Holiday Inn Express & Suites Portland Airport

Really want say how accommodating Holiday Express Airport Way has been for our trip.
Traveling with a 91 year old person is not an easy thing. So easy access, coming and going, eating and all travel considerations are vital. Our stay has been very comfortable. The breakfast offerings and snacks are great and sure welcome while traveling and eating gets awkward Thanks to the professional and pleasant staff .
Simply well run operation. Thanks

The continental breakfast included a surprisingly wide array of items; not restaurant quality food, but not bad for free! the rooms were decently sized and clean, the bathroom was well stocked with towels and conveniences, with touchless motion-​detection/​timer switch. The room had a decent sized flat screen TV with basic channels, convenient snack and drink vending machine in the hall. Free Wi-​Fi and free shuttle to the airport.
Location-​wise, very convenient. Close by Shari’s, Target, 7 – 11, Panera, Ikea, a large shopping mall, and the airport.
Cozy seating with books on the floors, small but convenient gym in the lobby. The only complaint was the paper thin walls, the woman text door was talking up a storm next door all morning, and someone was pacing incessantly upstairs. If it weren’t for the noise from the neighbors, I would gladly come back here and give this 4 stars.

The staff are friendly and go the extra mile, breakfast is 4 hours long and the food was good. Close to airport and local restaurants. Rooms are very well maintained and updated. If I visit Portland again I’ll be staying here.

Good location near airport and most major areas are just a 15 minute drive away.
Rooms moderately priced, spacious, friendly staff, and free breakfast. Workout center is sufficient and now than enough parking spaces.
No real bells and whistles on this place but then again its an express.
Near an Ikea, gas station, and several eateries for meningitis or late night.
I would recommend for family travel or quick short stays. Plus parking is free.

I was quite disappointed when I checked in to find there was no waffle maker for the breakfast, but the free porn makes up for it. Seriously.
The room is very nice so far. The shower is large and has places to put my shampoo (which is nice). I don’t stay at Holiday Inn that much — it reminds me of a Hampton Inn.

I am all about a Holiday Inn Express. I am a rewards member with them and always feel welcome at their locations.
We stayed here for one night. I was happy. After two previous nights in a loud and extremely busy hotel, I was thankful to be here. Even though this was near the airport, it was pretty quiet. I think the only thing I heard most of the night was someone coming in fairly late set off the car alarm. It happens– no worries!
The front desk staff was super accommodating. Check in is not until late afternoon, but I arrived in Portland around 730am. I ate breakfast and was ready to check in by 9. They had a room ready for me at 10. Super awesome and so incredibly helpful since I needed to do a few things for work before my meeting. Their internet was fast and never spotty.
The bed was pretty comfortable and they pillows were plentiful! I was very pleased with my stay.

The epitome of fairness.
Accommodations — Decent:
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Good noise isolation. Despite being located near the airport, we couldn’t hear planes from inside the hotel room. We also couldn’t hear neighbors, but since the place didn’t appear busy, it’s possible we didn’t have any!
Two queen-​sized beds, a small TV, microwave, minifridge and writing desk made this a more or less a comfortable and functional place to call home for a couple days. The free parking and WiFi were appreciated.
Breakfast — Fair:
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Free breakfast, but just a notch over continental. There was something made from powdered eggs each day (omelets one day, scrambled eggs the next), turkey sausage, ham, biscuits, muffins, bagels, cereal, juice, fruit and coffee. There was a pancake-​making machine that was broken until our last day.
Gym — Fair:
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There was a tiny gym room with a treadmill, multi-​purpose weight machine, free weights and a broken elliptical. The elliptical was not repaired by our last day.
Overall Assessment — Fair:
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We booked a room here as part of a package through Southwest Vacations, so unfortunately I don’t know what the exact breakdown in price was. However, the total package was priced reasonably.
The freebies here are a little iffy, but free is free. You definitely get what you pay for. You can’t get more fair than that!

