When you're looking at the few hotels in a small town, you can be a little nervous about what you are going to find when you get there. Well, if you're heading to the Holiday Inn Express in Crystal River, you can relax! Nice, well updated facility, with a great friendly staff. When I checked in, they asked what brought me to Crystal River and when they realized that I had an activity booked with one of their partners, they immediately gave me the discount even though I didn't know about it, which was great. There were three groups of us that were going on a 6:15 am manatee tour and even though the complimentary breakfast didn't officially start until 6:30, they opened up at 5:45 so we could eat before heading out. I certainly didn't expect that and it was a nice surprise.
