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Reviews of Days Inn Frontier Qingdao Airport

4 out of 5
Days Inn Frontier Qingdao Airport
217 Chongqing North Road. Chengyang Qu,, 217, Qingdao, Shandong

Reviews

6.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 35 out of 240 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 76 out of 240 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 69 out of 240 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 34 out of 240 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 26 out of 240 reviews" "

6.6/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

5.0/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrible. Gross. Tiny. Poor service.
Were unable to receive the benefit of the free airport shuttle due to staff telling us the van was broken only to find upon arrival that the van was working fine.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

4/10 Poor

Margaret, Mississippi, US

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
The staff was very nice and pleasant to deal with. There seemed to be a serious problem with ventilation in the room as the room progressively became very smoky at times (I did not smoke, so it had to come from some outside source). Also, the bed was extremely hard (not completely surprising as hard beds seem common in China), which was disappointing since I thought being part of the Days Inn franchise would have meant the beds would have been more international customer-friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

4/10 Poor

Kelley

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Glad it was one night
Bed was extremely hard, there was a big bug in the bathroom. Breakfast cost extra too. Staff was nice though.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to Airport, but the shuttle only run till about 12 am.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Yuck
Disguising! Not a hotel for foreigners. Toenail clippings and hair over the room... just dirty and run down. Please it’s not worth the money. Pay to go somewhere a little nicer
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

2/10 Terrible

Candesda

No one at front desk spoke English. Had difficulty getting shuttle to airport.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

JEFFREY

Liked: Room comfort
Close to the TAO
Good location , close to Qingdao Airport.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

JEFFREY

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Smiling is important
The employee are not so friendly , like they work for government, the night watch employee just sleep on coach in the lobby
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Jackie, Dallas, Texas

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
2018 Update of the Hotel: I booked this hotel just to have somewhere to hangout during my layover of flights from the Qingdao Airport. I tried to call ahead to schedule a shuttle pick up once my flight landed but the front desk didn't speak English and hung up in my face. So once I landed I went to information desk at the airport and they called arranged for my pick up thank goodness. Upon arriving at the hotel, I was given a key card, the WiFi was unlocked and then went to my room. That was the problem. The room is moderately crapped, the AC does not work whatsoever, the bathroom and shower are all in one with a small curtain to split it and it was not very clean. The bed had stains on the pillowcases and just did not look nice overall. There were scratches on marks on the furniture and walls. I would only book here if this is the only thing left open.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No airport shuttle bus, carpets in hallways and room stinks of mold.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

2/10 Terrible

Ali, Houston tx

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dirty and stinky place I will never recommend this to anyone
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Jessica, San Francisco

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
You get what you pay for. It was a pretty dirty, old hotel and smelt strong of smoke. But for the price I paid, the staff was excellent. Kind, provided a shuttle, free Wi-Fi, tried their best to communicate with me. I felt safe and am very pleased with my stay. I knew what to expect for the price
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

LYNN

Disliked: Room comfort
Not recommended
Communication is hard since hotel staff barely speaks any English, initially said there were no rooms available when I called but I insisted that I already paid and I had confirmation from hotel.com. Air conditioning was very poor, the rooms (I booked 2 rooms) stayed hot all night, bathroom door in one room does not close and shower stall has no sliding door so the entire bathroom got wet when you shower. The room smelled of cigarette smoke even though I booked non-smoking. Don’t bother complaining, no one understands you anyway...
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

4/10 Poor

Satya, Mysore, India

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
It was a very disappointing stay for 1 night at the hotel. Despite repeated calls almost 3-4h before arrival to send a car/van for pickup, I was forced to wait for almost 1h at airport at 10.30pm. The staff can hardly understand any english. So, you need to take help of fellow passengers at airport to make them speak with hotel staff in chinese language to ask for pickup. Room given was neat and clean and cannot complain about cleanliness. I walked into the bathroom for a shower and there were no towels. I called up the reception to send towels and the receptionist didn't understand what towels are. I had to seek the help of a chinese friend at almost 11.15pm to call up the reception and explain what I meant by towels and then only, she arranged for towels. Breakfast was typical chinese food but for the price I paid, I cannot expect a lavish western breakfast. Hope they are able to improve upon their shortcomings.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

