Holiday Inn Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Check In

OpinionWell's Blog

Home » United States » California » Santa Barbara Destinations » Santa Barbara Hotels » Holiday Inn Santa Barbara

OpinionWell
Rank

32nd

Out of 107

Holiday Inn Santa Barbara	Average Price: $172 Check Rates

Hotel Class:

5650 Calle Real

Santa Barbara, 93117 View map

2-Star Hotel Rank: 7 of 20
Average review rating: 3.41

OpinionWell Value Index: 2

Traveler reviews analyzed: Expedia (17) , Travelocity (4) , TripAdvisor (79)

SAFE TO BOOK ? (1/5 issues found)

Is this hotel safe to book? See the trends in negative comments below to find out the real deal before you commit:

Construction:	No recent comments about construction were found.
Noise:	Recent comments complained about noise.
Room Smell:	No recent comments about room smell were found.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
Bed Bugs:	No recent comments about bed bugs were found.

Search reviews for other problems

Keyword Cloud

The hotel review keyword cloud displays the words commonly used to describe the features and services of this hotel. Select a word and explore.

All Positive Negative

Keyword Search

amenity (5) bar (21) bath (3) bathroom (27) bathtub (3) beach (3) bed (19) breakfast (28) cable (2) charge (2) check in (12) check out (3) check-out (2) closet (6) complimentary (2) deal (3) decor (3) dinner (3) downtown (12) exterior (4) food (11) freeway (5) front desk (16) highway (2) hot tub (1) hotel (98) laundry (2) lobby (2) location (18) money (6) parking (7) pillow (8) pool (43) price (21) rate (7) recommend (9) restaurant (20) room (132) room service (3) service (9) shower (9) staff (41) street (14) towel (6) tub (2) value (3) walk (7) walk-in (1) water pressure (1) wireless (5)

Check in

Appears in 12 comments.

100% wrote positive comments about check in

The following words were used in comments with Check in:
clean (3) clerk (2) desk (3) free (3) nice (3) park (2) quick (2)

Users can vote for helpful comments, which are saved in the Most helpful section.

Sort by:

See all

1. Check in folks were very nice.

"Met my needs " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/23/2011 Vote

2. Check-in was a breeze, the room was blessedly clean, and the cleaning crew had an attentive touch.

"When Is A Door Not A Door? " Read full review on TripAdvisor 5/28/2011 Vote

3. Front desk staff at check in were exceptionally helpful and friendly.

"Very friendly and helpful staff, good location " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/4/2010 Vote

4. The check in was efficient, but the desk clerk was a little over the top; calling me milady, and going into excruciating detail about the breakfast and my room, and making strange comments about my daughter.

"An $89 hotel for over $200 " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/15/2010 Vote

5. The front desk staff were very polite and professional with a quick and painless check-in.

"Wonderful! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 5/25/2009 Vote

6. Good things: pleasant check in, clean/nice lobby, large pool in center courtyard area, rooms are refurbed, mini-coffee pot in room, new vanities and tile in bathroom, nice bedding and pillows, free internet, free parking, fairly convenient to Santa Barbara and the Goleta Beach Park, 40 minutes from Los Olivos wineries, Denny`s across the street.

"Great for a Discount....Wouldn`t pay full price... " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/19/2008 Vote

7. They had free wifi and the check-in process was quick and smooth.

"Very Nice " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/22/2011 Vote

8. Arrived here late evening, check-in was thorough and very detailed.

"Great experience " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/1/2010 Vote

9. Check-in and Check-out went very smoothly, and I observed another clerk performing at a similar level of competence as I moved through one of these procedures.

"A Mixed Bag " Read full review on TripAdvisor 6/12/2010 Vote

10. So I requested and the hotel delivered the microwave and minifridge to our room about an hour and a half after check-in (because it was a sunday and maintenance only came in at 6pm.

"Nice bathrooms didn't really go well with dated building " Read full review on TripAdvisor 12/28/2009 Vote