46. Extended Stay America
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (513) 860-5733
Address: 9651 Seward Road
Description: These extended-stay hotels for the budget-conscious include studios and efficiencies with fully equipped kitchens and guest laundries on-site. Other amenities may include outdoor pools, cable television, an exercise room, and a sauna. Weekly rates are available. Several restaurant options are within a short driving distance.
47. Holiday Inn Express
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (513) 755-3900
Address: 8567 Cincinnati–Dayton Road
Description: This 61-room budget version of the Holiday Inn includes such amenities as an indoor pool and complimentary breakfast bar. It provides a clean and tasteful choice for business travelers and family guests in the rapidly growing West Chester community.
48. Holiday Inn I-275 North
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (513) 563-8330
Address: 3855 Hauck Road
Description: You have no excuse for a sedentary existence in this Holidome facility, which has a heated indoor pool, an outdoor pool, exercise room, sauna, whirlpool, and tennis, basketball, and volleyball courts. All rooms in this 275-room hotel have been refurbished, and some have refrigerators, coffeemakers, and Internet hookups. Dining is at the on-site Chase Grille restaurant.
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Accommodations
Address: 2670 East Kemper Road
50. La Quinta Inn and Suites
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (513) 771-0300
Address: 11029 Dowlin Drive
Description: This facility is one of our favorites to the north of town. Newly remodeled, the 151-room, eight-story complex includes indoor pool, whirlpool, exercise room, interior corridors, and all that you’d expect in a suite hotel. Each room features coffeemaker, iron and ironing board, hair dryer, fridge, and microwave. There’s a complimentary continental breakfast. Many rooms feature a comfy sofa. For a few dollars more, you can get a kitchen suite or whirlpool suite.
51. Quality Inn
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (513) 683-3086
Address: 8870 Governors Hill Drive
Description: This hotel is just off I-75 near Sharonville and Springdale businesses, Tri-County Mall, and the Sharonville Convention Center. The three-story, 130-room hotel with all-interior corridors was created for the business traveler, with a nice atrium lobby, large desks, meeting rooms, and dataports and coffeemakers in all rooms. VCRs are available for a fee.
52. Red Roof Inn
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (513) 771-5552
Address: 2301 Sharon Road
Description: This motel has approximately 100 rooms. It offers standard Red Roof Inn quality and cleanliness, complimentary morning coffee, and plenty of off-site dining options nearby.
53. Residence Inn by Marriott
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (513) 771-2525
Address: 11689 Chester Road
Description: This 144-room hotel caters to the business traveler, transferee, and other extended-stay guests. It has a mix of studios without kitchens and one- and two-bedroom suites with kitchens in a setting that looks more like a condominium complex than a hotel. All units are comfortably large and tastefully decorated. Other amenities include a heated outdoor pool, sports court and whirlpool, complimentary breakfast and evening beverages, and a coin laundry. Should you tire of cooking for yourself, numerous dining options are nearby on the Chester Road strip.
54. Sheraton Cincinnati North
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (513) 771-2080
Address: 11320 Chester Road
Description: This Sheraton features a business center, fitness center, restaurant and bar, and indoor and outdoor pools, and is located directly across the street from the Sharonville Convention Center. In 2008, the Sheraton opened Co-Co Key indoor water resort next door (see our Kidstuff chapter for details).
55. Travelodge
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (513) 772-4114
Address: 11171 Dowlin Road
Description: Amenities at this former Ramada Inn include an outdoor heated pool, meeting rooms, and complimentary continental breakfast. The hotel has a mix of rooms accessed by interior and exterior corridors. Rooms are cheerfully decorated and include dataports.
56. The Alexander House
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (513) 523-1200
Address: 22 North College Avenue
Description: This charming two-story, six-room historic country inn was built in 1869. All rooms are furnished with antiques and quilts. There are no TVs, and parking is on the street, but the charm makes this a favorite for visitors to Oxford. There is a fine restaurant here as well. Smoking is prohibited on the premises. Forget getting a reservation during graduation or parents’ weekend at nearby Miami University—consider, instead, a bed-and-breakfast in Oxford (see the Bed-and-Breakfasts chapter).
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Accommodations
Address: 27 South Broadway
58. Hueston Woods Resort & Conference Center
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (513) 664-3500
Description: Frantic parents trying to book a hotel room anywhere near Miami University on graduation and parents’ weekends, or during major games, might consider this often overlooked option. Operated by the Ohio State Park Resorts & Conference Center system, Hueston Woods Resort is a rustic A-frame lodge nestled in the Hueston Woods State Park. There’s no lack of accommodations here—94 guest rooms with private balconies and 40 fully furnished cabins, plus indoor and outdoor pools. A dining room serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The campus is 10 minutes away.
59. Marcum Conference Center & Inn
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (513) 529-2104
Address: 100 North Patterson Avenue
Description: Like many large universities (especially those located in small college towns with nary enough hotel rooms to serve parents and visitors to campus), Miami University maintains its own conference center. Built on the campus, the inn has 92 rooms, each with a private bath, direct-dial telephone, and cable TV. An on-site restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There’s a business center. Campus tours can be arranged at the front desk. Reservations are not taken for rooms on graduation and parents’ weekends. First come, first served.
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Accommodations
Address: 777 Argosy Parkway, Lawrenceburg