As a IHG rewards member for over 10 years, I have stayed at a lot of holiday inns all over North America and I can say for without a doubt that this location is the absolute worst I have ever been in.
We arrived in Orlando airport on Friday night (March 13th 2026), after a long flight. We made our way to the shuttle pickup location where all the hotels picking shuttles picked up their guests.
After 20 mins of waiting, I called the hotel (at 11:53pm) and spoke with reservations, asking if we had to call for pickup, as no holiday inn shuttle came yet, even though other hotels have come more than once. I was then told the shuttle was 24/7 and that we didn’t need to call, they come every 13 mins. They told me that I was going to be transferred to the front desk, so they can make sure we get picked up.
While on hold, the shuttle finally came, only to completely ignore the pickup and drive right passed us. When I spoke to the front desk, they were not only unhelpful, they seemed like I was a bother to them, and told me I didn’t need to call for pickup. I then told them that I saw them drive right passed us while I was on hold, but they told me to be patient as he was probably full.
We then waited for another 40 mins, and after seeing the driver drive passed us 2 more times I got sick of it, and called again at 12:29am. This girl I talked to sounded apologetic, but told me I had to be transferred again to the front desk. I was then hung up on.
After traveling with all day and having a wet, hungry toddler who needed sleep, I totally had enough of it. I then paid for a cab, which cost me $30 for 2.4m. When we got there to check in, my wife and I told our extreme frustration to the front desk person, and all we got was a “sorry”. Didn’t seem like anyone here actually cared about the service they gave us, nor did not even offer to refund us the cost of the cab.
The outside of the hotel is nice, inside it declines. Carpet at least on the 4th floor, looked so old and warn out, my guess would be it was installed in the 70’s.
The only positive thing I can say about the room is that it “seemed” to be clean. However, the AC unit sounded like it had something squirming around inside of it, the shower curtain wouldn’t close properly, the tub stopper and drain was extremely disgusting and really needed replacement.
Toilet was super old, and the handle needed to be held down to flush??
No complimentary breakfast, like every other Holiday Inn, and yet the breakfast buffet was extremely pricey.
Although it isn’t the worst hotel I have ever stayed at, it was the worst holiday inn I have stayed at. The service and the value we received wasn’t even close to the cost, not to mention not even close to the quality I would expect of a Holiday Inn.
The owner of this location should be completely ashamed of the service and state of this hotel.
I’ll never be back, and for the sake of you and your family, please stay away.