Holiday Inn Express Playacar Riviera Maya

My wife and I spent two weeks at the hotel during the end of the “low” season and were very pleased with our experience. As many have already noted, it is new, clean and staffed with friendly and competent professionals. It is not located right on Quinta Avenida (main tourist walking mall) so you will have to walk 10 minutes (+ or -) to get there but, with all the eating we were doing in Playa’s wonderful restaurants, we viewed this as part of a much-needed exercise routine. If you don’t like the walk, you can take the shuttle or hop... more

We stayed at Holiday inn, PDC for 10 days and really enjoyed our stay. The breakfast was really good and the staff was excellent. The hotel is located 15 mins walk from the main area i.e 5th ave. We walked all the time from 5th ave to the hotel. Cabs are $4 each way which is not too bad. The only negative I have is that there are no restaurants close by ( holiday inn does not have a evening bar).. so if you want to have a snack.. you need to go to 5th ave. There is a grocery store "Chedraui" walking distance from Holiday inn and we went and... more

My adult daughter and I stayed at the HIE the first week in March. I booked the room using Priority Club points. This was my 8th trip to this area so I knew where the hotel was located and planned accordingly. We took the ADO bus from the airport and jumped in a cab for the 3 minute ride to the hotel. Checkin was fast and easy, I had requested a pool view away from the elevator and I got just that. I had requested 2 beds and got that too. Thanks to Ceasar for making sure my requests were granted.Everyone at the desk spoke very... more

The hotel is quite comfortable and kept very clean. The outdoor pool & seating area was very nice, though not as large as photos make it appear. It more than met the needs of my teen son. There is a grocery/department store (a lot like a Walmart) about two blocks away. I was able to pick up some fruit, sunscreen, and some other sundries conveniently. (But definitely not any cheaper than the U.S.) I was pleased with the generous buffet breakfast which offered fresh fruit, sweet bread, yogurts, eggs, toast, bacon, cereal.... more

This hotel was very clean and good value for money. I paid $65 a night. It goes up a little more at weekends. Can probably be had for $55 on hotwire.com There is a 12 % tax to be added. Breakfast is included in price. Suprisingly good coffee, good juices, fresh fruit, eggs refried beans and tortilla chips, salsas. Toast jam and yogurts. Hotel is a 10 minute walk from town ( 5th Avenue ) and 15 minutes to the beach. There is a shuttle bus that runs to the beach club abd town, every hour but it starts at 10:30 AM and... more

My husband and I stayed here 12/4-12/11 and were very pleased with the hotel. A little off the tourist track and not on the beach but within walking distance to grocery store, the beach and shopping/dining on 5th Avenue. A scheduled courtesy shuttle takes guests to a beach club in a private area which has chairs, kayaks and food available. They also have 2 other stops at ADO bus station and 5th Avenue (shopping and restauraunts). The hotel was very clean and all staff were very friendly and accomodating to any of our needs. Beds... more

We, a dutch family of four, went touring Yucatan for a number of days this summer and ended up in this Holiday Inn Express on the edge of town (Playa del Carmen). Asked the locals several times for the adress of the hotel, but nobody knew. Finnaly found the modern hotel near the air strip. Hotel is quite new, the smell of fresh cement and paint hangs in the hallways, but isn't a nuisance. Room (double, double) was large, light, and very neat . Bathroom was very clean and made of nice materials. We slept in several HI Expresses in States en... more

All I have is praise for the hotel and its staff. My husband, myself and two children were meant to be staying at a hotel in Cozumel and upon arrival were told we had to leave and go to the mainland as Hurricane Dean was due to hit in a couple of days. We have never been in this situation before, we very stressed and anxious, and the two ladies on reception were great, especially Karla (I hope I have her name right). They went beyond the call of duty to help us, making phone calls for us and answering our many questions. We speak very... more

Stayed 7 nights at the hotel. Although, Travelocity had messed up my reservation, the hotel management and team did the best to provide me what I needed. The hotel is very clean. The staff was very nice and friendly. My only set-back would be my ability to access the internet, but that may be due to the security features with my laptop. Breakfast was not just a continental breakfast, eggs was inluded every morning. I thought breakfast was very good. The pool is also very pretty. The hotel is about 10 minutes walk to all the major... more

We are pretty laid back travelers so we are not expecting perfection ! I will start off with saying this hotel looks very nice !!!! we arrived and there were constuction workers out front so we pulled at the side of the hotel, security quickly came out and pointed us off the property we tried to tell them we are staying hear but they kept on telling us we had to go next door to park ???? so thinking maybe they were doing construction on the parking lot we went around the block ?? we found nothing ?? we then pulled in past the security and... more