Holiday Inn Express & Suites Petoskey

Nice room, nice staff!

Very clean, updated and light/​bright hotel. well organized complimentary breakfast with some healthy options. outdoor seating area off the breakfast area with pretty view. Rooms with kitchenette nice for families. Staff was great. The complimentary car windshield cleaning was a nice touch. We would definitely stay there again if traveling in the area.

Friendly staff who are very accommodating. The complimentary limo service downtown was very nice for those who like to partake in a few few libations. The beds were very comfy and the view of Bear Creek Valley was awesome. Of course breakfast is always a plus and the welcome cookies and water were a bonus. The rooms are decent and the location is very close to downtown nightlife.

I don’t know why their rating would be a 4! I would rate it at 5+!
This is by far the best Holiday Inn Express we have stayed in. This is our fourth Holiday Inn Express this vacation. Friendly front staff. Everything looks brand new. There were many people enjoying the pool. Breakfast on the terrace just outside the breakfast area with a spectacular view! The room was awesome! Hot Tub! A much needed extra after walking around Petoskey, Charlevoix, and Traverse City all day! The fireplace was beautiful however not used but I’m sure would be wonderful in the winter! Our room had a full kitchen with a full sized fridge and a dishwasher! Everything was really clean! I wish we could stay longer! Whitecaps Restaurant was really great! Very friendly servers and a beautiful Sunset seen from our table! Don’t miss the sunset from the rock jetty at the Bayfront Park.(I think that’s what it was called). Local kids were jumping off into the water, fun to watch but the water is too cold for this Floridian!

Excellent! … service, cleanliness, helpfulness, view, amenities … A+ for sure! When we got in our car this morning after checking out we saw a business card under our wiper blade. They had washed our windshield and wished us safe travels! Oh my … these folks really know what excellent customer service means! They deserve our highest recommendation and we can’t wait to return!

I have been at this location a few times, and it never disappoints. Everything is super clean and comfortable — it really stands out from other hotels. Also, the staff at the front desk are very friendly and helpful — especially Nancy. In addition, there is a wide breakfast selection and the dining area looks out on a beautiful valley, with a patio to enjoy in nice weather. What a fabulous view! In addition, every room has a balcony with table and chairs — make sure to ask for one on the valley-​view side and enjoy!

I travel in Michigan for work A LOT, and I stay almost exclusively in Holiday Inn’s and this one is right up there with Munising and Mackinaw, in fact they own Mackinaw. View out the back is Pure Michigan. Nice rooms, great service, NICE FITNESS ROOM, nice pool and sauna and jacuzzi, they also have a FREE LIMO SERVICE for guests.
Everything is well maintained
Staying at Holiday Inn’s I can say this is a perfect example of what they should be

Nice Hotel, Stay clear of room 105 … Not a good value as the noise becomes irritating ‚(you will be adjacent to the elevator and its noises). Otherwise nice beds, staff, pool is a little heavy on the chlorine would stay again in a different part of the hotel

5 stars this was the best holiday inn express I have been in and I have been in a few of them. Everything was clean! The spa was clean and well kept the views out the windows are very nice and the staff was very easy and helpful ! 3 day stay and it was great ! I would recommend this hotel to anyone staying in the area…

Very nice hotel. Great views out the back windows. The hotel is clean and serves a decent breakfast buffet. Staff is very friendly and helpful. Take advantage of the hotel limo for quick tours of the town or drop offs at the casino.

We just stayed here this weekend. It was perfect for what we needed – a quiet hotel that was clean and comfortable with pleasant staff. There was a mini fridge and microwave in the room, which was helpful. We didn’t take advantage of the free breakfast (only served till 9:30, we slept in) and the pool, but they looked nice. There was a complimentary limo that can run you into town to go out for drinks or dinner or shopping… but only until midnight.
The only thing that was a drawback (if you could call it that) was that it was so far from downtown. There was no way you could walk there to go out for dinner or anything. That being said… HIGHLY recommended. Everyone we interacted with was friendly, even the other people staying there. :)

