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Franciscan Inn

2.0 star property

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Outdoor pool
Lobby
Desk, blackout drapes, free WiFi, bed sheets
Garden
Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking | Desk, blackout drapes, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews

6.4 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Pool
  • Housekeeping
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included
$76
includes taxes & fees
Dec 7 - Dec 8

Explore the area

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955 S Santa Fe Ave, Vista, CA, 92083
  • Place, The Wave Waterpark
    ‪18 min walk‬
  • Place, Broadway Theatre
    ‪18 min walk‬
  • Place, Moonlight Ampitheatre
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Airport, Carlsbad, CA (CLD-McClellan-Palomar)
    ‪13 min drive‬

Room options

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Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking | Desk, blackout drapes, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking

  • 3498 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Room, 2 Double Beds | Desk, blackout drapes, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Room, 2 Double Beds

  • 3993 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Standard Single Room, 1 King Bed | Desk, blackout drapes, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Single Room, 1 King Bed

  • 2992 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

Franciscan Inn

Vista motel with outdoor pool
Along with an outdoor pool, this smoke-free motel has a 24-hour front desk and a garden. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a vending machine.
Franciscan Inn offers 45 air-conditioned accommodations with blackout drapes/curtains. Televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations.

This Vista motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the motel include an outdoor pool.
Franciscan Inn features an outdoor pool, a vending machine, and a garden. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. Onsite self parking is complimentary.

Franciscan Inn is a smoke-free property.

Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • In-room microwave
  • Mini-fridge
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

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

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Limited room service
  • Microwave
  • Mini-fridge

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Late check-in subject to availability

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

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

Children and extra beds

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

Property 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 and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Franciscan Inn Vista
Franciscan Vista
Franciscan Inn Motel
Franciscan Inn Vista
Franciscan Inn Motel Vista

Franciscan Inn Reviews

Reviews

6.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 142 out of 546 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 124 out of 546 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 85 out of 546 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 82 out of 546 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 113 out of 546 reviews

6.6/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

5.6/10

Amenities

6.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Paula

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Carlsbad work trip

The hotel is big In property. The service is okay, not terrible but okay. Rooms are big really spacious lots of parking. Bed was comfortable not terrible ac units worked in our room took a while to cool down but it cooled down....there's a few restaurants around, walking distance, a 711 near also walking distance, Mexican place in the opposite corner, laundry mat in the same plaza as the hotel if needed, really close to the main downtown of Vista. We did not explore as we just wanted to rest though did try the Mexican food it was good.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Veronica

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Great service
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Enrique

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I reserved a room for 2 nights, and the condition of the rooms were absolute horrible. The ACE was also not working and where the property was located was unsafe. I tried to get my money back but they didn't let me. DO NOT COME HERE!! Not family friendly at all!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

emily

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Joshua

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel is overrun with what seems to be drug trafficking and homelessness. Checked out at 245 am due to roaches and constant banging on walls from other tenants. Broke down cars and broke furniture just thrown about.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Timothy

Traveled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The floor was filthy.My wife told the maid and she just looked at her and walked away. The bathroom door was filthy and covered in mold. Didn't bother to say anything since they didn't seem to care about the floor. We booked the room for 3 days and were not offered cleaning or fresh towels once while we were there. The first night my wife asked for an extra blanket and an extra pillow and was told they don't have them. Had I not payed for 3 nights in advance, I would have left after the first night.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Gloria

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
When we got there the doors looked weak, there were too many loud people yelling outside. We felt unsafe to even sleep there.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Luis

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

julie

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kara

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Worst experience I have ever had at an hotel. Staff was rude , people sleeping in their cars outside your room in the parking lot and ask to use your shower. There were piles of garbage outside the door of the room. The office manager/owner called yelling at me a day before I was scheduled to check out asking where I was cause it was past check out time. I would avoid this place at all cost!!!!! Prices were cheap but still will never go back
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

michelle

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Crappy bed. Walls from the bathroom it’s like it’s going to fall. TVs not working. Wasted my $300 for 2 nights.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Cheryl

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Doug

Disliked: Amenities
Sketchy area in the two story building. Broken down cars and a pitbull with people hanging around. I refused the first room they gave me. They offered up another one near the office that was better and I accepted it. Overall lower than expected and my expectations weren’t very high.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

tu

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible. They don't even have wifi that work for me to work. I ruined my night there. I want a refund
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Edward

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We had to change rooms because the first one they provided was smelly and dirty. Some of the staff acted like they were suspicious we were doing something wrong. In one case they asked how many people we had in the room. I've never been asked that after checking in.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Joel

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Enrique

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

4/10 Poor

Anastasia

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Room had hair everywhere on the floor and all over the pillows. There is a janky outlet for the lamp and the TV didn’t work.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Md Mozammal Kamal

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stenya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The front office was very considerate of my being a solo female guest. Placed me close to their office.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stenya

Liked: Amenities
I liked the cleanliness and that I was in a safe environment.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Katherine

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Holes in the paint in the bedroom. Shower was dirty. People next door came in around 2 woke me up was so noisy. Okay for 1 night but wouldn’t stay there longer
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025