Howard Johnson Hotels in Winter Haven

I stayed there for hurricane Ian. I was very impressed at how welcoming the staff was. All the staff did a amazing job for my entire stay. The hotel is very clean and maintained. Overall a wonderful stay.

The room is very clean, and ice water and oranges are provided every day🍊

My husband and I were UNLUCKY enough to have lived at the Winter Haven Gardens for 3 months. The staff there are ignorant and DO NOT KNOW HOW TO TREAT A GUEST. We were very disappointed in the front desk employees down to the maid service. The management (if you can call them that) have a long way to go and more to learn just to bring them up to be polite and helpful. If any of the management there worked for me, well let's just say they would never work for me. But your management is only as good as the owner and his willingness to pay for good help. Your management should set the pace and the atmosphere of the hotel. The management, especially the head of the maid service and dining room, is the worst of all of them. She gets into everyone's business, even the guests. They never had.any clean towels or clean linen. I ended up buying my own. The washers and dryers there are filthy and leak water. Most of the washers take your $2.50, and the machine never turns on. It was hit or miss with the dryers too. And don't think you're going to get a quarterback when you lose it, because the front office will tell that the sign says that you wash at your own risk. I thought that sign meant that if your laundry was stolen, they were not going to be responsible. But I guess that's a sign with many meanings!! The room was nice and I kept it clean. I did a much better job than the maids did. But if I were getting paid the money that they are getting paid to do that job and work for nasty people, then I would not care about the job that I did either. There are too many dogs there. The room had a wet dog smell about it when we first got there. And our No Smoking Room smelled like they hadn't taken the curtains down to wash since the day they were hung. The bedspread smelled like smoke too. There was trash in the breezeway and on the weekends, the team would pile up outside of the overstuffed trash cans all around the property. The management Do Not Know was ice was. You can not get a piece of ice anywhere in that hotel. They have several ice machines in the breezeways, but not one of them works, kind of like the washing machines there. This is a terrible place to go and stay. Their prices are high and the quality thereof everything is low. If you want to go to a decent hotel, then go next door to the Howard Johnsons Hotel. At least they are still run by Americans......

With a stay at Lake Ida Beach Resort in Winter Haven, you'll be on a lake, within a 15-minute drive of LEGOLAND® Florida and Lake Conine. This cottage is 0.5 mi (0.8 km) from Inman Park and 2.1 mi (3.3 km) from Winter Haven Hospital.Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. This cottage also features complimentary wireless internet access, a picnic area, and barbecue grills.Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, multilingual staff, and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.Make yourself at home in one of the 4 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchenettes with refrigerators and ovens. Rooms have private furnished patios. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries.

I am a Hilton Honors Diamond member. I enjoy staying at different properties across Hilton's portfolio. On a recent leisure Amtrak trip I decided to visit Winter Haven, and chose this property as it appeared relatively close to the station and nearby many chain restaurants. The walk between the station and the hotel looked to be a little dangerous, as there are no sidewalks on the road west of US 17. So I called Uber, and a short ride brought me to this hotel. I had checked in online the day before and chose my room, so I went directly there upon arrival using the Digital Key. The room was certainly ample for my needs and provided a good night's sleep. The bathroom was clean and had good counter space. No issues with hot water. The area is a busy commercial district, and as such there was a lot of traffic making it difficult to cross the street when going to my dinner place of choice. Spring Break in Winter Haven? Breakfast in the morning was good and it tided me over until my next meal back on the Amtrak train later on. Since I had enough time and the weather was beautiful, I decided to risk walking carefully back to the station. My concern with the walk along R Street was not my biggest problem. It turned out that there was heavy intersection construction at Cypress Gardens Blvd. & US 17, and all sidewalks and crosswalks were technically closed. With a suitcase it wasn't easy dodging the cones but I made it. Should have sprung for the car service in this direction too. Overall I recommend this property and would stay there again.

We drove 7 hours for my husband to attend our daughter first father/daughter dance. This hotel was one of the worst I have ever seen. For the last 26 years my husband has traveled all over the U.S. for work. Due to this we are no strangers to hotels and know from experience some are nicer than others, some cleaner, some quieter and some that people are permanent residents in and they have a whole community going on. Because of this it has to be really bad for us to complain and even then we just ask for what we need and will change bed sheets, sweep, clean tub etc. People have bad days and people forget just like we do and we understand. This one was so bad that staying the night at my husbands ex wife’s house was accepted with no hesitation. The fridge and microwave still had food crumbs in them the lamps looked like they haven’t been cleaned, ever. There was what looked to be food or drink running down both sides of the bathroom door and door jams. The bathroom knob was in backwards so you can be locked inside but not keep someone from walking in on you. The light above sink had piles of dust hanging from it. The ceiling in the sink and closet area gave the expression that at any moment you would turn around and someone would be looking at you through the ceiling. The floors had not been swept or mopped and the previous swept trash was swept under/behind the bed. What looked to be black mold was on the walls behind one bed. The curtains and corners were covered in holes, dust and spider webs. The smoke detector had wires hanging out the side. There was also a wire running out the wall by the bathroom across the floor under the bed and all the way to the windows into the ac unit and the wires were hanging out and exposed. The vent on the unit also had what looked to be mold on it also. The toilet when flushed poured water out the handle The whole time you held it to flush the toilet. The tub fixtures were filth along with the light switches. The only thing that looked to be done was the beds were made but I’m willing to bet they were only made not changed. It was so much of a nightmare we gladly accepted the sleep over with the ex wife where we at least knew the sheets were clean the bathroom at least appeared to be clean and we weren’t waiting to see an eye ball peaking through the ceiling at us.

Located in Winter Haven, Budget Inn Winter Haven is within a 5-minute drive of Winter Haven Hospital and Theatre Winter Haven. This motel is 2 mi (3.2 km) from Chain of Lakes Park and 2.1 mi (3.4 km) from Sertoma Park.Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and a picnic area.Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.Make yourself at home in one of the 23 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include desks and microwaves, and housekeeping is provided daily.

For the price you can’t beat it! This is an older single story motel with all rooms opening to the outside. No breakfast is provided, but it did appear they have coffee in the morning. Front desk and housekeeping staff were very friendly! *Note* Housekeeping begins their rounds early (8am)! My room was huge, even with a king bed. You could easily fit a Queen blow up mattress on the floor. The room was clean but could use some detail/deep cleaning in the harder to clean areas. The bed was mediocre in comfort - not as hard as the floor but by no means soft either. The king mattress was too large for the base so it hung over one side a bit and made it so you couldn’t really sleep on the edge of that side of the bed. The pillows were flat & lumpy. However, I slept great all 4 nights. Cable tv is provided. The shower is great - spacious with super hot water very quickly. The shampoo & lotion smell good. The entire flooring in the room is tile. The desk chair was surprisingly comfortable! I’d buy one for home if I knew where they got it. The mini fridge worked very well! My small bottle of water froze just a little bit. A microwave is provided in the room too. It’s a quiet area (unless a diesel vehicle is parked nearby & starts up before you are awake). Race Trac is within walking distance for snacks, lunch, & ice cream. I’d stay here again. As the title states, it’s a great value for the area. If you are “picky” or expect perfection, this is not the motel for you.

Ça serait bien de mettre un panneau indiquant l’entrée de l’hôtel, car les chauffeurs mettent un temps fou  à trouver l’entrée piétonne de l’hôtel. Pour avoir été dans les 200 premiers clients de l’hôtel, je suis vraiment triste de voir comment les devenu, l’ascenseur, les traces de cheveux sur les murs, c’est juste incroyable les traces de demain également c’est dommage