2/10 Terrible

Nancy, NJ

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Never want to go back ! Dirty as a hell......omg so disgusting
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

2/10 Terrible

ivor, miami

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad
I only stay 3 hours until i found a decent hotel very bad
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Harry

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good. If the staff knew english, it would have been better.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Daniel, San Francisco

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel for the price
It is very near from the airport. The free shuttle service was very convenient. Whe I read other reviews, I worried about shuttle pick up from the airport. But it was peflectly fine to request pick up at the airport. Just call to the hotel when you arrive at the airport. The pick up location is the second floor(departure floor) at Gate 2. It only takes about 10 to 15 min. to the hotel. The hotel room is basic but comfortable. The window pane is single pane. The street noise of the cars was heard. I had ear plugs and used them. With ear plugs, I slept a sound sleep. The breakfast was really good for the price, but most of Chinese food. It was full breakfast. If you like Asian food, it would be no problem. Communication with receptionist was no problem. At least one staff can speak in English.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Min Suk

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Courtney

Airport transportation is great
We stay here a lot because it’s near the airport. This time we books two rooms. A normal twin bed room. The room was clean and the beds were soft. The second room was a queen bed. The carpets were dirty, the glass on the door was broken, the shirts were ripped and stained and the bed was hard. This room was more money than the twin room. The hotel does provide airport transportation for free. It’s very helpful and the breakfast doesn’t start until 6:45. We booked one room for two people with breakfast(queen room), yet only one person was allowed to eat breakfast for free.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Questa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We love this hotel! Great staff!!
We had another nice stay at this hotel, (this is our third time staying here). We really wish to tell the staff we were sorry for a mix up on our part about the time. We knew there was a time difference of an hour from Korea but somehow got mixed up. The staff tried to get us on the shuttle to the airport on time but could not speak much in English. We were an hour late and missed their shuttle but they took us in a car! These people are great! Everything else was also wonderful. A staff member told us where we could buy some snacks really close to the hotel. she spoke English well. We like the breakfast, although it is not western. Everone is so kind. Only people who are picky can complain about this hotel!!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
A nice day. Free Airport shuttle is a plus point for this hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

chelsea, california

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice, clean hotel close to airport
The hotel was great for the price and the airport shuttle back to airport to catch our next flight was perfect. However, I tried multiple times to contact the property to schedule an airport pickup but never got a reply. we had to pay for a taxi to take us there and even using translating apps the language barrier took almost 30 mins just to figure out where we were going. The airport shuttle was one of the main reasons I booked the hotel. And the free breakfast didn't start until 7 and we had to leave the hotel at 6am. But the room was fine and clean and the staff was helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Raghvendra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The only downside of this hotel was that the windows were not double pane so at night could hear traffic movement.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Questa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tranquil and pleasant hotel
This is our second stay here, and the second visit was even better than the first. They gave us an extra breakfast ticket, no charge, and added an extra bed to our room without request. The hotel staff are friendly and manage to communicate with us in English. Also, one of the greatest benefits is the free Airport shuttle and close location. Breakfast is good (Chinese), though not American.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Jacky, Japan

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel close to Airport. Room is wide.
Room was wide with twin beds. Air conditioning was not good. Heater was not functioning well. Shower was not warm enough . Besides, water leaked from Shower room to Toilet due to insufficient putty fill. .
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Mohamad Zaki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location
Easy to get halal food
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It's a powerful hotel and the rooms and services are great.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Comfortable and good value
The best thing about this hotel was its comfortable bed and air conditioning which worked well. I also enjoyed its proximity to the riverbed, one block away on the cross street, where I enjoyed a great hour of birding. The hotel is about 10 years old and has not been maintained in top condition. The desk help barely knew any English, but we were able to communicate well enough and I took advantage of the shuttle service to return to the airport. While the airport is near to the hotel, it is not within walking distance. I did not try to call the hotel for an airport pick up, but that may be available also.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

