For a week in southeast Pennsylvania I stayed at the Hampton Inn in Indiana, PA.
The hotel packed a large curved desk, a TV stand with three ample drawers, a luggage stand, and a cabinet with a half-height refrigerator and microwave along with two queen beds in my room. There wasn’t much room for exercising. The walls seemed pretty thin; conversations from the next room could be heard.
The beds were nearly perfect in firmness, and I woke up just before my alarm on most days. Each bed had three pillows that varied in their firmness.
Outlets were in good supply. Four were available at the desk, and another four were in reach of a bed. Internet service was provided by Ethernet and strong wireless, though at times download speed suffered. YouTube buffered way too frequently. The code they gave me didn’t work, but the system also takes one’s HHonors username and password.
Television was divided into three sets of channels: a local set, a cable set, and a digital cable set. This made changing channels by number a bit of a pain. Picture quality was good on all stations, which included HBO, ESPN, several public television stations, and Cartoon Network.
The room had a thermostat on the wall, but heat was provided by a window heater/air-conditioner, which worked well.
The bathroom was efficient but not cramped. Water had good heat and pressure, but it took a little time to warm up.
The large fitness room had three ellipticals, three treadmills, a nautilus, and medicine balls of different sizes. There was also a large flat-panel TV mounted on the wall. There was an indoor pool and hot tub.
I didn’t stay long enough to try the laundry service. The continental breakfast had two hot dishes in hotel trays, prepared oatmeal, yogurt, fruit, six choices of boxed cereal, and the standard bagel / english muffin / toast trays. During one evening chocolate cookies were set out, but they were brought out of the oven a little too early. They were mushy, and they fused together on the plate.
All of the staff was friendly and professional. The housekeeping even wrote a note when the sheets were changed.
$93 is a little higher than the Holiday Inn in the area, but the breakfast was free and the hotel is less than four years old. The Holiday Inn was seriously showing its age the last time I was in town, but it looks like it has had some remodeling.
Hampton Inn is a member of the Hilton family of hotels, and HHonors is a good frequent stay program.
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