Holiday Inn Knoxville-West, I-40 & I-75

It was very convenient, and relaxing

Slightly jaded hotel ... clean rooms but very disappointing over chlorinated pool. A bit grubby in parts

When first arriving, it took a while for someone to see me. When I finally checked in and made it to my room in the dead-center of the 4th floor from the elevator that took a while to come down, the keys did not work. Therefore, had to go all the way back down to the lobby with all of my luggage in tow after a long day of traveling... not fun. Especially since I was low on time. Also, the elevator near entrance 4 bounced up and down for a while when stopping, making me think, "Oh F*$#, It's gonna happen, isn't it, I'm gonna get stuck on the elevator..." As far as the room, the beds were comfortable and seemingly clean. However, there were wax stains on the floor, a notepad left with the previous guests' writing on it. The desk chair (which I DID have to use) had no adjustable back and I was not able to move it up or down, therefore, like sitting on a stool with no back support, and very uncomfortable overall (more like it was there for decoration, not function --> I was preparing for one of the biggest presentations of my life (my dissertation defense) and needed a functional and comfortable desk chair, which I did not have). When taking a shower, I was not aware the water would take more than 5 minutes to heat up, and when I got out of the shower, there were someone elses' drawings visible on the mirrors (a yin-yang symbol on the wall mirror and kisses on the small sticking out mirror!! GROSS!!). Otherwise, it was a place to sleep I guess. Nothing special.

We got in late ready for a good night sleep, check in was quick and slept great.

We were in town for a baseball tournament and this hotel was fairly close to the park. It wasn’t bad, just slightly dated. It was clean and had a small indoor/outdoor pool. Unfortunately it’s always packed due to it being small and the hotel having 5 floors worth of guests to entertain. Overall I wasn’t unhappy. I’ve just been to nicer Holiday Inns. Note: Location is pretty close to a Chick-Fil-A, Chuey’s, Kroger, and Academy Sports.