We just love staying here with our dog. We’ve heard that it has been sold. We are worried that the new owners won’t realize how charming and quirky its 1960s style is and we’ll turn it into another expensive hermetically sealed motel like all the rest of the chains in town. Yes, it can use some updating but to turn it into something other than its unique retro vibe would be terrible, and we wouldn’t want to stay in some expensive bland chain-like motel. I also hope they treat the staff well, for we find their friendliness and professionalism to also be unusual. We travel through the town several times a year and sure hope that the Clover Island Inn stays as wonderful as it is now. On a business level, I think the new owners might be gambling a losing bet if they think that wealthier customers will want to stay so far away from the freeway, and be in a part of town that, while we find the location very charming, down to earth, and normal, snobbier customers might find the surrounding businesses and trailer parks undesirable settings. Keeping the Clover Island Inn affordable for most travellers and maintaining its 1960s charm will reap greater rewards than trying to force it to be just like the other motels while pricing the rooms out of reach for those of us who stay there on a regular basis while travelling.