Effingham · Hotel shortlist
Effingham hotels with a spa
Fiona Gallagher Australia and New Zealand
These are my five favourites in Effingham, out of the 7 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.5 down to 4.3.
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Effingham by IHG is the one I would book myself.
Highest rated of the five
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Effingham by IHG
★★★★★4.5 from 811 reviews
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Effingham by IHG comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.5 from 811 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 4 star property, found under city centre and around $100 a night on the dates we checked.
7 hotels in Effingham qualified for this list and five made it. La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Effingham 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
- Bara drink without going back out
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
All five, ranked
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Holiday Inn Express & Suites Effingham by IHG
★★★★★4.5 from 811 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
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2La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Effingham
★★★★★4.5 from 1,224 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Pet friendly
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3Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Effingham, IL
★★★★★4.3 from 668 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Kid friendly
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4Comfort Suites Effingham Central
★★★★★4.3 from 688 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
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5Holiday Inn Effingham by IHG
★★★★★4.4 from 869 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
How this list was put together
7 Effingham 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.
Fiona Gallagher Australia and New Zealand
Half her year is already on research boats, so holidays are deliberately dry land. Long-distance hiking routes in the off season, alone, with nothing being measured.
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