The location is good, but the price is little more expensive than it costs. On my 2nd night of stay, i saw two spiders on the ceiling. After asking for help from front desk, the hotel staff was being ver responsive and helpful. But in general, the hotel is okay.

Family weekend for both colleges happen to fall on the same weekend which means rooms are tough to come buy. This is my first experience with this town and the college. I booked four months in advance on the online website. The hotel not only charged my credit card in August (my stay was in November), but blamed the website for charging my card and also I was not guaranteed a room, I would get whatever they had left! I was told I should have called the hotel to make the reservations. I saved a whole $ 62.00 booking online!! Certainly not worth it. I called the Holiday Inn franchise and was told that it certainly was not the case, that the Holiday Inn Ithaca charged me. I ended up in the old section of the hotel, with two buckets filled with dark yellow water from a dripping roof right outside my room (which, by the way, were never emptied the three days I was there) The room was clean, very very small and dark. There are only two hotels right at the commons and they certainly can charge whatever they want. I needed a wake up call and the call came one hour early (no one took care of the fact that it was daylight savings time) Their answer "oh yeah, we have been hearing that alot." Never again. Go with the Mariott or stay in the outskirts of town and book early!!!!!!!

excellent visit to ithaca made more so by the hotel staff. very accommodating.

They sliped me a bill under my room door. But when I showed them the prepayed travolicty pappers they threw away the bill no problem. I missed the shuttle from the airport to the inn. So I called the hotel and they sent a taxi for me at no extra charge. Nice looking place. Clean and my room was pre air conditioned.

Room was clean but could not regulate heater. We opened a window and it was about 10 degrees outside! Three busloads of students were staying there and we could hear every conversation and door slamming - the doors/walls offered very little sound proofing. When I complained the staff said they could not see/hear a problem. I had to call four times before they acutally called the coach and had him contain his students. For $* a night this hotel is WAY OVERPRICED.