I don't see much in the way of Candlewood posts on here, but I'm new to FT so maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.

The interiors are way nice for an extended stay hotel. The outside and lobby/reception are as bare bones as it gets and some of the clientele are less than classy. But when I'm on an extended stay I'm personally more concerned with my comfort.

I'm IHG platinum and they do not offer automatic upgrades on extended stays. However, I spoke with the hotel manager and he was able to make it happen. I'm paying the studio rate for the 1-bedroom suite which is newly remodeled. It has a full kitchen (sans oven), big-screens in living room and bedroom with working HDMI and other inputs, and free Wi-Fi. Staff is very friendly: small places so you'll see the same faces and they'll get to know you if you're there a while.

I also like this hotel's convenient access to major highways, shopping (CVS or Wal-Mart), and the on-site "cupboard" with a variety of snacks, frozen dinners, sodas, etc. at reasonable prices.





It's not something I'd blow points to stay at but if you're on company travel and looking for something sustainable this may be a good bet. I've got this place on lockdown full-time rather than just booking 2 nights/week like the rest of my team does and it definitely beats having to pack/unpack constantly.