that the stay was mediocre. The small breakfast bar was not stocked in the morning with nothing but probably the previous morning's leftover half loaf of bread, cereal, 2 granola bars, and a quart of milk.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Alice

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
She wasn't at the desk, had to call her. Very unfriendly, just sat and typed on the keyboard for 5 minutes. Then put the card on the desk just stared at me.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Susan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
First off, the name of the hotel is Regency not Smart Choice. You can't tell me they changed that overnight and didn't inform us of the change. The room in the pictures looks much better than the actual room. The air conditioner looks like its hanging on by a thread. The woman checking us in seemed to have a problem but it turns out she was just distracted from her barking dog. The breakfast was horrible! Two choices of cereal or white bread. Ok there was jam or peanut butter but no butter. Coffee was probably left over from the day before and just reheated. I don't think if it was fresh it would have been any better. No, I would not stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lester

Business traveller, Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was extremely polite and very helpful property was clean. Had a very wonderful day.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Tammy

Price was good. Bed was comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Nicole

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

Dirty and outdated.

The room looked like it hadn’t been cleaned. The sheets looked dirty but it may be they were just stained. Where the air unit as I could see outside along the edge. The photos shown in the app for this property were clearly not of this property.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Charles

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I have stayed in third world country hotels during my career. This place ranks right down there with the worst of them. There was no one there to check me in. I hung around for 30 minutes. Dirty and worn.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Larry

It was convenient.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

6/10 Okay

Nancy

Travelled with family
Room was clean. Breakfast was a joke.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Robert

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Ansel

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Never again!!!!!!

I had reserved the room in advance as it said there was only one left, but upon arriving, it didn't appear that was the case. The Host were ok, helpful and talkative, but the room was something to be desired. The TV didn't work, I asked for the wifi access and didn't get a response on that. There were some type of bugs crawling all over, we slept with towels over our pillows. The TV didn't go off, it for some reason had no picture, but was still on. I slept with an eye mask to shield the lightness. Thankfully we only had to spend a minimal amount of time there as we headed out very early in the morning to continue on to Custer, SD. It was deceiving because the room stated it was $59(or$54?), but it actually ended up costing us $72 because I added some insurance plan that was confusing when I did the online reservation. I thought it was to reserved the room due to it only showing 1 available, but after arriving and seeing that not to be the case, it seemed to me a gimmick on getting more money out of a person traveling looking for a place to stay. Either way, it definitely wasn't a good experience and we will probably never stay there again or refer it to anyone else traveling out that way. I guess you get what you get in Plankinton, SD
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wayne

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Kit

Liked: Cleanliness
Management was good. Garbage was full but not there fault. Trash collector could not come till Monday morning. Room was ok just needed a little more attention. Mirrors refrigerator and such. Overall a good stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Aaron

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The room and it's amenities were great. Check in was a breeze.The parking lot was dark and unkept.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Value. Toast, coffee and cereal all included in the 54 bucks! Placed on interstate side. Business across the street gave off an odor.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Not first choice, but served it's purpose. Door handle only worked by pulling up, not the typical down movement. It was okay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jason

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Bugs in the bed. Bugs in the floor. Carpets were filthy. Front desk person was annoyed that I was checking in at 9pm. She was more worried about her boyfriend who came back in. She through the cards in the counter and walked off. I’ve stayed here many times and the place has fallen apart and is FILTHY. Stay in Mitchell or Kimball if you can
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

James

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

Terrible

Terrible service left to go to the store as I was requesting a refund gave me a dirty room questionable people in parking lot bug everywhere
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Brad

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
it was dirty and musty smelling in room and halls
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jervis, Vermilion Bay

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Rebecca

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rooms had cockroaches. Carpets were dirty. Bathroom was clean enough for a shower although you could see caulking holding carpet down in doorway.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Myung Chun, Dahlonega

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Poor maintenance, dirty hallway and bathroom. Sink drainage was not working and lots of dead bugs in the sink and the restroom.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Howard, Lowell

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
There was bugs in there.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Thomas

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Run. Don't look back.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024