Holiday Inn Express & Suites Brighton

This is a well maintained hotel in a good location. There are restaurants and stores nearby, as well as not far from downtown Brighton. Interstate access is close. The staff are friendly. The bed was comfortable. The breakfast was OK. The only downside was that the AC was noisy.

Not up to Holiday Inn standards. The bed was fine shower floor was very strange. This hotel is only four years old but it was dirty!! Nasty. The breakfast was disgusting. We had to leave to get something to eat. My best recommendation is stay somewhere else!

The staff was very nice and helpful, however my room was dirty. The shower was full of mold and the couch had white crusty things all over it. I got in late and was too tired to ask for a different room and put towels on the couch with the mystery goo.

This visit was a staycation for my family for one night . Specifically to enjoy the pool. On the day of check in I called the hotel to verify the pool was open and warm. Employee said pool stays at a constant 82 and is open. At check in I confirmed again is the pool open and warm. I went to several ice machines and saw they were not in operation. When we got to the pool found the pool was turned off and 72. Employees were very concerned about having to call the offsite manager and ask questions. But it was obvious the offsite manager was controlling all high cost equipment to save money from the unexpected sold out night prior. I live very close and have tried to reach out to this manager several times with no response.

Had a reservation the weekend of Thanksgiving. The day of our arrival our 6 year old was hospitalized. I called the hotel and asked for a special consideration for a refund or a credit for a future stay, was told no, then told I had to talk to the manager. Left three messages for the manager and he never returned a call. Contacted corporate and said I would dispute with my credit card but hoped that wasn’t needed as my child was in the hospital - was told since I am a member they would approve a refund but the manager would have to process it and he would call me within 48 hr to finalize. I never got a call but did get a refund. Based on other reviews this seems to be the norm.

My family had a reservation and my husband got sick, I called to see if they would have some empathy and refund my money. They said it was out their hands, so I called the IHG customer service and they said it was in the hotels hands, and they gave me another number. I called that number and they said to call the hotel manager. I called again the sweet girl at the desk said he was in a meeting (6:00 pm on a Saturday) hmmmm, so I left a message. He finally called back and did admit it was in his hands and he would not go against policy. I understand policy but appreciate empathy and honesty. He should have told me up front it was his decision to keep or cancel the reservation. Instead he had me on the phone for 45 minutes with people who wanted to help me but couldn’t and he could help me and chose not too. That is sad customer service in my opinion.

My wife, son, and I stayed at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Brighton, MI the nights of 9/23 - 9/24/2022 to attend the U of M Homecoming game and do a campus tour. The night of 9/23, there was a huge wedding reception party on the outdoor patio 4 floors below our room. It was unbelievably loud, and even our son, who sleeps like the dead, couldn't sleep. The hotel policy as posted in the elevators is that the quiet hours start at 11 pm, and the patio closes at that time. Despite 3 calls/trips to the front desk, the party didn't end until 1:20 am, and the desk clerk the next morning said this was a problem, "we are working on." To add insult to injury, the hotel charged our credit card $230 and $250, which I noticed shortly after we left the hotel, even though we had prepaid for the stay. I called and spoke with the desk clerk who looked in the computer and said we were charged for smoking in our room. Although we don't smoke, the hallway on the 4th floor smelled strongly of pot the night of 9/23, which is also not our thing. She said the charge was likely applied to the wrong wrong, went up to our room and verified that it was an error. I was told to call the manager, Marcus, the following day to request a refund. To make a very long story short, Marcus did credit our account for the $230, but he went dark after that, and the $250 charge remained on our credit card bill. Over a two-week period I called the hotel multiple times and left VMMs for Marcus, but he never returned my calls. I called the IHG guest relations line and opened a case. Despite calling IHG twice and being assured of 24 - 48 hour turn around, I never heard back from them either. My guess is they called Marcus, and he blew them off too. Still, IHG should have called me back. So, I submitted a dispute with our credit card company, which was just yesterday resolved in our favor. I have stayed in a lot of hotels, and I have never had an experience remotely like this one.

