My family and I stayed here in an overnight stay. After changing rooms, because we asked for a higher floor before we checked in and were not given one, we noticed that every vacant room on our floor had a door open. We thought that was strange and asked the clerk why that was so, and we were told by the clerk that the staff just does that for their own reasons. In one of the rooms, the TV was still on.
At night, and this is the reason why I'll never stay at a HI Express again, I heard a large banging at the door. I awoke to find another family trying to get into our room. It seems as when my room was changed, the card to open the door did not block out any other cards. If I didn't put a lock on the door, this other family would have walked right in. When I called security, because the other family refused to believe that I had the room, I was questioned as to why I was in the room. It wasn't until I went downstairs (and treated as if I was a criminal) that the mistake was realized. I was given $10 off my stay. I should have been given a free night.
The next morning, the family who tried to get into my room thought it was hilarious that my family was awoken in the middle of the night. It also turns out that other guests had the same experience. One guest walked into a room with a woman already sleeping in it.
Not safe, not professional. The pool was also dirty with cigarette butts in the table holes for the umbrellas. The towel area was dirty. The breakfast area was also pretty shoddy. We couldn't wait to leave.
I had been a Holiday Inn customer for twenty years. I will never go back after this experience.
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