Holiday Inn Memphis, Memphis, Smell

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Holiday Inn Memphis	Average Price: $209 Check Rates

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160 Union Avenue

Memphis, 38103 View map

3-Star Hotel Rank: 9 of 44
Average review rating: 3.47

OpinionWell Value Index: 3

Traveler reviews analyzed: BedBugRegistry (2) , Expedia (10) , MyTravelGuide (24) , Travelocity (10) , TripAdvisor (235) , YahooTravel (23)

SAFE TO BOOK ? (1/5 issues found)

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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.

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bathroom (2) musty (2) old (2) room (8) small (2) smoke (6)

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1. You can smell the ribs as soon as you park your car.

"Dated, but a great place to stay " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/10/2012 Vote

2. The hotel is old and run down, rooms small and even tacky to a point, the pillows smell, bathrooms very small with old weary fittings.

"The worst Holiday Inn so far " Read full review on TripAdvisor 1/14/2012 Vote

3. As soon as you walked in you were met with an unpleasant funky odor and I had to spray Febreze to mask the smell and get the air circulating in the room.

"Priority Club Member " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/8/2011 Vote

4. On entering the room the smell of stale smoke hit us (supposed to be a non-smoking room).

"Location is all this hotel has to offer " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/25/2009 Vote

5. The bathroom was cramped and the shower curtain smelled musty.

"Our stay was ok " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/4/2009 Vote

6. Our room smelled fine and apart from the splatters of paint on the furniture it looked o.

"Good location but lazy housekeeping staff! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/18/2008 Vote

7. Everything had been refurbished but I agree with other reviewers that close to the elevators there was a weird musty smell.

"Good location but lazy housekeeping staff! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/18/2008 Vote

8. The rooms smelled terrible.

"Not Worth the Money even through Hotwire " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/23/2008 Vote

9. I stayed in a smoking room, and was happily surprised at the clean smell.

Read full review on MyTravelGuide 4/13/2008 Vote

10. I smelled smoke on the second day and during the rest of the week.

"We would not go back " Read full review on YahooTravel 11/17/2007 Vote