Holiday Inn Express Syracuse (NY) - Fairgrounds
(Located in Warners, NY)

What is your Priority Club status? Platinum

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

Which room did you book and which upgrade did you receive? Booked "2 Queen Beds Standard". Got exactly that. Was not upgraded and no King rooms were available.

How are the rooms? Worn but not dirty. Worst ventilation I've ever seen in a hotel. Windows do not open and HVAC lets in little or no outside air. I happened to be traveling with a CO2 monitor in my luggage and it alarmed! Levels were high enough to risk cognitive impairment.

How is the exec. lounge? N/A

What was good and what was bad?

Good:

• Very nice breakfast attendant; food restocked often
• Lots of free parking
• One front desk clerk was very confused about how welcome amenity works; ultimately another gave me both points and snacks to compensate, even tho I didn't ask

Bad:

• Rooms somewhat worn with terrible ventilation
• Remote location, not near much except one sports bar; not even near the highway access really. We had to be here to get to a rural location, else we would have stayed closer to downtown
• No upgrade

NOTE: Google Maps will try to send you through the parking lot of the sports bar to reach the hotel. There is a barricade at the back of the sports bar blocking access. You have to drive all the way around to the Winchell Road entrance, next to the moving company.

Value for $ or Priority Club Points? Would you return? Used some leftover free night vouchers. It worked out ok since we had to be there but there are far better locations downtown or by the airport.