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What Happened to Cambridge Inn After Hotel Impossible? (Palm Springs, CA)

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As of September 2026, Cambridge Inn has closed — confirmed via Yelp, October 2025.

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What the source shows: A Yelp listing for the address, updated October 2025, marks the property as permanently closed, matching Google Places' permanently-closed status for the same location.

  • Season / episode Season 8, Episode 10
  • Original air date
  • Address 1277 S Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92264

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What happened after Hotel Impossible?

The Cambridge Inn was a small motel at 1277 S Palm Canyon Dr in Palm Springs, California, featured on Hotel Impossible's episode "Desert Disaster" (Travel Channel, aired 2017-10-16). Hotel Impossible's format has host Anthony Melchiorri work with owners of independent hotels to address operational and financial problems documented during filming, and the Palm Springs episode followed that pattern at the Cambridge Inn.

The Cambridge Inn name is no longer associated with active business at the address. A Yelp business listing for 1277 S Palm Canyon Dr, updated in October 2025, marks the property as permanently closed. Google Places' record for the same address independently lists the business status as permanently closed, confirmed in a check performed 2026-09-07. Both sources agree on the closure but neither carries a specific closure date or names a cause.

No news article, court filing, or government licensing record describing what happened to the Cambridge Inn after the episode aired was located in this review; the evidence available is limited to the two closed-status listings above. It is also not established from the sources reviewed whether a different business has since opened at 1277 S Palm Canyon Dr, so the address is treated here as closed rather than renamed or under new ownership.

Featured on Hotel Impossible

Season / episode
Season 8, Episode 10
Original air date
Episode title
Desert Disaster
What was featured
A small Palm Springs motel's operational problems
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Cambridge Inn

Frequently asked questions

Is Cambridge Inn still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Cambridge Inn has closed — confirmed via Yelp, October 2025.

What happened to Cambridge Inn after Hotel Impossible?

The Cambridge Inn was a small motel at 1277 S Palm Canyon Dr in Palm Springs, California, featured on Hotel Impossible's episode "Desert Disaster" (Travel Channel, aired 2017-10-16). As of September 2026, Cambridge Inn has closed — confirmed via Yelp, October 2025.

Is Cambridge Inn permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Cambridge Inn has closed — confirmed via Yelp, October 2025. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Cambridge Inn located?

1277 S Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92264. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Hotel Impossible featured Cambridge Inn?

Season 8, Episode 10 of Hotel Impossible, first aired October 16, 2017. The episode is titled “Desert Disaster”.

What do reviews say since Hotel Impossible?

No news article, court filing, or government licensing record describing what happened to the Cambridge Inn after the episode aired was located in this review; the evidence available is limited to the two closed-status listings above. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Address
1277 S Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92264
Venue type
hotel
Official website
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Sources

  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/cambridge-inn-palm-springs-palm-springs-4

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