Stayed here for one night to catch an early flight the next morning.
Updated rooms with a nice modern bathroom but nothing fancy.
Free shuttle to the airport and free breakfast.
I was quite impressed by the breakfast options. There was omelets, biscuits and gravy, sausage, yogurt, hard boiled eggs, fruit, cereal, breads. I was pleasantly surprised by the taste of the gravy.
This isn’t the most amazing breakfast you’ll ever have but for hotel that you’re using to stay overnight to catch a flight the next day, it’s pretty convenient and it was decent.
I believe breakfast starts at 4:30 and they have convenient to go boxes for you to take along.

After going on hotwire, I got this hotel room for just $ 79 (plus tax). We had a king size room on the first floor. The room was nice, clean, and well kept. We were pleasantly surprised to also find a microwave and fridge in our room. The front desk staff were very friendly and helpful. The only thing we didn’t like is we couldn’t get the air conditioner/​fan to work. The bed was so comfy, however, that I didn’t have a hard time sleeping without the fan on. The continental breakfast is free with many choices including fresh pancakes. We were very happy with this hotel stay. It is a short distance to the airport which was a great plus for us!

Great little hotel nothing super fancy but I’ll do the trick not sure if this is the location with the pool but if it isn’t then they make up for it with the great state of the art weight room and some great continental breakfast pretty sure I had some awesome waffles but if this is the location with the pool 11 even better restaurant on site and he pool and hot tub either way most holiday ends these days come standard with this amazing pillow top bed don’t need to spend a lot for comfort when visiting Portland

I was here on business for a handful of hours as I had a 5:30 flight; so my goals were to sleep a bit, shower in the AM and leave for the airport.
Woman at the counter was nice. Room was tired. I can’t remember which number it was, but it was basically across from the elevator on the third floor. You could see the bathroom was redone recently, but the rest of the room was not.
My room featured a red stain (blood? wine?) on the carpet and the bed skirt. I can understand not replacing the carpet for one stain (although having guests wonder if there was loss of blood in the room enough to spill on the carpet is probably not a positive experience), but they couldn’t replace the bed skirt? The HVAC unit would rattle from time to time, and when I thought about calling the desk about it, it would naturally stop. Luckily it did not wake me.
Bed was good enough. Bedding was clean. I did sleep for the 4 hours or so I had before I had to wake up to travel again.
Earliest airport shuttle is 4AM, which I did not use because I did not know how fast security is at PDX at that hour. I could guess it would be dead (it was), but I don’t like to guess when it comes to making a cross-​country flight.
Last small complaint, there was a strange $ 1.00 «media assessment» fee on my bill that i’d love to know what it is for. I guess I should have looked it over before I left and asked. Doesn’t look like it is a tax, rather an undisclosed fee.

Second time here. Becoming a regular when I have to head out of town. Rooms always clean and prompt service when I first walk in.
Bathroom was clean and that is always a big thing for me.
Only thing I would change is having better toilet paper:)

This place was just fine, not bad but I only stayed there a few days. I’d just call it average

After 26 hours of travel, I was greeted by a leftover pubic hair in my shower. Gross! I was very polite about it and I brought this to the attention of the manager who said she will instruct the cleaning staff to do a better job. She offer a few extra reward points. But I can’t believe I paid $ 130 to stay in a room with pubic hair!

This place is severely outdated. I thought it would be a fairly new or at least well maintained hotel having stayed at some other Holiday Inn Express locations. I couldn’t have been more surprised. This place looks like Holiday Inn bought a rundown hotel, slapped their sign out front and called the rest good. Rooms haven’t been updated since the Cold War. The staff was pleasant, but for the price you’d be wise to go elsewhere.

Wow! This was definitely the best place we stayed on our whole trip in Oregon. Large clean room, and a GREAT free breakfast. Staff super friendly! We’ll definitely stay here again if we come back to Portland!

