Holiday Inn Express Boone

The hotel staff was nice other than the breakfast lady demanding I wear a mask. Location was good, close to the meat of the collegetown area. I would like if it had a gym, but unfortunately it did not. Also, it is about a 42 minute drive to Beech Mountain and a 22 minute to Elk Knob State Park

A few things about my stay: -The toilet hadn't been cleaned, and I don't think the tub had been either. There was no soap, and the alarm clock was unplugged. -It was snowing outside, and the AC unit would only blow cold air until I turned it up to 75. There are no blankets on the beds, just a sheet and a duvet, and since many people avoid hotel duvets because they aren't usually washed between guests, any sanitation-conscious guests end up with just a sheet. Even when the heat finally started working it stayed ice cold in the room. After a mostly sleepless night wearing my heaviest clothes, as I was packing to leave I noticed the window was open an inch, hidden behind the curtains. I've never even seen an opening hotel window. I'm not sure it's fair to blame that on the housekeeper who didn't clean the toilet, but I feel like when it's below freezing, closing the window ought to be on the room prep checklist. It felt like a lot of attention hadn't been paid to making the room ready for the next guest. -The furnishings, or at least some of them, badly need replacing. The table is ancient, scarred, and splashed with blue paint for some reason; the lamps are old enough that they don't have charging plugs; and the alarm clock came straight from the 90s. The nightstand can't be pushed back against the wall because of the outlet. The bathroom ceiling has been badly repainted. Overall, though the wallpaper looks new, the room feels worn out. -The sheets were nice and clean.

This was one of the worst hotels that I have ever stayed at. The was nothing wrong with staff or services, but it was like the entire hotel was made out of cardboard. You could hear people stomping, talking loudly in the halls and even outside, and slamming doors until 2 am, both nights we were there. We got about 7 hrs of sleep in the 2 days we stayed there. It was so bad, we left at 3 am to come home, and slept for 2 hrs in our car at a rest stop, in 23 degree weather. Never again will I stay there. If you want, or NEED sleep, go somewhere else. The breakfast was good.

It was okay, the inside was just old, my room was very dusty. The chair in my room at my desk looked very dirty, The AC vent air smelled like pee when i decided to use it. It’s also very old. The shower curtain in the bathroom doesn’t fit the shower so there is water that comes out onto the floor when you shower. They do have Dove soap though. :)

The hotel does need some updating but the room was very comfortable and clean. Staff was awesome, breakfast was good, location was great.

We liked the bed it was very comfortable. Toilet needed replacing, it moved when you sat down and would run.

Room was older and dusty. Area under sink in bathroom was dirty and had cobwebs. Was ok for a one night stay.

Liked the location of the property, very convenient to the area. The breakfast was just OK, nothing special, and would likely not eat this again.

I stay in a lot of hotels and this one is way overpriced for what you get. Most places that I stay, this hotel would have been 1/3 less expensive. There was nothing that made it a great hotel, it was just a room. There wasn't even a refrigerator in the room.