2/10 Terrible

Aaron, Washington DC

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible hotel for foreign guests
1. I called from Qingdao Airport and the hotel reception did not speak English. I had a help luckily from the Airport information who translated where about the hotel is. 2. No currency exchange service for US$, HK$, or any foreign currency. Trying to take a taxi in the morning, I found this out the hard way on top of the reception not speaking English at all. not able to convey to the taxi driver where I want to go. 3. Bathrooms (I had to move the room after the first night due to unknown reason) have non-slip mats that was black with mold at the bottom. I did not bother to use them. 4. Checking out, the reception girl did not speak English, also did not understand the word Bill or Invoice. Just gave me nothing and did not even returned me the RMB 100 deposit credit card slip that I signed when checking in. 5. With the reception not speaking English at all, I asked my office and home to call me on my mobile phone only. There are many cheap hotels with all the convenience in Qingdao. This hotel was ridiculous.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Questa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really nice hotel for the price/close to airport
We were very happy to stay at this hotel. There were NO problems at all. The staff were so friendly and helpful. It was not a top rate place but we did not expect one for the price we paid.They pick you up for free from the airport. When the man picked us up, even though he could not speak English, he tried to talk to us and smiled so nicely. At the desk they were able to communicate with us in English. The food at breakfast was good but not fancy. The neighborhood is not near anything to do, but we walked about 20 minutes and found some shops and food.

6/10 Okay

John

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good price...you get what you pay for...
Very close to the airport, so that was a bonus. The breakfast was pretty good. The price was great. The rest, well not so good. The entire place smelled of cigarette smoke even in the non-smoking areas...tis the culture I suppose. The room was ok in size, but the beds were just box springs with a thin pillow top cushion. Glad we were just there for an overnight layover.

4/10 Poor

travelerbw2017, san francisco, ca

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
It is a motel!
The room smells, not in good condition. The bed sheet was clean.

10/10 Excellent

fc, california, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean room, free airport transfer
Approached the airport information counter to assist on calling the hotel for airport pick up. The driver arrived in less than 10 minutes. Front desk staffs were friendly and helpful. Had a smooth and fast check-in. The hotel room is clean and quiet. It equipped with all the amenities as advertised. There were a few eateries around the corner. Arranged next morning wake-up call and airport shuttle ride with the front desk. Very satisfied. Would definitely book this hotel in the future.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible Hotel
The Hotel was the worst hotel I've ever stayed in in my life! The hotel was truly unhabitable. The rooms have no heat and it was 25 to 30° out. Orbitz should not suggest this hotel on their website

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disgusting
Was to stay 6 nights. Ran after one night! Horrible breakfast, not western at all.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel clean and close to airport
Very nice pretty luxury and free wifi and free hotel shuttle. Everything in the room was nice and working well very clean and neat. Next time I go to china for a layover wouldn't mind staying there

8/10 Good

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good
Room renovation is slightly old like wall paper peer off and power plug not working, but of course the stay is not because of these small renovation defects, overall still very nice hotel. There still have mini bar fridge which didn't notice which was nice, could buy drinks to keep cool.

4/10 Poor

Jennifer, Medford, Massachusetts, USA

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We only needed a place for overnight stay, and we had picked up at the airport, the hotel condition was not too good, room carpet was dirty, and breakfast was cold!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ok place to spend the night. The staff was friendly but the bathroom in our room didn't seem clean. Overall, ok experience but I wouldn't spend more than a night there.

6/10 Okay

Sylvana, Los Angeles

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
No English Speakers
The location is not bad because close to the airport. The works can't speak English so make you have dictionary on your phone to translate what do you need. There are some small restaurant around the hotel.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
No Western food options No bar in the hotel
No Western food options No bar in the hotel. Bed was comfortable Room was dirty and bathroom had open shower where the water flooded across the whole bathroom floor

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Restaurant was closed, completely unacceptable
There isn't really anything else to say! And then I am required to keep typing because your review system won't accept succinct responses

10/10 Excellent

Frank H

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Close to airport
We arrived at 1:00 in the morning and had to take a taxi. The hotel is close to the airport and under a $3.00 taxi fare. We did not book the rate with breakfast but the front desk gave us breakfast vouchers when we asked. The front desk was very helpful and let me use their desktop to use the internet. Over-all, a great value for the money.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Poor hotel
Very noisy Food close too soon at 930 Air condition not strong enough