Holiday Inn Express Bellingham

The staff is friendly but the front desk staff seemed awfully young, maybe students from the near by university. The room was clean but the towels and bedding showed some signs of wear. The shampoo, lotions, and soap seemed good quality and smelled really good. They gave me extra to take with me when I asked. The pool is really small and shaped oddly so it is not really a lap pool. I'm not really sure who it is intended for. The free breakfast was more than just usual roll and cereal . There was a hot food option and the quality was fine for buffet style. There is not an onsite cafe but there are many food options very nearby. The outdoor patio was nice since it was sunny but it is small and the chairs do not allow a lot of positions for sunning. The gym is an actual health club located next door. The pro here is that it is full of all kinds of machines, the con is that is not as private and low key as the usual hotel work out room.

This room absolutely had to be an after thought ! The shower head was on the side of the wall rather than one end. So, when the water went from cold to HOT, you had nowhere to back up to! The lay out was just strange. Perhaps for handicap access? We asked for a different room, but for four nights they could only offer smoking rooms. There was no percieved effort to accomodate and they were rude! One ''Dude'' in particular made no pretense of being accomodating at all. And, for some reason, when I went out to get coffee early in the morning (every morning) there was a newspaper outside every door but ours! I was beginning to feel that we were getting the ''Online Travel Website'' treatment! What's up with that? So much for my ''Priority Club'' membership.

Sink drained extremely slowly, reported for two days, never fixed.....very little evidence that they serviced the room, towels were not replaced, pool towels were not removed....the breakfast provided was excellent and very well run...