If we had paid $80-$125 for a room, the value received would have been fair. However, we were charged $229 for the first night and $304 for the second night, which was outrageous for a motel of this category. When I inquired about the pricing, the helpful person at the desk said that pricing was based on demand and availability of rooms. There did not seem to be so many people staying at the motel (parking lot was ~2/3 full including workmen). Since the motel was undergoing renovations, I wonder if number of available rooms was decreased due to some rooms undergoing renovation or being used to house workmen. If either would be true, I feel that neither should affect pricing for the customer. For the price that was paid, I expected that everything would be perfect. However, the wifi and tv connections were awful, the view from our room was of a chain link fence with razer wire on top (back of industrial shop next door), the door to our room was slightly ajar so it had to be manually closed to ensure that it latched, and the amenities were on the level of a motel 6 or Super 8 (grab and go breakfast was a joke). The only positive that I can offer is that the two staff that I interacted with were courteous and helpful. My recommendation would be to stay somewhere else when in Fairbanks even if it costs a few dollars more.
