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Old Sep 17, 2018 | 3:08 pm
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stigs
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 140
Holiday Inn Express & Suites - Toronto Airport West

What is your Priority Club status?
Platinum.

Were you (or for multi-stayers are you generally) happy with the hotel/stay?
Yes.

Which room did you book and which upgrade did you receive?
Booked 2 Queens, given 2 Queens in corner at end of a long hallway (all rooms are same size).

How are the rooms?
Standard HIX size for the area. 8m deep x 3.5m wide.

Furnishings in good shape, as hotel opened in 2017.

Well-equipped with nice large HDTV, microwave and good-sized fridge.

How is the exec. lounge?
N/A

What was good and what was bad?
Good:
+ Pleasant staff

+ Comfortable bed

+ Decent shower pressure with hot water within 15 seconds

+ Spacious breakfast area with solid selection (first time seeing kiwis at an HIX!)

+ Nice pool & small whirlpool area

+ Right off HWY 401 if driving

+ Montana's & Kelsey's a 10-minute walk from hotel

Bad:
- Shuttle is a mess ... waited for an hour at airport before giving up and taking cab ... never saw shuttle leave the parking lot for duration of 6-day stay!

- No light in bathroom, though maintenance fixed on second day

- Slow elevators, and programmed to go to 6th (top floor) on every ride

- Public PCs severely outdated, could not print a ticket

- Middle of nowhere, buried in an industrial complex with few sidewalks

Value for $ or Priority Club Points? Would you return?
Rates vary significantly, but are typically 1/2 - 2/3 the price of a comparable hotel in downtown Toronto.
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