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315 Idylwyld Drive North, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7L 0Z1, Canada
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Holiday Inn Express
Ranked #7 of 30 hotels in Saskatoon
4.0 of 5 stars 86 Reviews
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Winter Haven, Florida
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5 reviews 5 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“Brutal...AGAIN”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 February 2012
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people found this review helpful

I'll start this by saying that I am a gold Priority Club member and frequently stay at Holday Inn's, Intercontinentals, etc all over the world.
I have stayed at this location several times for business and family travel. It is clean and located close to downtown and the airport. Unfortunately that is where the good news ends.
Three visits in a row in 2011-12 my reservations have had "unexpected technical difficulties with the reservation system". I always book a suite...and for the third straight time did not receive the room I booked. Most recently (Feb 2012), I booked the "feature suite". This reservation was booked in OCTOBER 2011. When I arrived at the hotel with my family, we were uncerimoniously told that the room was given to someone else and thats it. No explanation..only a brief "sorry" when I pushed back on the front desk attendant. They then proceded to give us another, less expensive suite and tried to give it to us for the same cost! After 10 minutes of explaining that I had already PRE-PAID for the MOST EXPENSIVE room in the hotel and that it didn't make sense to pay the same for a smaller room, he simply offered to send us to another hotel to get rid of us. Good news for them....we WILL go to another hotel next time. I urge you to do the same. These people think they're doing you a favor by taking your money and couldn't care less about your business.

  • Stayed February 2012, travelled with family
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Saint Paul, Minnesota
Top Contributor
54 reviews 54 reviews
Reviews in 19 cities Reviews in 19 cities
15 helpful votes 15 helpful votes
“Nice hotel stay for one night.”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 February 2012

Average hotel for the price, with a fine location. Within walking distance of a few restaurants. (Highly recommend thrying Chianti's.) Loved the pancake machine for breakfast. Only complaint is that the room smelled a bit musty.

  • Stayed August 2011, travelled with family
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Winnipeg, Canada
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34 reviews 34 reviews
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11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
“Bad experience by the train”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 January 2012
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I was on a business trip, and since hotels in Saskatoon can be a little pricy for what they offer, I decided to try this hotel. Bad choice...

The hotel is a little dated and right beside the rail tracks.

When I checked in, I asked for a quiet room, and the front counter staff told me to stay on the 1st floor since it would be quiet. Guess what he placed me beside the kitchen and I could hear them preparing the breakfast.
I woke up earlier and decided to start the day. Surprise! The mouthwash had been tempered with (seal broken).
At breakfast there was no coffee (staff was busy talking) and avoided eye contact.

Next time I will pay more and go back to where it works,

  • Stayed January 2012, travelled on business
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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Alberta
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22 helpful votes 22 helpful votes
“Room just too hot to sleep well”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 December 2011
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person found this review helpful

Seems that the base heating (not what you can control in the room) was set way to high for the warmer than normally winter weather in Saskatchewan this year. There is AC available in the room, but it is very noisy and had to cycle on and off to keep room at a good sleeping temperature. My key item for a hotel was could I sleep well, and this time at this hotel I could not, so I'm not as happy as I was in the past.

The room we had was updated, it had a fridge installed (no freezer compartment) and a flat screen TV. The TV screen had a downward tilt that could not be adjusted. Internet worked well here. Breakfast was the usually HI offering.

  • Stayed December 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Saskatchewan/Canada
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
“Clean... Great Staff... Very Comfortable”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 November 2011
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person found this review helpful

My husband and I spent the weekend here as I was taking a class. The hotel was very full of a hockey team(s) so full of young kids. Usually this would have caused me concern but have to say the kids were very well behaved. The hotel was very busy, but the noise level was almost a zero early in the evening. We loved the breakfast, lots of food and lots of choice to suit all appetites. They had all the best of what a person would like for a breakfast. Replenished often and cleaned quickly to accommodate all of us. The staff were very friendly and check in and out was efficient. Overall stay a "5" for us.

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  • Stayed November 2011, travelled on business
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Address: 315 Idylwyld Drive North, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7L 0Z1, Canada
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