We visited this location again and had a mostly good stay. I booked the best room in the hotel, the 1 Bedroom suite. It was just a few dollars more at the rate that I booked, and I didn't have to worry/negotiate an upgrade due to my Diamond status. It turned out that there was only 1 of this type available due to some recent leaks? I'm glad they hadn't overbooked this type! We were making great time and had arrived in Tifton for lunch before noon. I was going to call the hotel and let them know of our early arrival since it was too late to add such status on the website. I couldn't find their number on the IHG app and decided just to take a chance. We arrived about 1:30 and had to wait over an hour for them to clean one room! The cleaning was excellent; there must have been some messy people the night before? The room had a big room with a king-sized bed and more plus a view of the pool area and the railroad just south of the hotel. Noise wasn't an issue since I only heard one train, and we were still awake. There was another room with 2nd TV, seating area with table (where we had our Chinese takeaway), and more. The bathroom had a tub so I got to soak my sore feet. As is the norm now, all bathroom amenities are in squeeze bottles! All was good with the room so it was worth the extra $ even though I got the great Summer Savings 25% off rate! I probably paid less than most who had standard rooms!
As IHG Diamond, I receive breakfast as one of my choices. They also gave me welcome points since we had to wait over an hour in the lobby. Mary, who I think was the lady mentioned in my December 2023 review, was great as last time. I had a veggie omelet with cheese, home fries, and toast. Other half had sausage & biscuit breakfast with eggs and bacon. We both had coffee, and I drank lots of water, refilling often from the pitcher Mary brought. I forgot about juice, but that would have been included as well. I can only drink V8 or tomato juice due to high sugar in fruit juices, but I'm not sure if that choice was available. In conclusion, it's nice to have a freshly prepared hot breakfast. If I lose my Diamond status, I would still pre-book breakfast here since it's about half price, if booked in advance! They may start a buffet breakfast in the near future, but I would try that too!
We received a coupon for 10% off at their restaurant/lounge, Azalea's, but we didn't use since it's only good on food or drinks but not both, if it's like December plus we got Chinese takeaway for dinner and had included breakfast. I'm not drinking until after bloodwork next week so coupon had no use on this visit. It used to be better years ago when they gave drink coupons and 1/2 price appetizers, but those days are over!
Check-out went quickly, but morning manager was surprised when I told her of our 1 hour + wait for them to clean 1 room. Car was safe and undamaged in one of 3 IHG Diamond reserved parking spaces. We will return on future trips to north Georgia to break up the long drive. Thanks for a relaxing, after we got our room, stay!