Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Salinas

Excellent Hotel in the Salinas area with very competitive rates. My wife and I have stayed here twice now after staying at other hotels in the Salinas area. This hotel has the cleanest and most comfortable rooms with everything you need in each room. The small fridge was nice for storing groceries on our stay. It had a new LCD/Plasma tv not like those old 25" monitors at every other hotel in the USA. We will stay here every time we go to visit relatives and sights in the area.

The Hotel seemed pricey for the location. Hotel row in Salinas. But it was convenient right next to the freeway for my getting around. They had breakfast in the a.m. so that is convenient for a quick bite for the business traveler. I was in town on business; the company had booked a stay but I came a day early for convenience and booked this room the first night. For no apparent reason, the front desk was unable to keep me in the same room the second night. They had me check out and check back in to a room directly under mine...same exact room layout. Fine, I got over it but the new room smelled like hair spray in the bathroom--sort of permeated the room. I closed the door. The bed was comfortable and the room clean (smell aside). Good for the business traveler if the company is picking up the tab. Otherwise, a bit on the high side for Salinas.