Book it Danno! Holiday Inn Express, JFK

Book it Danno! Holiday Inn Express, JFK

Index:

The hotel as shot from the 5th floor of the hotel

Bundling myself out of the Uber, I headed into to the Hotel – my crash pad for the night.

Reception (shot next day)

Buy whilst stocks last! (In-hotel store)

Reception area.

I was checked in, and after a matter of minutes, was assigned a room on the 5th floor of the hotel. My rate was confirmed and my keycard issued . With the formalities done, I headed up to the room.

Going into the room, it was a pretty standard Holiday Inn Express room – basic, but sufficient.

Working area and TV… please excuse my rubbish. I was tired.

The bed

The room… with the world’s nosiest air-conditioning unit.

The rooms temperature itself was pretty warm, however – the air conditioning unit had a mind of its own when it wanted to switch on or off, and was noisy about it when operating.

That, didn’t help to my relaxation in the hotel room.

I checked out the bathroom… and found a pretty normal bathroom, with amenities in little bottles.

A compact bathroom

Little bottles!

In the end, I managed to get a bit of rest – the whole point of this hotel (again, another crash pad – like the Travelodge London City Airport).

Except, I would had preferred the Travelodge if I’m bluntly honest.

I honestly give up with this aircon unit. Anything I tried just couldn’t get it to balance out. With the temperature outside rather cold, turning it off was not an option.

With about 5 hours sleep, I was up again, and did some bits and bobs before 7:30 came. That was the time to head downstairs to grab a bite before the shuttle bus back to the airport.

And I couldn’t miss this one – as the shuttle goes hourly.

Breakfast itself was the usual sort of thing – a mixture of hot and cold items

Breads and pancakes

Hot items… including the monstrosity of “Sausage Gravy”. Gravy is meant to be BROWN… not white!

Yogurts and Cereals

It’s not how America runs, It’s how Kevin runs. Coffee and lots of it.

I headed up to check out before the Shuttle bus departed and mentioned the air conditioning unit issues. The agent apologised and offered a 1,000 point bonus.

Better than nothing, but I don’t think I would get back that lost sleep.

That all done, a call was made for the bus. I took my leave of the hotel, onto the next adventure.

Overall: If this hotel could sort out its Air Conditioning and heating units, we’d be onto a winner. However, I feel that hotel could do with a little love as well as servicing to improve the environment. As a crash-pad, it was ok. As a place to say, I couldn’t recommend it if I was honest with the lack of connections, limited shuttle bus timetable and that air con unit.

Mind you, what designates as a “good” hotel in the JFK area? They’re not particularly great in the first place. Maybe I should had went to my normal New York digs…

Next: JFK Terminal 8, The AA Flagship lounge and US510 to Phoenix AZ.

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Comments

Dan says

25/02/2015 at 1:07 pm

That gravy is sausage gravy, a form of sawmill gravy. It is a traditional Holiday Inn Express dish. Also seen in the Southern US.
Jj says

25/02/2015 at 4:20 pm

I’ve stayed at this hotel 3x. I never had an issue with the A/C so maybe it was your room. I agree, it’s a good crash pad – probably About as good as it gets near JFK but I wouldn’t stay here long term. I did get good service at each of my stays though and the shuttle driver was always welcoming and efficient. This is my go to place near JFK.

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