DISGUSTING ROOM CONDITIONS- Arrived late to find our room had not been cleaned properly (despite the boldly displayed card on the room desk guaranteeing that it had been deeply cleaned). The garbage can had not been emptied and STILL HAD THE PREVIOUS GUESTS’ FACE MASKS AND THEIR COVID TEST SWABS/KIT in the garbage can! Called and explained the situation to the front desk clerk who was shocked and apologized. Told the front desk person we were placing the garbage can in the hallway outside our room and wanted to speak to the manager in the morning. In the morning (with daylight in the room) we realized along the side of one of the beds, between the bed and window, there were TOE NAIL CLIPPINGS ALL OVER THE CARPET. Obviously, the area had not been vacuumed prior to our arrival. Went down to the front desk, explained the situation to a different front desk clerk, showed photos we took, and asked to please have the manager contact us. Because of weddings in the area, all local hotels were full, and we could not find another property to move to. So, that afternoon we ended up getting cleaning supplies from my sister in Brighton (we were there to visit her family) and vacuuming the room ourselves and wiping everything down with Clorox wipes etc. We had no faith in the cleaning staff making it right since they had not even attempted to do a decent clean before our arrival. What made the situation more infuriating and just downright insulting was the boldly displayed sign on the desk in our room saying the hotel corporate policy guarantees a deeply cleaned room, and if there is any problem to contact the front desk immediately to make it right. Well, we did that, and the manager never bothered to contact us. Despite showing photos to the front desk clerks of the garbage can (with covid tests swabs/kits and face masks) and the carpet littered with toe nail clippings and making multiple requests, the hotel manager didn't care enough to contact us during our 3 night stay despite us asking 4 times at the front desk to have him contact us nor after we left, nor after filing an official complain with IHG hotels. Don’t boldly display a sign boasting how clean the room is with a guarantee for it and how you will correct any mistake, when the garbage can (with COVID TESTS!) has not been emptied and the floor have toe nail clippings on the carpet etc has not been vacuumed. Then, despite 4 separate requests by us for the manager to contact us about the room, we were never contacted by the manager. In the end, it was just insulting and disgusting. Photos attached.

I made a reservation in may for a 2 queen bed and pull out couch suite for a trip on the 7th of July to the 9th my daughter needed a consultation for a spinal surgery through the Michigan university specialty care center! They messed up the reservation 3 times I had the hospital call so I could have a discounted rate which was supposed to be $94 dollars a night! Called a week before said reservation and was told my rate and they hadn’t changed it per the hospital rate talked to a woman named harriett who said she would fix it and then she called me back and said everything was all set! Fast forward to the actual check in with kaleb and I asked my rate it was $94 and when we got up to the room it was a king suite well I had my two daughters with me and my father so that was not going to work went back down they put us in the original sure I had asked for after showing them my original confirmation email! Checked my back account the next day and they had authorized a charge for over $325 which didn’t seem right with me! Went down stair to talk to the front desk kaleb again and asked to speak to the manager Marcus no manager ever contacted me through my stay! Kaleb told me they had upgraded me to my original reservation with the rate of 139$ which was not correct because the hospital got me a rate of $94 he said he would fix it..well checking out I asked harriett again what my rate was and she told me $139 I again said that was not right and she agreed with me and said she would fix it and send me a receipt to my email and give me a call! Again I asked to speak to the manager and was told he was not there! I checked my account later that night they had taken five different charges from my account : $118.20 $122.20 $199.04 and 2 separate charges for $93.84 totaling 627.12!!!! They over charged me a total of $403.08! I have continued to call the hotel to speak to the manager and have been hung up on and told he is not available I called customer care and was hung up on and then called back to speak to a supervisor and was told that the hotel would have 48 hours to take care of the problem! Still not contact for the hotel or the manager! Worst customer service ever I will never be staying at a holiday inn express again I’ll stick to Wyndham!!