Holiday Inn Express Toronto East - Scarborough
What is your Priority Club status?
Platinum.
Were you (or for multi-stayers are you generally) happy with the hotel/stay?
Fine, nothing special.
Which room did you book and which upgrade did you receive?
King Bed - No upgrade (despite website showing lot of available next category rooms).
How are the rooms?
Standard HIX size, 8M deep x 3.M wide. OK condition.Brick façade bedside wall a bit odd.
How is the exec. lounge?
N/A
What was good and what was bad?
Quiet hotel, comfortable bed. Right off the 401, a 5-minute drive to the GO Train, then a nice 25-minute ride to downtown Toronto. Best IHG location for the wonderful Toronto Zoo. No automatic doors. Staff at counter stare as I struggle to get through two sets of doors in a wind storm. No recognition for Platinum members (aside from the standard "thank you for loyalty"). Many channels not in HD. Nothing but alt-left options (CNN, CBC, CTV) for news.
Value for $ or Priority Club Points? Would you return?
Rates of $119+ a bit steep for a suburban HIX, but far better than downtown Toronto. 20K points an OK value.