hotelHotel Impossible · Season 6, Episode 5 · Aired September 29, 2015
Simmons Motel
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Good outcome here: the business is still trading today.
What happened after
Family-owned 60+ years; official site and OTAs show current 2026 pricing.
What happened on the show
Nestled in the chocolate town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, Melchiorri was called in to help the Simmons Motel and Suites, a family-owned property that had been operating for more than sixty years on West Chocolate Avenue. The episode, Hershey Addiction, took on a longtime independent struggling to keep up in a tourist market anchored by the Hersheypark draw. A family motel with six decades of history has loyalty and staying power, but longevity can also mean an operation and a building that have drifted out of step with what modern travelers expect. Anthony went room by room through tired inventory, pushing the family to modernize where guests feel it while holding onto the personal touch that had carried the motel for generations. His verdict kept faith with the show's line for a long-tenured family property: honor the history, but bring the standards and the offer up to date so the next sixty years have a chance.
After the cameras left
The Simmons Motel is still a Hershey fixture. As of our 2026 verification the family-owned property, in business more than sixty years, is open, with its official site and booking platforms showing current 2026 pricing, at 355 West Chocolate Avenue. It carries a solid mid-pack ranking among the town's hotels with a couple hundred reviews. The multigenerational operation the show helped is still renting rooms to Hersheypark visitors. Confirmed operating as of 2026.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.