Sahara Hotel or Howard Johnson 24th. St.

About 6 years ago my husband and I stayed at the Beachmark owned by the same people and it was a nice place but in need for some updates. We are coming to town for Springfest and are thinking of staying at the Sahara. However most of the review on Trip Advisor are not very good. Has anyone here stayed at this hotel in the past few years

Another hotel we are looking into is the Howard Johnson however we have never stayed here either. So any information on here would be helpful as well.

Thanks for your help.

Shanon