Knights Inn Traverse City

If you like to get burned in the shower this is the place to go in room 207. The chair in the room was so worn out you almost sat on the floor. No coffee maker or microwave. Definitely won’t be back

I regret the need to echo the negative comments made to date. In a word, the attitude of this hotel is stingy. From the humorless check-​in, where guests are warned that having anyone else in your room or in the pool will bring a $ 50 «fine,» to the offensive warning on the ice machine forbidding guests from filling their coolers from it — this IS a hotel in the USA, remember? — to the ubiquitous surveillance cameras and chintzy cold breakfast, this place wins the 2015 Negativity Award hands — how else? — down. The toilets are poorly placed and the internet agonizingly slow. Rates are not that reasonable considering what you get and can get at other hotels w/​a little advance planning. And speaking of going elsewhere, I was graciously given a «late» checkout of only half an hour, unprecedented in my traveling experience. OTOH, the cable TV offers a decent selection of channels, including the often hard to find TCM, and the in-​room reefer is a nice touch, even if there is no in-​room coffee. But, the practically Prussian air about the place leads me to call it «Teutonic Knight’s Inn.» No, I will NOT stay here again.

During check in the male clerk was quite surly and rude. He warned my husband we would be charged $ 150 if anything was taken or damaged or if a pet was discovered in our room. Our reservation included a reference to my companion animal so we had already declared that our dog was with us. They ended up charging $ 20 a night for her. No welcome, smile, or greeting. The town of Traverse City is just beginning to recover from a steep depression where they lost many businesses related to the main industry — Tourism. Guess they hadn’t learned anything from that experience. Room was clean and comfortable. Spiders infested our bath tub. We will never stay there again.

Stayed at knights inn for a few nights right before the cherry festival. Although HIGHLY over priced for our stay (I’m sure due to the holiday weekend). The staff was friendly and helpful, there was a basic continental breakfast which was nice to be able to grab some coffee and bagel in the morning before we left on our day trips. Rooms were clean and in working order, very basic but really all we needed was a clean place to sleep while we visited TC. The bed was hard as a rock so don’t expect a good nights sleep. While we were out room service came and restocked our rooms with fresh linens. I was actually shocked by this, all in all they try to make it as inviting as possible. Was it worth the price we paid? No, but considering the timing of our trip everything was just as expensive.

Room, including bathroom, was exceptionally clean and comfortable. Had to be refurbished not too long ago. Would stay there again. Price was reasonable, lowest of 3 or 4 right near it. The free breakfast was a little weak, but we didn’t go there to eat.

Online booking? Forget it.
I booked online through Kayak and had already paid with my credit card. I even had the e-​mail receipt from Kayak.
When I got to the hotel to check-​in, the manager refused to honor the price. He said that Kayak had, as usual, made a mistake and that I’d have to pay another $ 40.
After about 20 minutes of heated discussion, I suggested that he reverse what Kayak had charged to my credit card and that I’d go look for another hotel instead. He said that it was too late, because it was the day of the booking, so I wouldn’t be able to cancel and get a refund.
I thus had two option: (1) Pay another $ 40 on the spot; or (2) lose all the money I’d already paid for the hotel booking AND go pay for another hotel room somewhere else. Naturally, to cut my losses, I was forced to go with option (1).
It is quite possible that this is a trick that this hotel pulls off frequently, because the hotel manager put on this exaggerated show of how Kayak was always making this mistake. It is curious that if Kayak always makes this mistake, they haven’t bothered to correct it. It is of course also convenient that they get people to book at a cheap price and then force people to pay more at the check-​in counter.

You get what you pay for. There’s a reason this ‘hotel’ is only $ 39 a night. The rooms are small and outdated, the water didn’t work half the time, and the whole place just felt dingy and filthy. You can do so, so much better than here.

Don’t stay here — we booked a room at regular price — they put us in a large «closet» with no windows, no desk, no table to sit at, and the sink is in the sleeping area. When we asked to be moved, they did not want to do anything and pretended the manager was going to call us — of course he never did and was unreachable. They tried to say that this would constitute a «regular» room — which is absolutely bizarre. Furthermore, when we complained afterwards to Expedia and Expedia called the Inn, the employees at the Knights Inn hung up on Expedia and the manager once again was unreachable. Whatever you pay at the Knight’s Inn Traverse City is not worth the money — go somewhere else. There’s service for you! You will also see a very similar complaint from another traveller who stayed at this Inn — so our experience was not isolated..

Not good but not bad. Not worth more than $ 60 a night but their rates are closer to $ 200. Rooms are clean. Staff is pleasant. Breakfast is just a bunch of cheap carbs and coffee. Beds are showing their age and not very comfortable. Air conditioner is noisy and does not cool very well on hot days.

I read the reviews online about here and it said the rooms were updated and new linens and mattresses, the bedspread and blanket were outdated and the mattress felt like a cheaper version. I guess you get what you pay for. Hotels in the area are more expensive on the weekend, here was the most reasonable. The continental breakfast was less than average. The toilet sat to close to the wall and the toilet paper dispenser is right there, making it very cramped.
Also very poor connection for the wi-​fi even with our room being just above the office

Clean affordable rooms about 1.5 miles out of downtown TC. nothing fancy. beds/​linen were clean, bathroom was clean and the sink and bathroom hardware were all newer. Only thing I disliked was that the tub didn’t drain quickly so you ended up standing in water by the end of your shower. And the light in the bathroom took a long time to turn on sometimes (wiring?). Staff at the front desk were very friendly and answered all my questions politely. breakfast has cereal, yogurt, breads and bagels which is enough when you’re going to be out and about in town all day.

Reasonable place to stay. Cheapest option around when we went.
You can get a small hot tub/​bat in the room if you’re feelin romantic.

Got a great price on a room here. The continental breakfast had an pretty ok selection. Oatmeal, Yogurt, cereal, bagels, donuts and bread for toast.
Would have liked some fresh fruit though.
Staff was friendly, room seemed clean enough and even though we were close to the road the traffic noises were hardly noticeable.
Room was clean, bathroom clean and location was great!

I thought this hotel was perfectly reasonable considering the price. The majority of the front desk staff was very friendly (just one lady who seemed rather crabby). The cleaning crew was a little bizarre and didn’t throw away some items that wouldn’t fit in our overflowing garbage can, but eh, that wasn’t the end of the world. I would stay here again and recommend it if you’re trying to travel on the cheap.

Clean, great staff who asked if we needed suggestions. Check in and out were quick and easy. Mattresses were a little hard for our liking, but would definitely stay there again. The Rooms were clean and smelled nice… I didn’t get hotel heeby jeeby’s there.

It’s a nice place to stay for cheap. The staff is nice, just don’t try staying there past 11am or they will come and knock your door down. So either tell them you will stay bit later or get out before 11am. The rooms are very clean. The interior nice. No bed bugs, i checked. We had 2 queen beds in the room, not so comfy though. I like my bed firm but this was too much. They also have fridges in the room. The breakfast is very simple, I would recommend eating out for breakfast. Since they only had cereal, yogurt, bread, bagels, juices, coffee/​tea. Oh and try to have the room at very end, the walls are paper thin. You can hear other people talking or whatever they are doing on the bed.

Just don’t — unless you want to be attacked by the owner.
I came here for Valentines weekend with group. We never received a phone call to tell us check out time was at 11am. At 1pm the owner came into the room and screamed in our face! He told us he was going to call the police if we didn’t get out in 5 minutes. Are you KIDDING me? They never clarified the check out time with us.
Don’t stay here– you might get punched in the face by that creep!