Very Clean hotel, recently renovated, former Comfort Inn. Nice quiet room, comfortable bed. Large TV with excellent reception. Little difficult to find, have to go on a service road to enter the driveway, in a busy area. Plenty of free parking. Close to Waffle House, other dining spots and shopping. We found a restaurant that delivered pizza to our room. Hotel is near I-81. Prices for room moderate, prices really fluctuated. One day was $97, the next day was $81. I didn’t understand that. You can save a little by paying a non- refundable rate. I booked at the lower price. You have to check daily for best price, Breakfast OK, standard, not exceptional. They honored my request for a first floor room. Check in and check out efficient.
I am giving it four stars instead of five because they ask for a $50 security deposit that apparently comes off your charge in a few days. What’s with that? Since I paid ahead, a non-refundable rate (which saved me some money) I did not have that security charge, since they had my card on file, but I overheard the conversation between the person checking in ahead of me and the front desk clerk about that charge. Never had that request made before in any other hotel. I don’t like that sort of thing. What kind of security are we talking about here? They don’t trust your credit card? Also I am a platinum member and usually the front desk clerk will say thank you for being a (elite, platinum, diamond etc) member, which they did not. I was offered a choice of bonus points or a snack and drink so I guess the check in person did see my Choice Hotel status.
So all and all, I would say this is a very nice hotel so if you want to pay a little more and stay in a very clean, quiet hotel, and not mind the stupid “security fee” this hotel is for you. I would stay here again for the right price although perhaps would look for a hotel in a less congested area. There is a lot of traffic in that area and as I said, the hotel sits back a little ( but can be seen from the main road) and the service road might be hard to find in the dark.