We recently stayed at the Comfort Inn Alliance while visiting family in the area. The area itself does not have much to offer, and therefore lodging choices are limited. We did not choose this hotel (and probably wouldn't have, as I am wary of Comfort Inn's), but family booked it for us.
I was actually more impressed with the hotel than I thought I would be. Hotel staff were very kind and helpful. The free breakfast in the morning was nice (donuts, juice, coffee, eggs & potatoes, make your own waffles, apples, etc). I wish they would have had more fruit selections, but that's typical for free hotel breakfasts. We didn't visit the pool, but it looked like it would be fun. Our room seemed pretty clean, dated some, but I wasn't expecting much. The area was pretty quiet, which was very helpful for our sleeping infant daughter. I also appreciated the free wireless internet, which allowed me to get work done while we were away. The "mall" the Comfort Inn is connected to is a JOKE! I have NEVER seen anything that small! It's indicative of the area, though, as many businesses seemed to be either not doing well or closed down.
For the first few nights of our stay in our non-smoking room, there was a teeny bit of smoke smell in the room that went away after a second of being inside (we are VERY sensitive to cigarette smoke)... by the bed it was pretty clear, but a little more heavy near the connecting door. We realized why this was the last night of our stay - the connecting room was a smoking room! Of course, the last night of our stay, someone was in that connecting room just smoking away! We covered the door with towels which helped some, and it wasn't extreme (we stayed the night, and left in the morning), but it did seem weird to me that the connecting room was smoking when ours was clearly non-smoking. Even more weird was the fact that down the hall was the same scenario, a non-smoking and smoking room connection (and I'm certain those weren't the only rooms like that, I just didn't investigate them all). It would make MUCH more sense to make the smoking rooms connect to each other and the non-smoking rooms connect to other non-smoking rooms. I don't get what they were thinking.
Anyway, I wouldn't choose to stay here again, but if I needed to, it would be okay.











