Upon arriving at the Holiday Inn Express, we found that most rooms were booked and sold to a few little league baseball teams. We were SOLD a Non-Smoking room. After going to dinner and returning to the hotel, we found that our room was a smoking room. My husband went back down to the desk and was told, they sold us the wrong thing, they only had smoking rooms available. My youngest has allergy issues and the smoking room was not ideal for him. However, because we had already gone into the room the desk clerk said she didn't know that they could refund our money, so we decided to stay. We were TOLD we would receive a $25 credit for our room, however, I have not seen that on our credit card yet.
We went for a short swim, due to the other guests being rowdy in the pool our swim was cut short (it is a very, very small indoor pool). Likewise the hotel was very noisy that evening, with kids running around at all hours. I realize that the hotel cannot control this completely, however, they can call rooms and request guests to be quiet.
Back up in our room, I was not satisfied with the level of cleanliness. Normal HI Express hotels are very clean. This did not look as though the tile floor had been cleaned in months. After bathing our kids, they asked to watch tv. Upon trying to turn the tv on, we found that the satellite did not work, nor did the phones when my husband tried to call the front desk. He went down and was told, oh yes, some of the rooms are without tv. She was unaware the phones were not working.
Breakfast the next morning followed suit with the rest of our stay. There were so many people trying to eat breakfast they couldn't keep up with the crowd. Normally I'd be more understanding of this, however, they knew they had a nearly sold out hotel, they should have had more staff available to help. The one egg we were able to secure, we couldn't eat because there were no forks available. We ended up at the McDonalds next door.
Overall I was very unsatisfied with this hotel. It did not live up to the Holiday Inn Express guarantee or name.
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30 July 2011
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience at our hotel on Tripadvisor. We apologize that your stay was less than desirable. Due to the Severe Thunderstorm the weekend you stayed all hotels in the area were without phone and cable. We understand this was an inconvenience and do apologize. You were given a $25.00 discount off your rate for your inconveniences as promised. We do take our opportunities seriously and discuss them throughout the departments and correct them immediately.
Thank you and enjoy your summer.
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