Why do I keep staying in Holiday Inns?

I mean…you’d figure I’d learn after a while that they aren’t the brand for me. After yet another stay in a rundown Holiday Inn, I’m wondering if I’ll ever stay at one again. Dan flat out hates on the Holiday Inn brand (SEE: Holiday Inn North Phoenix Review: Why I hate Holiday Inns), which are entirely different than Holiday Inn Expresses, which at least appease him with cinnamon rolls for his family of eight.

My first couple experiences with Holiday Inn hotels weren’t bad. But lately IHG has become the laughingstock of hotel programs; some of the nice properties I visited in the past are now 150% more expensive (SEE: Lucrative to ludicrous: IHG’s fall to the worst hotel program). I’m not sure I would…