Being a Holiday Inn is No Holiday, at Least for 300 Owners Right Now

jddeva 08:20:49 PM Nov 17 2009

I always stay at Holiday inn express. Holiday inn express will deliver best value for you money.

ccgifts3 02:43:12 AM Nov 17 2009

Common sense tells you Holiday Inns should be helping their owners not fining them for lack of customers, This is a depression we are in. What happened to helping each other in America. That is what is wrong with the entire country.

ccgifts3 02:41:26 AM Nov 17 2009

Its a depression. Holiday Inn needs to use some common sense and help their motels not fine them. That is what is wrong with the entire country, No one helps each other anylonger.

texassoap 02:33:11 AM Nov 17 2009

We stayed for over a week at the New Holiday Inn in Temple, TX. It was new and very, very, nice and clean. The staff was very helpful and the restaurant was great, except a little pricey. Each night I had to call about 11 o'clock and ask them to turn down the pool music because it was too loud for us to sleep. They complied. The next time we stayed was about six months later and one night we heard water running in the wall and called the desk clerk up to listen. He said someone was just taking a bath in the floors above it and it wasn't a broken pipe. Never gave it a thought as to where the water pipes were located!!I can imagine the way the economy is now, it's tough to make a profit in any business. People are hurting bad, people who never had a problem with money before.

texassoap 02:30:35 AM Nov 17 2009

We stayed for over a week at the New Holiday Inn in Temple, TX. last year It was new and very, very, nice and clean. The staff was very helpful and the restaurant was great, except a little pricey. Each night I had to call about 11 o'clock and ask them to turn down the pool music because it was too loud for us to sleep. They complied. The next time we stayed was about six months later and one night we heard water running in the wall and called the desk clerk up to listen. He said someone was just taking a bath in the floors above us and it wasn't a broken pipe. Never gave it a thought as to where the water pipes were located!!I can imagine the way the economy is now, it's tough to make a profit in any business. People are hurting bad, people who never had a problem with money before.

cherokeeonly 02:14:42 AM Nov 17 2009

Never stay at a La Quinta Inn.. the pitts!

aangelleyesblu 01:43:41 AM Nov 17 2009

See this is a big problem with our USA owned hotels now. You have India coming over here and controlling the Days Inns, Super 8's, and most of the lowest rated hotels, SAD that the American people would give into this, because the "IIndia" owned hotels have roaches that you take home in your luggage, sand paper towels and washclothes, poor breakfast (if any at all) The ONLY hotel CHAIN that I 95% trust is the LaQuinta's. Most are being newly renovated with sweet hip rooms, with every admentity you can get. PLUS GET THIS MOST OF THEM ALLOW PETS FOR FREE,,,,,,THIS PLACE IS THE BEST IN MY BOOK. Well 95% of them anyway, the rest of the are slowly following suit. I myself pretty much insist on staying in an American owned hotel, I don't want my going going to India!!!! Period!!!!

drpiglet5 01:23:38 AM Nov 17 2009

I currently work for a Holiday Inn slated for relaunch, and was formerly with the Hilton brand. Someone mentioned Hampton Inn- less than five years ago Hamptons were inconsistent, and the quality of the hotel and the service received could vary by location. Hilton went though all of their brands and began standardizing them- now a Hilton is a Hilton, an Embassy Suites is an Embassy Suites, etc- no matter where you go, you know what you are getting. Many of the brands saw reputation suffer through franchising, and finally had to crack down and set the new standards all the way down to the thread count in the sheets. HI is a bit behind the curve (in a lot more ways than I care to go into, having come from the Hilton side), but this action is overdue and in many cases is the only way to force franchisers into ponying up some much needed capital for their properties. Yes, the timing is bad, but waiting for something to break down even further solves nothing.And rest assured, jhorton,

aangelleyesblu 01:19:56 AM Nov 17 2009

Let Jeff Burton the driver for Nascar Racing which Holiday Inn sponcers, let him donate his winnings to help out!!!?? Only seems fair, they sponcer him ....he gives back??

camelottwo 12:01:00 AM Nov 17 2009

Holiday Inns used to totally gross me out and have made a concerted effort to upgrade their locations. As a former Regional Director of a company that franchised, I totally understand why the corporation is insisting on this. Maybe the franchisees are in over their heads already and need to get out now. It'll save them in the long run. If they cannot afford to properly upgrade or maintain, then they need to establish appropriate lines of financing to ride the storm. Come on, doesn't a decent hotel NEED to budget it replacement of bedding pillows blankets etc...............come on!These are the inevitable % of loser franchises in the system. Let them cut loose now rather than pull down the rest of the brand.