Holiday Inn Express & Suites Emporia

We routinely travel the I 95 corridor and have not had great experiences with brand name hotels. This Holiday inn express was clean, with a friendly front desk and renovated room. Checked in at 11 pm with no issues. The beds and pillows were new and comfortable. The free breakfast was good and attended to by a conscientious, friendly woman. We will drive the extra hour south of Richmond to stay here after having unpleasant experiences at Richmond/Chester area hotels.

I was very disappointed with the hospitality of this hotel, I’ve stayed in many holiday inn express rooms and usually they are great. My family and I were driving to Florida from Massachusetts on our first long road trip. I booked a queen suite with 2 queen beds and a sleeper sofa to accommodate my family the first night after driving 12 hours. I booked months in advance. I got a phone call from the hotel while on our way there around noon time on the day of check in. They called to tell me they had a flood THE WEEK BEFORE and didn’t have the room available that we booked. They offered us either a regular queen room or a king suite but nothing else. Neither of those options worked for our sleeping arrangements and no other solution was offered. They suggested going to the next holiday inn express to get a suite but could not give us a room there at the same price. We would have to pay much more there. They would not work with us to make this right and we were already 8 hours into our trip and headed there. Finally I just decided I’ll asked if we could get the queen room with a roll away bed. They agreed but I had to ask for a discount and only received $20 off for the inconvenience. We arrived and checked in, when getting to our room with all our bags it turns out it was the king suite with no roll away bed which definitely would not fit our family. I went back down to the desk and the gentleman had given us the wrong room keys. We were exhausted after a 12 hour drive so this was all very upsetting. We got our correct keys and went to our room. The room reeked of cigarettes and had burns on the carpet. Also the carpet had a large wet stain on it. The roll away bed was there but no bedding provided for it. Luckily my son had packed sheets and a pillow in the car so we just got those. Now I understand that the flooding was in no way their fault and very unfortunate but they still have a responsibility as a business to accommodate their guests weather it be comping the room or working with another hotel to make it right. None of this was done. Also why wait until we are almost checking in to call and inform us of the situation if the flooding damage happened the week before?! It was a very stressful and frustrating way to start our road trip.

We had the good fortune of staying here 1 night in June during our family trip. This hotel had THE most comfortable bed and sheets that I think I’ve ever experienced. I would have been happy staying there forever on account of the incredibly comfortable room alone! The room was also perfectly clean, with a most thoughtful set of complimentary water bottle and snacks provided near the TV. Such wonderful, above and beyond hospitality. The rest of the hotel was also very clean in the other areas we were in, from the lobby to the dining room to the 1st floor restroom. If we had additional time, we would have loved to visit their (I believe) indoor pool. In the morning at their complimentary breakfast bar, they had the nicest staff with a really comprehensive spread of hot and chilled foods plus beverages (including a wonderful self-serve pancake maker!). On top of everything, everyone was so friendly towards our young kids. I would give them 6 out of 5 stars if I could. Thank you all so much for making our stay such an exceptional experience.

I had an extended stay last month. I’m impressed especially for the rate. The staff was helpful and made me feel at home. My room was clean and comfortable. And the breakfast always had lots of choices.

Our family stopped on our way back to Florida and we had a wonderful stay. The hotel was right off the exit and had everything that we needed. The kids enjoyed the indoor pool. The guest service agent was very friendly and accommodated our last minute request for a crib. I highly recommend this hotel as we will definitely be stopping again as we travel back and forth from NJ to Daytona Beach, FL.

Awful place to stay! Loud , dirty and huge dogs are allowed to stay here! I had flea bites in just one night! The front desk acts like they could care less if you stay or not! This motel needs to be updated and a whole new staff! It’s that bad! Run from here!

I was going to rate this hotel highly..until they DID NOTHING about the very loud party across the Hall..feel badly for the front desk clerk as he has no security backup..but this is ridiculous and disappointing..we don’t sleep because of the party across the hall?? Don’t stay here..not worth it..and they will do nothing to help

The hotel is nice enough for a short stay, IF ONLY THERE WEREN'T DRUNK PEOPLE EVERYWHERE! So we get our first room #106 and they are having a tailgate outside our window. We asked the front desk to ask them to move elsewhere and the woman refused to do so. We insisted on moving then and she moved us across the hall from a screaming drunken party in room 129. We then had to move a second time upstairs where it was finally quiet. You will take your chances with this hotel. When we walked in to check in there was a drunken staggering man roaming in and out of the front door; I asked the front desk if perhaps they should call the police and they just shrugged it off........should've known better then!

no issues -- a chain motel for a one-nighter to break up the drive home - clean, quiet and safe - far enough from 95 to avoid the highway noise - breakfast was okay -- front desk was helpful (yeah they had some toiletries we forgot, so extra bonus points for that) - if i had to stay in emporia again, i'd have no issue staying here again (I guess my issue would be staying in emporia itself - but that's a different review)