Candlewood Suites Elkhart, An Ihg Hotel

“A lot to like, but a lot not to.”

The kitchen supplies for 2 people but only 1 chair and a tiny desk to eat at. Has a full-sized fridge, dishwasher, 2-burner non-intuitive glass-top range, MW oven and garbage disposal. Pots and pans are supplied, in new condition. Room lighting is barely adequate. The hot water failed, so cold show… more

The kitchen supplies for 2 people but only 1 chair and a tiny desk to eat at. Has a full-sized fridge, dishwasher, 2-burner non-intuitive glass-top range, MW oven and garbage disposal. Pots and pans are supplied, in new condition. Room lighting is barely adequate. The hot water failed, so cold showers. DirecTV has local channels only, no news, weather or movies, but plenty of shopping networks. The room is cleaned once a week, not resupplied and you have to take out your own trash to the dumpster. The air conditioning works as long as the room sensor sees you moving around enough. You can set the temperature but not whether it's in cooling or heating mode. There is free use of clothes washers, but they were all broken. Parking is adequate but if you have an EV, there are no Level 2 chargers. If you need a Level 3, the closest is 33 miles away on the tollway, 2 miles away if you have a Tesla. No one drives fast in Elkhart because every traffic light is red. Recommended if you plan to be here more than 2 days: We brought a dish rack for drying dishes, a sharp knife, laser pyrometer, salad scraper, paper towels, garbage bags, better facial tissues, a food cover for the MW oven, a Blu-ray player with HDMI cable and option to play movies from thumb drives. If you don't plan to cook in your room, there's no sense in staying in a place like this. As for being "pet-friendly", they charge $25/day/animal, but the rooms are way too small for any. We considered bringing our 2 guinea pigs but not at those rates and, other than the floor, there would have been nowhere to place their cage. We wished we had brought a folding chair. There is a recliner in the room but it was uncomfortable and difficult to eat in. It's like eating in your car. This is supposed to be a "100% non-smoking facility." Our room smelled strongly of tobacco. No amount of Fabreze could cover it up.

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