Hotel Holiday Inn Express di Braceville Township

This place should receive four stars (bubbles), but I have decided the time is long overdue to return to daily cleaning of rooms. After all, the prices have only gone up, not down. Lack of staff is no excuse. In addition, I had reserved three rooms, one for my single daughter, one for my second daughter and her husband and one for my wife and myself. (I still don't know if I received IHG points for three rooms). In total, I had reserved rooms for 8 nights. This review covers only our room, 203. We were there 3 nights. So, with that said: This place is located on a wide spot of land between the east bound and west bound lanes of the Ohio turnpike. To say it is noisy 24/7 is an understatement. Who puts a hotel in the ”middle” of a highway? The staff was friendly enough, but they failed to have an extra blanket in our room as requested in the reservation. We had to ask for it. In the room itself, the Internet speed, when measured with speedtest dot net was 20 Mbps down (pretty good) and 9 up (better than mine at home). Lights were everywhere, including beneath the head of the bed (WHY??!!) We could hear the people in the room above us walking and talking. Kids in the room next to ours decided to ”roller skate” (I assume) with the suitcases. They were making a great deal of noise until I beat on the thin wall. They did it again the next night, but stopped before I beat on the wall again. Parents should learn to control their children. The bathroom had good lighting, but there was the usual almost-on-the-floor toilet found in most hotels and it was difficult to flush. With no exhaust fan, the bathroom smelled musty. Sink water pressure was very low. The shower, on the other hand, was okay though the shower head looked disgusting. There were no real towel bars or hooks, only a very short bar beneath the sink. Paint was peeling significantly from the bathroom ceiling. Saturday breakfast was cheese omelets, scrambled by Monday. There was only Greek yogurt. Sausage paddies were tasty. Coffee actually wasn't too bad.