I stayed in the hotel for 3 days in may 2012 for business and vacation. the room is huge, clean and new with kitchenette. Location is good near the highway and close to everywhere. The only minus is breakfast, small choices. I recommend for sure.

Stayed here for a golf tournament. Room was clean and fresh smelling. Grounds were kept clean and trash free. Most of the front staff was eager to help aside from one employee who was texting on his phone while we stood and waited for him to check us in. Disapionted in the free breakfast, not much of a selection. Overall a great place to stay.

The room was clean, the hotel was clean, the pool felt good and the hot tub was wonderful. The staff was very friendly.

That was the good stuff! Now for the dig: As the title of the review indicates there was not much rest to be had. Here was the issue - we walked into the room and it was a little stuffy and warm. Within a minute the air conditioner turned on and the room cooled down. Whenever the compressor turned off so did the fan (usually there are settings on the AC that allow the fan to run continuously thereby keeping the air flowing and the constant hum makes for a good night's sleep). This AC had no such setting (kind of - explanation to follow). So, all night long the AC would turn on and we would get cold and turn off and we would get hot. We actually set the thermostat to 65 degrees to achieve some kind of balance.

The second night we found the setting on the thermostat for the fan to run constantly - hooray!
Not so fast. Same thing happened as the previous night except that when I would get up to check the thermostat the AC would turn on. EVERY TIME! It appears that there is a sensor that senses motion and turns on the AC (remember what happened when we first walked into the room). There was no way to keep the air circulating. Upon complaining to management they said that the AC was designed to turn off for 2 minutes every so often to keep it from freezing up. Running just the fan does not make the AC freeze up. They denied that there was a motion sensor controlling the AC. Coincidence that every time I got out of bed the AC turned on? Coincidence that every time we walked into the room the AC turned on? Enough about that.

The reason we stayed at this hotel was that it was among the newest in the Daytona area. I can guarantee that we will not come back here. Besides the issue mentioned above, there is also no place to eat nearby. We found a few restaurants but there was some travel involved. They have a restaurant that is part of Holiday Inn but it tends to be pricey. Also the only way you can get a free continental breakfast is by being a Priority Club member and that will get you 2 breakfasts per day (if there are more in your party that's just too bad).

If these concerns do not trouble you then enjoy your stay here.

I tried this Holiday Inn in 2011 and returned with 4 of my golf schools that I conduct at LPGA.

I found the hotel to be clean and very hospitable. The staff is great and were willing to help and assist us during our stay.

My studens were very complimnetary about the hotel (I had previoulsy utulizied another hotel in Ormond Beach) and thought it was a vast improvement.

We will be retunring in 2013