Last weeks stay

Holiday Inn Express : MADISON

722 John Nolen Drive Madison WI 53713 United States 1-800-465-4329

http://www.hiexpress.com/hotels/us/en/madison/msnjn/hoteldetail

Lobby:

Clean, well appointed

Elevator / Stairs:

Stairwell was clean and well kept
Elevator is older, but in good repair.

Room:

Regular size room this week
Furniture in good repair, plenty of room to set up PC, and a table to have dinner at as well.
TV is older, but working well, I did notice that the power button was pushed into the chassis, however the remote works fine.
The heating / cooling unit worked well, is newer, but does not have a detached thermostat. It is also not capable of a continuous running fan with heat

Shower / Bathroom

Shower head is standard holiday inn issue, great coverage and adequate water pressure.

All the normal goods, however I always wish they had single use mouthwash.

Bed

Comfortable, with selection of soft or Firm pillows.

Peace and quiet

This was adequate, you can just pick up the other rooms TV's as a humming. Obviously once and a while you can hear noise in the hallway. I would say it's average.

Internet

This is interesting, the pamphlet on the desk states that InnFlux by Tantus networks is providing the service, however when Speedtest.net is used it sited Charter Communications as the service provider.

I had wireless only in room and carried speeds of around:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1119240862.png

Dwn: 106.72

Up: .41

Ping 73ms

Download was decent for youtube, ect..

However the upload left a little to be desired for sending the pictures of the room to the web.

So to Sum it up:

Price +

Room +

Staff +

Overall hotel condition / age -

Internet + (just a little slow on upload)

For our "buck" I'd call it three out of five stars.