Holiday Inn Express & Suites Tulare, an IHG Hotel

Hello, I booked this hotel as it was close to the Sequoia National Forest and that was our trip for Saturday, July 15th. Well that first night when we were in bed the fire alarm went off! I got up and went to the lobby to see if we were in any danger. I was told that there was no fire and someone had set it off and everything was fine. Well after that it kept going on and off like every 10 minutes! It was super loud and the flashing light was very bright in our room. I went to the front desk and the girl said she didn’t know what was going on but it will stop. But it didn’t, we tried sleeping through it but me and my family had a hard time sleeping as it kept going on every 10-20 minutes. It was about midnight when I went out again and there was water everywhere coming down from the ceiling luckily not in our room and this time it was a manager at the front desk and there was police and firemen working on the system trying to shut it off. The manager told me I can get refunded for this stay and that is the reason for this review hoping I can get a refund or credit somehow. The alarm must finally stopped going off around 2am. We were planning to get up bright and walk to our trip but didn’t work out as planned. My family and myself did not enjoy the stat at this hotel. It definitely affected our day at the forest.

Large room for the family

Maids were very rude. They barged into my room twice starting @ 8am when my newborn had just went to sleep. Room was dirty when I walked in , but was something I could clean.

We stayed here during a family trip to Sequoia NP. It’s in a good location for traveling with kids with lots of shopping and restaurants within walking distance (IHOP right next door). The rooms were a good size and clean. Breakfast was good. It’s pretty urban and not like a retreat in and of itself but it was a good landing pad not too far from the National park.