While reviewing a hotel is likely second only to reviewing a restaurant in subjectivity, I hold contrary views to the immediate preceeding reviews of this property.
In short I found a four day stay to be quite satisfactory in material respects.
Yes the lobby computer was "slower than molasses' and some "God-awful' XM Lite Rock channel was "wailing' away in the background, but the cleanliness of the property was quite sufficient as was the state of its repair.
Chainwide, it appears that HI Express has upgraded their complimentary Breakfast offerings in recent times. The quality of preparation appeared comprable to the several other Express properties at which I find myself staying at during a year.
True, this is an older property (converted from a full service HI) and as such it could very easily "go to pot' - and fast. But that has simply not happened - and I have been staying at there by choice once or twice each Season now for the past fifteen years. The owners are clearly committed to its maintenance, and the General Manager, who has been there for the past twelve years, indeed runs a "tight ship'.
While this hotel is adjacent to a Hilton property located to the East on the other side of the Florida Turnpike, a review of rates for an identical stay Show that this Express' rates to be a good 33% less than the Hilton. To me this Holiday Inn Express represents good value.
I'm sorry to learn that other reviewers do not share my thoughts regarding this property, but I simply hold that those critical comments are without foundation.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC