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Smart Choice Inn

2.0 star property

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

Reviews

5.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • Pet-friendly
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning
  • Housekeeping

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801 South Main St., Plankinton, SD, 57368
  • Place, Plankinton Historical Museum
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Place, Pool Side Park
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Place, Corn Palace
    ‪23 min drive‬

Room options

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Senior Single Room

Senior Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Single Room

Deluxe Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Basic Single Room

Basic Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Double Room

Deluxe Double Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Comfort Single Room

Comfort Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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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 6.2 mi (10 km) from Fish Lake Country Club and 23.8 mi (38.2 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
  • Dakota Wesleyan University - 19 min drive - 46.1 km
  • Corn Palace - 23 min drive - 49.9 km
  • Valtiroty Shiloh's Tabernacle - 23 min drive - 49.9 km

Getting around

  • Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) - 84 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Loose Goose Saloon - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Plank Inn - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Commerce Street Grille - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪DJ's Drive Inn - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪The earlybird express - ‬16 min walk

About this property

Smart Choice Inn

Hotel in Plankinton with free parking
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
  • Limited on-site self parking
  • 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
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 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 289 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 63 out of 289 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 56 out of 289 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 48 out of 289 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 76 out of 289 reviews

5.8/10

Cleanliness

6.4/10

Staff & service

4.8/10

Amenities

5.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

ARIS

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Furniture are broken and stained chairs.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Andrew

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Easily the worst hotel I’ve stayed at.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Kevin

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Parking was awesome for a semi truck and lowboy. There was a gas station with in walking distance that had a small kitchen it opened at 5am
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Gail

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Check-in was a nightmare. Stood at desk for over 10 minutes waiting for someone to come to desk. Sign on counter said dial 0 on phone on counter, did twice, nothing. Door to back office area was open, young man finally came out dancing with ear buds in. When looking up my reservation he asked how much Expedia charged me, then said ok that’s what I’ll charge. Told him I’ve already paid & he wanted to see proof. Once I showed him (I should have never been asked) he just gave me a key, never had me fill out or sign anything. My reservation was for 2 queen room, which I confirmed with him. Got to room and it had one bed. Was put in another room. This young man had no clue what he was doing or didn’t care. The room and beds were surprisingly clean. Breakfast was a 1/2 loaf of bread & a partial stick of butter, container of cereal but no milk & an empty coffee pot but no cups even if it wasn’t. Not sure who owns/manages this place but they definitely need to do better.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

ron

Adequate for the price
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stefan

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

8/10 Good

Ellen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Plankington area

Next door to a nice little gas station that provided nice cook meal
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Chris

Travelled with group
Room was a little dinged up but no problems outside of that.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Chris

It was okay.

Wish it had a better breakfast. There was no one even there this morning.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Phil

Quick booking!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Douglas

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Breakfast was weak, i had food
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Aspen

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Amenities
There were bedbugs on our pillow in our first room went to the front desk and asked for another room there were dead roaches everywhere in the second room went back up to the front desk and asked for a refund the personnel at the desk proceeded to say the bug we showed him wasn’t a bedbug (I know what a bed bug looks like) sucks we’re heading back to Iowa from Yellowstone drove 11 1/2 hours and now we’re just driving the rest of the way home
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Todd, Palo

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Upon arriving at this property. We did not stay because of property conditions. I asked for a refund at the front desk (that we have not recieved). We left looking for cleaner, safer accommodation.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jason

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Do Not Book! This property is CLOSED. Took over 2 hours to get refunded and another room in a different town after driving an hour out of the way
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Ronald

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

Avoid at all cost

I have no idea how this place had a 8.0 rating. This is 1 or 2. Carpets were filthy, some of the bedding was stained. Seriously, just burn the place down, it was that bad.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Bethany

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

The hotel is abandoned.

Hotel is abandoned.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Christian f

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Mark

Travelled with group

Motel was closed

Hotel was closed by city due to fire regulations, and was not notified. Just hoping to get my money back now.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Susan

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pulled in to a dark parking lot. No cars. No lighs. No motel. It’s closed. I booked and paid for one night. There was construction materials in lobby looked thru front door. Please please take off your website. The worst hotel stay or should I say NONSTAY EVER. had to drive over 30 miles to find a room for the night. Which wasn’t great. I’ll list one thing only. Too much wrong to write. There were NO DOOR KNOBS ON ANY ROOM They took them off. Lovely night just lovely
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kathy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hallway was very dirty. We walk into the room and there was a dirty washcloth on the bathroom counter. We pulled the sheets back on the bed, and there was a longer black hair on the sheet that you lay on. The continental breakfast consisted of a loaf of bread with a jar of peanut butter With a knife stuck in the jar. Also two containers with cereal. very unappealing.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Ixchel

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The clerk walked out to us with no bra on, barefoot, not friendly, called because i forgot some items in the room, very rude, yelling unfriendly. When we went to the room, you push the fur and it opened rugby up. Bathroom dirty, shower slimey, horrible experience
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Nicolle

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

4/10 Poor

Karen

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
As soon as we opened the door a dog came running up to us. Thankfully, we like dogs so it's wasn't a big deal but not everyone does. Then the lady at the front desk starts showing us her feet because it was hot and they were swollen. It was hot but still weird. Then she tells us to hold on a minute. We were standing there waiting for a good 10 minutes thinking she still needed something. She starts petting her dog and I ask her if we're good and she just says, "Oh, yeah". The breakfast area was some cabinets just placed in the hallway. There was only cereal, toast, and coffee. We get down to our room and the gentleman comes out because he had just turned on the air-conditioning. It had been 104°F. It was the ground floor and there were only shear curtains on the window. There was only one working light. One of the pillows didn't have a pillow case. When my husband went to ask for a pillow case they said they would bring it to the room. They did bring it to the room but then the guy tried looking passed my husband to see into the room. There was what looked like major mold on the wall behind the toilet as well. Unfortunately, that was the only hotel that we knew of in that town and we just needed a place to sleep for the night. Not great but we have had to sleep in worse places. The staff seemed friendly enough. Just not very professional.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Carolyn

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The place stinks, from the hall into the room. There was hair in the bathtub. The towels and bedding are worn out. The chairs have stains on them. I would not have stayed here but for the fact the ac in my camper did not work in the 105 degree heat. I did not sleep well and was out the door before 6 AM.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Jeff

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I don't think the sheets were clean. There were hairs when we pulled the sheets back that weren't ours.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025