We were traveling from Florida to Kansas. Stayed here on Monday, August 15th, 2011. Room was clean, staff was OK, easy to get to, as it is right off the highway. We drove back downtown for dinner--maybe 10 minutes at most.
I will say, they advertise free continental breakfast and there was NOTHING there in the morning. They do need to stop advertising that.
Otherwise, this hotel was fine for sleeping and cleaning up.

Arrived at 12:30pm,lebanese gentlemen at desk said check in was 3pm. We left and came back at 3pm. We had gotten a coupon out of a hotel coupon book we picked up at gas station. It was for 32.99. We presented it at the front desk upon check in,he said they were all sold out,even though there was like 3 cars in the entire parking lot. I was furious that he was not honoring this coupon. My husband had some words with him about this issue and all he could say is "I want your business but can't give you a room for the 32.99". My husband said to him,"you shouldn't put an ad in book if your not going to honor it". He wanted to charge 50.00 plus tax. Like I said in the title,this place is a joke and they won't honor their 32.99 coupon. Don't waste your time driving there.

Clean and cheap and easy to get to, but I stayed here based on their description of close to downtown / Opryland. I was hoping to walk to a few places, and having never been to Nashville before, the location sounded good. It's a 10 minute drive by highway to the downtown, and 20 minutes at highway speeds to Opryland. I guess I could walk if I had 4-5 hours. Outside of that, it was a reasonable stay.

I found a coupon in book at rest stop for 32.99 but should have spent 10 dollars more for better place. Location is great, directly off I-24 exit 87 but that's the only good thing. Room is dirty and extremely run down. Electrical socket loose, scared might start fire. They vaccuum, make beds and put fresh towels but i think that's about it. Everything was grimy. I was just traveling through on way to Florida so dealt with since I only needed to sleep but was not comfortable, especially since I'm single female traveling alone. Bed was comfy and they do offer free internet access. Those are the only nice things I have to say. Sorry Howard Johnson's but you really need to invest in upgrading and remodeling.