We stayed here based on four things:
–they allow pets (for free!)
–they have a decent hot breakfast
–they have a hot tub
–they have a complimentary limo from 3p-​12a (baller!)
The pets are allowed to stay for free when you have a room on the first floor. There aren’t many rooms there so I recommend calling ahead to confirm availability. They told me that although they don’t allow the pets to be left unattended (uh, that’s what we planned on) they understand if we leave them to go have dinner (or ski all day). They asked for my cell number in case they became too loud and would call us. I was pretty nervous while we were skiing but I didn’t receive a phone call. We cranked up the TV to drown out hallway noise and it must have done the trick.
The eggs and breakfast meat were weird. The eggs were scrambled and sitting in a pan with liquid in the bottom. The sausage and bacon had a texture that wasn’t quite right.
The hot tub and pool were heavily chlorinated. I could smell the chlorine in the hallway as we approached. I coughed a couple times upon entering the hot tub and my eyes began to water. We only stayed for about 10 minutes. They allow people from in town to come use the facilities. One of the nights we came across teen make-​out session. Three couples in the hot tub and pool locking lips made for an awkward soak after skiing.
Overall, this place is close to downtown Petoskey and equidistant from Nubs/​Highlands and Boyne Mt.

I had a 5-​star initial impression of this hotel. We arranged for early check-​in on the phone with Nancy, who recognized my voice when I arrived nearly 3 hours later and greeted me by name. She was welcoming and helpful.
The room itself is 4 star quality. The bathroom is really dated and the shower could have been hotter. However, the bed was possibly one of the most comfortable beds I have ever slept in.
Now onto the negatives, which quickly bring this down to a 2-​star review. The noise, oh heavens, the noise. This hotel is packed full of families and all I heard was doors slamming and kids running up and down the halls. I would have requested a room change, except the little monsters were everywhere. This lasted from approximately 5pm-​11pm and started back up around 630am. I thought by getting up early to get breakfast (which is complimentary) we would avoid them, but no, the kids were there, poorly supervised, and bringing the breakfast buffet line to a grinding halt every 30 seconds when they needed help while sloppily buttering their waffles. Cue ignorant parent tapping away on their cell phone 5 steps away.
I can’t imagine the horrors during the summer. Shudder.

I have stayed here once before, but was on the street side. I liked the room, but didn’t like the noise from the street. This time I was going with family, so we got the penthouse, so we would have enough room for all of us (4).
There are two bedrooms downstairs, if you enter from the forth floor, each with it’s own bathroom. The master/​bigger bedroom bath, has large whirlpool tub, and HUGE steam shower. There is a stairway in the suite that leads up to the living room and kitchen, and also another bathroom. The two sofas in the living room are pull out beds. There is a «fake» fireplace there, and also one down in the master bedroom, and each room has a balcony. The best view out the back of the hotel is from this suite. The kitchen is great with dishes, glasses, toaster, coffee maker, some pans and silverware. Also a large dining table, breakfast bar with stools and two tv’s up, and each bedroom has a tv.
This room can be around $ 500, which is a lot, but we all got to stay together. Would be great for like two couples to split, even if you have kids. Each couple can get a bedroom, and the kids can have the sofa beds.

The only reason that this hotel is not getting 5 stars, is because it is not near the water. If it was near the water, totally would have 5 stars.
For our 5^th anniversary, we decided to stay in Petoskey and wanted a Jacuzzi suite. We called around and first stopped at the Hampton Inn, but the room smelled too much of smoke (it was a former smoking room, but all rooms are non-​smoking now thanks to MI state law).
We called the Holiday-​Inn Express and got a great rate (thanks to the Priority Club Membership and all of those business trips). The room is absolutely fantastic, spacious clean, with a nice kitchenette. The jacuzzi’s jets could has been a little bit more powerful but it did the trick.
I definitely would stay here again in a heart beat (jacuzzi suite or not), the staff was very friendly and helpful. We did not have a chance to use the limo, but the idea of having a classy shuttle vehicle that can drop you off for dinner in town and then pick you up after you have enjoyed a nice bottle of wine at dinner is fantastic.
The full-​breakfast was very nice, though I did pop out to Johan’s bakery for some doughnuts.

This is an incredible Holiday Inn Express.
I think they just did a refurb. So it’s fresh. You can still smell a bit of the new paint off-​gassing. But on the plus side, the rooms have spiff flat screen tvs. And some things haven’t been updated as well, like the bathrooms.
Oddly, there is a limo to take you into town or wherever you want to go. For free. Which comes on top of the free breakfast. Which has biscuits with sausage gravy. Guess who broke their diet?
But it’s not really near anything. Maybe the casino. Certainly the Wal-​Mart & the Appleby’s. If you are in town for a wedding, and a bunch of your friends are staying there… it’s a fun swinging time.
Just know that you will not be able to find a local paper on premises if it’s a Saturday. I know… who would want to read the news on shabbos.