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Smart Choice Inn

2.0 star property

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Free WiFi, bed sheets
Exterior
Lobby sitting area
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 this property

Smart Choice Inn

Hotel in Plankinton with free breakfast and a 24-hour front desk
Along with a 24-hour front desk, this hotel has free breakfast and free self parking. WiFi in public areas is free.
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.

During your stay at Smart Choice Inn , you'll be within walking distance of Plankinton Historical Museum. You'll find features like free breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking.
  • Free continental breakfast served daily
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self parking
  • 15 minutes by foot from Plankinton Historical Museum and a 2-minute drive from Pool Side Park
  • Pets welcome for a fee
Free breakfast is available daily. WiFi is free in public spaces. Self parking is free.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this Plankinton hotel.

Guests are served free continental breakfast daily.

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

Property is also known as

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Smart Choice Inn Reviews

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 46 out of 284 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 62 out of 284 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 54 out of 284 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 48 out of 284 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 74 out of 284 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

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

2/10 Terrible

S.S.

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This property was dirty from the front door to the room and within. Floors hadn’t been vacuumed in quite awhile. There were hairs and buggers in the bathroom. The air conditioner sounded like a jet plane and didn’t actually cool the room off until 3:00 in the morning. The room was sweltering hot. Would never recommend this place.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

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