Banner Elk · Hotel shortlist
Cheap hotels in the old town, Banner Elk
Andres Molina Latin America
These are my five favourites in Banner Elk, out of the 22 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.6 down to 4.
Every one comes in under $130 a night, and the one I would book first is $130.
Highest rated of the five
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Winston - Salem SW - Clemmons by IHG
★★★★★4.6 from 287 reviews
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Winston - Salem SW - Clemmons by IHG comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.6 from 287 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 3 star property, found under old town and around $130 a night on the dates we checked.
22 hotels in Banner Elk qualified for this list and five made it. Suburban Studios Winston Salem-University Parkway is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Poolsomewhere to cool off between walks
- Spatreatment rooms on site, no booking a taxi for it
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Gymopen to guests, not a partner pass down the road
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
All five, ranked
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1
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Winston - Salem SW - Clemmons by IHG
★★★★★4.6 from 287 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
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2Suburban Studios Winston Salem-University Parkway
★★★★★4.5 from 110 reviews
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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3Village Inn Hotel and Event Center | A Trademark Collection by Wyndham
★★★★★4.3 from 859 reviews
- Pool
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
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4Comfort Suites Hanes Mall
★★★★★4.1 from 722 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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5Suburban Studios Winston-Salem near Hanes Mall
★★★★★4 from 298 reviews
- Pool
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
How this list was put together
22 Banner Elk hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Andres Molina Latin America
Field seasons take him to cloud forests, and he adds two weeks of his own on either end to see the country rather than just the research site. Nine countries in Latin America.
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