Holiday Inn Express & Suites Cape Girardeau I-55

Prós: We were asked which floor we preferred. When some cheerleaders were in the rooms next to us and across from us, staff instantly and cheerfully made a change, bringing us to a beautiful, quiet room with no muss no fuss. Everyone extremely friendly, helpful

Prós: large size roomswillingness of staff to accommodate us by offering adjoining roomsnice breakfastbeautiful entry

Contras: noise in room above us

Prós: Very nice hotel we enjoyed our stay very much milk and cookies in the lobby at night was a nice touch

I suppose star-rating is based on size & location of a hotel rather than the quality nowadays. Either way, this hotel experience was 5-star for me and my family. Wonderful staff, awesome breakfast, pool was great, etc. Our room was spacious and had a big tub/shower! The lobby has fancy decor (for a country-set hotel on the outside) and you are greeted with a smile every time. The gym was tiny with only 4 machines (2 treadmills and 2 Ellipticals, I think) total but was empty most of our stay so you can probably workout in private if you absolutely must workout during your stay. They even had a tiny frig filled with water bottles for your use! How thoughtful is that? An indoor pool is always a thumbs-up for me. Also, they had a mini arcade next to the gym and pool area. Classic games and cheap (old-school 50 cent to $1) games; like racing, shooting games, and claw vending machines. Idk how legit the games are but it was cool seeing them displayed. Cape Girardeau and Jackson are so close together. We traveled to the area for a wedding in Jackson but we were able to nail a cheaper hotel (via Priceline, where else?) in Cape. If I remember correctly, they were like 2-3 exits apart on the highway. It only took us 15-20 mins to drive from our hotel in Cape to just about every location we needed in Jackson. Not too shabby if you are from the big city and used to 20+ min commutes. The location of this hotel was surrounded by many other businesses, mostly restaurants. So it is definitely buzzing but not loud!

Prós: We enjoyed the top-notch, free breakfast every morning we were there. Good fruit selection, breads (bagels, raisin, and regular sliced), yogurt, eggs (hard-boiled and scrambled); and the pancake machine was fun and produced perfect-sized pancakes! Fun!

Contras: Honestly, I cannot think of anything negative. We used our hotel room to nap during the day and sleep at night. Rarely watched TV. Coming back to our room every evening was carefree because we enjoyed the spacious, clean room and able to control the AC.

do not like the way priceline has you now bid a price and they pick the hotel! the way it use to be people could name the price of a hotel THEY WANTED! not the cheapest one in the area!

Prós: will never use priceline to book a hotel again!

Contras: will never use priceline to book a hotel again!