Holiday Inn Express & Suites Byram

We booked a room with two beds for two nights. When we arrived we could not enter the room because the body odor was so bad it would make you want to throw up. They did not have another room with two beds so we had to take a room with one bed. The 2^nd room also had body odor but it was not quite as bad as the 1^st room and we had nowhere else to stay. We had a sick child with us so one bed was very uncomfortable. We checked out the next day and they refused to refund our money for the 2^nd night even though we were not staying and the room made our child feel even more sick because of the odor. There were a lot of construction worker trucks in the parking lot which explains why the rooms have the smell of body odor. We usually stay at Holiday Inn, but we will never stay here again and our experience was so bad that we may not ever stay at a Holiday Inn again. We followed up with an email to the front desk manager after we returned home about how awful our experience was. It has been several days and she has not responded. Stay away from this hotel.

Decent hotel. The rooms are VERY small but a in nice condition. There is only one elevator for the entire hotel and it is also VERY small. I would suggest a first floor room if possible or you will find yourself waiting a long time unless you take the stairs.
The breakfast is poor at best and wasn’t even ready on our final day. 30 minutes past when it was supposed to be ready and we finally left. No real restaurants of any quality nearby. You are better off driving to a better area or fast food is the best you are gonna get.
At $ 130 per night is is simply overpriced. The Comfort Inn across the interstate is a nicer hotel for $ 40 less per night.

This is a newer hotel. The design is a bit more subdued than some of the other newer HIexpress facilities in the south, I’d call it more refined. The standard King room is large enough that a medium sized break dancing crew could practice or «battle» between the foot of the bed and the dresser/​TV stand; it is a very wide room. Bathrooms are standard to the newer HIexpress properties, aside from the strangely mismatched granite between the shower and vanity.
All in all a fairly solid property.

This will be the hotel I stay in the next time I am in town. The front desk clerk was very friendly and got my husband and I a great rate and room. Everything was very clean. Loved the room and décor, the firm bed, and the soft sheets and pillows.
Mr Kelly (?) The breakfast attendant, was also very friendly. He chatted with my husband and helped us with directions.
The only flaw I came across, was the pool. I was hoping to take a swim during a very stressful weekend and was not able to. The pool was open, and clean, however there was so much chlorine that it burned my eyes and throat just after walking in the door. They were still burning for several minutes after walking out.
Not a deal breaker, but was looking forward to a dip in the pool. (especially after hearing about the gators and snakes in the nearby lakes)

DO NOT BOOK HERE. We called and reserved a room. The desk took our card # and info and gave us a confirmation number. When we got there about ½ hour later, the desk clerk whom we had just talked to told us we did not have reservations and that she had not received any calls since the beginning of her shift (2 hours earlier). Upon questioning, she said we actually called
. So, I showed her my call log and recalled the last number which rang her desk. She continued to deny and give us varying stories. It’s too early to tell yet if she stole our identity, but I would strongly urge you to not go to this motel.

Not a bad place at all. Only reason why I gave it 4 stars was the lingering smell of cigarette smoke. The front desk was nice, the bed was comfortable, and the a.c. worked. Tv had great picture for my evening tv show watching. And the water pressure was good.