PK
PPB of Knight
Oct 27, 2025
First time ever having stayed overnight in Salem (lived not too far away for over 30 years), but had occasion to stay overnight for a nearby wedding while back in town visiting.
As with my prior Home2Suites experiences elsewhere (often stay at Hilton properties as a long-time HHonors member), we found both our rooms to be spotless, so clean and tidy, with comfortable, very clean beds, and fully stocked mini-kitchens, including decent dishware and silverware, and a nice cooking pot and pan (so many places use garbage pans... not this place).
Service was friendly and efficient from check-in to check-out. There was a service team member spot-cleaning what appeared to be even the smallest spots or smudges on room doors when we arrived. The hallways carpets were notably stained and appeared dirty, but it was pouring down rain outside, so who knows how much was tracked in before they had time to clean it... but no off odors or offensive smells.
We were pleasantly surprised at how new it looked, and it's an eco-friendly hotel, as well. Includes phone chargers built-in (older, Type A, but nice to be available).
One issue was that they're using sheets (SO soft and comfortable!) that were really too small for the queen- and king-sized comforters commonly used on hotels these days. Since they commonly wash only the sheets and those wavy covers that overlap the reused comforters, it's important that the sheets fully cover the comforters, given that the comforters are generally not washed between each guest's stay.
It's kind of gross if the sheets are too narrow to cover the width of the comforter, potentially exposing the guest to touching the comforter that other guests have likely touched between washings. It was a minor thing, but important enough that, had we been staying for more than one night, we'd have asked to have newly laundered comforters provided, rather than having to make sure the smaller top sheets properly covered as much as possible, for sanitary reasons.
One odd thing, if I'm being blunt, the walls are quite thin!! My family next door could hear me talking in a low voice on the phone - couldn't make out the conversation, but could easily hear someone next door talking. A bit odd, and unusual for most quality hotels.
Would definitely stay here again, though, without hesitation!