Definitely not the best holiday Inn express I’ve stayed at. The caulk is coming off the shower and looks nasty and orange. The fan in the bathroom doesn’t have a cover. I’m on the second floor and the is no ice machine. Other than that the rooms look as pictured.
So far nothing to complain about service wise.
Updated 4−6−14: overall this is still the worst HIE I’ve stayed at, and I’ve stayed at quite a few.
Idk what was up with breakfast, but it doesn’t taste right.
Only ice machine is on the third floor. Nothing on the second, the first floor machine is broken.
I complained about the bathroom situation and was told that they were going to redo the bathrooms in the near future.
I agree with the other people who commented about the Wifi. Useless.

Would have been five stars, but the wifi is absolutely unusable. It’s one of the reasons I choose when I travel, it’s a must. No luck here. Frustrating.
Everyone I encountered on my one visit here seemed to be focused gladly on my experience, especially Jared.
Jared answered the phone when I got in at 10pm, got in the shuttle, headed over to curbside at PDX and picked me up.
I arrived and was checked in with courtesy.
The room I stayed in (312) was clean and modern.
After working and returning at 5pm, I asked if the shuttle could take me to a nearby grocery. Jared hopped in the shuttle and ran me over to Target gladly. When he dropped me off, I indicated that I wouldn’t be long. Jared offered to wait! I ran in, for my stuff and he scooped me off the curb and ran me back and did it GLADLY.
This is a Holiday Inn Express so if you choose this location, know what class of accommodations you’re choosing.
I’m happy to say this gang (on this visit) has made this a great experience. I will make this my regular Portland destination! This staff ELEVATED my experience for sure!

Q: Were you always an under-​rested hunchback with heartburn and bad hair?
A: No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
I’ve stayed here twice. Both times, the bed was just bad. Uncomfortably bad. Not pleasant bad. Not useful for rest bad. So getting up tired and with a sore back is really the way that a good day starts, right?
Then I wander down to the quick service smörgåsbord they provide for breakfast. It’s nicer than most hotels’ continental breakfasts, including hot eggs and this completely strange printer-​like pancake machine that has to be a joint venture between Presto and HP. Press a button, hear weird printer like sounds, and a pancake comes out the side. It might even fax and scan. The breakfast bar also includes biscuits and gravy, which should be avoided at all costs. The gravy was seriously the most disgusting thing I’ve tasted in quite a while.
Then go back up to the room to get cleaned up, where I use their «shampoo», only to discover that it must be some other sort of solvent that I’ve put in my hair. Left my hair stringy and gross. Conditioner doesn’t help. The bath amenities all come in plastic baggies or shrinkwrapped in cellophane, so I shouldn’t be surprised.
Overall the hotel feels dated, kind of rough around the edges, and the staff doesn’t seem to go the extra mile. There are definitely other options around this hotel that are better values for the money.

Ok, it’s official. I now have a new favorite road tripping motel. Holiday Inn Express’s are awesome. Stayed in two this trip and they were identical so I’ll cut & paste and post up the review on both.
Room was roomy, even spacious. Check in was SUPER friendly (Hi Cassie) and easy. Got in and was instantly pleased. Flat screen TV and two beds that felt like memory foam. FOUR pillows per bed… even embroidered on the pillow case down in the corner…“Soft” on two and «Firm» on two. Nice. So we settle in for the night with our free WiFi.
I slept great and in the morning we went down to the included breakfast.
Wow…I’m thinking this is the BEST complementary breakfast I’ve ever had.
4 different cereals, Corn flakes, cheerios, raisin bran type and fruit loops
Little cartons of milk in the fridge… even chocolate milk.
Pancake maker
FRESH, hot cinnamon rolls
Bagels and rolls
Biscuits & Gravy…(and the gravy was good!)
Cheese omelets. Seriously? Nice, and they were great!
Fresh Fruits & Juices
And more that I’m sure I can’t remember.
And all this for $ 70ish bucks!
So yeah. Move over Days Inn. I’m a Holiday Inn Express fan now.