Ponca Motel

2.0 star property

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Economy Single Room
Standard Single Room | Bathroom
Economy Single Room
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Standard Single Room | Bathroom

Reviews

6.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Pet-friendly
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning
  • Housekeeping
  • 24/7 front desk

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3101 S 1st St, Abilene, TX, 79605
  • Place, McMurry University
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Place, Paramount Theatre
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Place, Grace Museum
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Airport, Abilene, TX (ABI-Abilene Regional)
    ‪15 min drive‬

Room options

Economy Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Economy Double Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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About this property

Ponca Motel

Motel in Abilene with free parking
A 24-hour front desk, free self parking, and free WiFi in public areas are available at this smoke-free motel. Other amenities include multilingual staff assistance and a vending machine. Change of towels is available on request.
Ponca Motel offers 17 accommodations. 32-inch LED televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices)). Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

During your stay at Ponca Motel, you'll be within walking distance of Rose Park Tennis Center. Features include free WiFi in public areas and free self parking.
  • Free WiFi (speed: 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices))
  • Free self parking
  • Amenities include a multilingual staff and a vending machine
  • Just a 2-minute drive from Rose Park Tennis Center and a few minutes from Wildflower Day Spa
  • Dogs welcome for a fee
As a guest of Ponca Motel, you'll find a vending machine and multilingual staff. Public spaces have free WiFi. Self parking is free.

This Abilene motel is smoke free.


Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices)
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

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

Family friendly

  • In-room microwave
  • Mini-fridge

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • 1 step to reach entrance
  • No lift
  • Well-lit path to entrance

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch LED TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Microwave
  • Mini-fridge

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Heating (climate-controlled)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 21

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: USD 10 per pet (varies based on length of stay)
  • Only dogs are allowed
  • Service animals 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 at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Pet fee: USD 10 per pet (varies based on length of stay)
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
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, debit cards, and cash
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

Ponca Motel Reviews

Reviews

6.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 25 out of 73 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 73 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 73 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 73 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 29 out of 73 reviews

6.2/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

5.4/10

Amenities

5.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

John

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Too bad Expedia does not vet their vendors. This place is unlivable and should be condemned by the Dept of Health and demolished. The room was filthy and gross, and the parking lot looks like it hadn't been paved since the War of 1812. I could not stay in the room for more than 10 minutes without vomiting. I actually had to return to my vehicle to figure out how to reach out to Expedia to request a refund. I returned the key to the front office and asked for a refund because I could not stay if they could not guarantee my health and safety...which was refused. I took a few photos that I shared with Expedia Support and with you here so you can see the dilapidated building, filthy walls, dirty floor, the marked up and damaged "kitchen" appliances, whatever is on the ceiling that is torn and in disrepair, the poorly patched and filthy walls. I couldn't stay long enough to photo the disgusting bathroom where there was a single bath towel that looked like it was used to clean at least five car engines before being placed on the bathroom rack. If you like wallowing in filth and don't mind throwing money away, by all means, stay here. Otherwise, there are plenty of other places that won't jeopardize your health. Their positive reviews HAVE to be paid shills. There is NO WAY anyone can genuinely rate this place as "Excellent" and their responses to the negative comments are rude and insulting to the guest instead of responding with any humility or taking any responsibility.
Dilapidated building
Your marked up kitchen appliances. Note the patched and filthy walls and floor.
Whatever that is on the ceiling
sparse accommodations, with dirty walls and floor
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Brock

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

William

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

Horrible

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Cameron

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Bad area of town to be in.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

kaylea

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

2/10 Terrible

Robert

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Maria

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jerry

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

Run Run Run.AWAY FROM THIS DUMP

This was the worst place I have ever stayed in. Parking was nonexistent. The rooms looked NOTHING like Hotels.com website. If I had wanted to take a shower I would have had to literally climb over the toilet to get to the shower. I had to do my business and literally had to sit on the toilet sideways because there was not enough room between the toilet and the wall..
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Randall

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

lia

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

Great pllace to stay the ponca inn

Gr a at costumer services and clean rooms, very helpful with findimg place to eat amd also fast deturn for laundry....
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Rudy

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Josue

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

DeAsiah

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Shadae

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

8/10 Good

cervando

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Was a good stay for the most part
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Darrell

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely disgusting, dirty and tiny room
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Darrell

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very dirty, very small. The door lock and aor conditioning were functional. Parking was difficult. I hated to touch amything in the room especially the bathroom toilet.and sink. We arrived at 1130.pm and were too tired to look for another motel
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Josiah

Liked: Amenities
Good spot & cheapest prices in town
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Dakota

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Brittni

Nice and quiet
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good stay
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Brittni

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Peaceful. Clean, overall Great stay
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Krissy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Alot of road noise and train tracks nearby.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Shane

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
First off Eff Expedia as they wouldn’t refund me. I spent over $120 on what was a 7.2 rating for this room. I pull up and immediately I notice the parking lot is full of drug addicts and no parking as advertised. Shirtless homeless people all sitting outside doing drugs. I was scared to get out of my car and immediately took off. Expedia would not refund me as they said it’s the hotels policy. DoNOT book here. Scam artists
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025