OverviewThe Executive Inn Express Airport hotel is located on the south side of Bridgeport Road to the west of Garden City Road in Richmond, British Columbia. The Vancouver International Airport terminal (YVR) is about 4.6km to the west of the property. The River Rock Casino Resort and the Bridgeport SkyTrain Station are both about 950m away.
Access to Highway 99 (the Sea to Sky Highway) is just to the north of the property
with northbound connections to the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal, Squamish, and Whistler (500m; driving distances - Google Maps).
Hotel facilities include complimentary parking, a sauna, laundry, a fitness room, and a restaurant. The property is three stories high and offers 81 guest rooms.
Room types at the pet friendly hotel include standard queens and standard double/double rooms. Some rooms also come with either a kitchenette or a pullout sofa bed. Common room amenities include air conditioning, desks, coffee makers, irons, ironing boards, and cable television.
Room rates include free wired high speed Internet access, free continental breakfast, free airport shuttle, free local calls, and free newspapers.
Check in time at this hotel is at 3pm while check out time is at noon.
The GoodGuests who stayed at the Executive Inn Express Airport hotel had some mixed opinions about the property. However, guests were generally impressed with the price of their room rates, the hotel's proximity to the airport, and the free shuttle service.
The guests who commented on their room rates were generally favourable. Multiple guests said that the price or the value was "good" while a couple guests called their rates "cheap." Another guest who may have been disappointed with aspects of his stay said he couldn't complain because of the price he received.
Guests who were happy with the hotel's location normally said that it was because of the property's close proximity to YVR. Some of these guests also said they liked that the hotel had a free airport shuttle.
However there were some guests that liked the hotel's location for other reasons. For example, a few guests liked staying at the hotel because they were close to both the River Rock Casino Resort and public transportation.
For the most part the staff were described as friendly and helpful.
The Bad
Guests who had concerns about the hotel often focused on their rooms, the condition of the hotel, and the noise at the property.
In regard to the guest rooms, many patrons were unsatisfied or unhappy. Guest cleanliness standards were often unmet as many guests described their rooms as "dirty" or as smelling badly.
Several guests also thought that the hotel was "old" or outdated. One guest, for example, thought his room was "stuck in a different time period," a sentiment that was not uncommon.
Many guests also had problems with noise at the property although they blamed a range of sources. One guest was bothered by the airplanes that frequented Vancouver International Airport while most others said it was other guests at the hotel that were to blame for disturbances.
Priceline.com guest ratings averaged to 6.4 points out of 10 and the hotel ranked 19th of 28 Richmond properties.
Booking.com guest ratings averaged to 7.4 points out of 10 and the site had 143 reviews.
Hotels.com guest ratings averaged to 3.0 points out of 5 and 56% recommended the property.
Orbitz.com guest ratings averaged to 3.8 points out of 5 and the site had 8 reviews.
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