My colleagues and I were in the Madison, WI area for training at the Epic Headquarters in Verona. On our previous trip, we stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Verona, and we were very pleased with all aspects of that property. This time around, we stayed at the Quality Inn - Madison, and we were very disappointed. First, there is only 1 trip in the morning and 1 trip in the evening to Epic in Verona. When we stayed at the Holiday Inn, there were several trips, several times per day, and you can also walk to and from Epic if you are not physically challenged. Also, the rooms at the Quality Inn had a strange odor - almost like they were smoking rooms at one time but now are non-smoking. The walls and light fixtures had a yellow caste to them, which is another thing that made me think this was a smoking room at one time. It was very noisy there as well, being so close to the highway. The only advantage to the Quality Inn was that the hotel shuttle will take you into downtown Madison if you want to go for an excursion (the Holiday Inn is too far from downtown and will not bring you there).
So if you are going into the Madison area for Epic training, stay in Verona. If you are going to Madison for U of W or any other reason, stay IN downtown Madison, not on the outskirts.
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