Best Transit Best Transit Hotel in Dubai”

Holiday Inn Express Dubai Airport Hotel is the best transit hotel for Dubai International Airport Travelers with limited services. The hotel is large with many rooms and got almost one type of standard room; which is compacted in size with no chairs or tea tables (sitting area). The furniture is contemporary and the room has all the needs of modern travelers. Also the bathroom is compacted with good amenities. The breakfast is included in the room rate and it is served between 6:00 am -10:00 am in the Hotel Restaurant “ground level”. The hotel provides complimentary shuttle service every half an hour to Terminal 1 and Terminal 3.

Free Shuttle , Clean & Nice Room”

Everything excellent. We had a 13hours transit in dubai . When we arrived at Arrival Hall we follow the Arrival signage (not connecting flight signage) and go to customs then we followed the signage Bus & Hotel shuttle. Basically just outside the Terminal 3 Arrival hall(if you land at Terminal3 like us) then turn on your left side. Go straight until you saw green holiday inn shuttle or other hotel shuttle wait there until you see the holiday inn shuttle. It comes every 30mins . We are happy that when we arrived its already there waiting hehe . Check in was great and easy,we got a non smoking room & then breakfast was lovely. Everything your stomach need to start your day at burj khalifa :) . Take a meter taxi which is available most of the time outside the hotel (the taxi have a yellow box sign at their top) Cost me UAE 34 to dubai mall to snap photos with burj khalifa background view and from dubai mall to airport UAE 35 Cheap and memorable moment in Dubai :) Enjoy & have fun!

Overall good hotel”

The Holiday Inn Airport Express is a great place to stay because it's clean, decent size rooms, near the airport, and friendly staff. The hotel is located very close to the airport. The airport shuttle is a plus too. It leaves the hotel every hour on the hour. The only con's I had were no pool and internet is not free. Must pay about 85dhs ($23) for 24 hour internet access. You can purchase less time but once you login your time starts. The bar is nice and the restaurant serves good food. Check in at 2PM and check out is at 12 noon. Overall it's a great place to stay especially for short layovers in Dubai as well as long stays. Cheers!

Just the thing for the overnight/short stay”

I have stayed at the Holiday Inn Express near terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport several times now and I am sure I will continue to do so. I arrive at Dubai to spend the night there and getting to and from this hotel is a breeze. Whether you're coming from terminal 1, 3 or even 2, this is an ideal stopover hotel.

good value hotel”

Holiday Inn Express is just outside terminal 3 at Dubai airport - there is a regular shuttle bus which took me a while to find because there's no signs outside the terminal but very short jurney once you're on board. Bus runs every hour to and fro. Excellent value accomodation for Dubai, comfortable room, good buffet breakfast, friendly staff. If you want to explore the city there is a metro station close by.

Reliable and very good”

If traveling through Dubai with a long layover, choose Holiday Inn Express Dubai Airport. They have free airport-hotel/hotel-airport shuttle service every 30 minutes; can facilitate 96-hour UAE Transit Visas; and smoking areas and rooms. The free breakfast is good too.

Well worth it!”

I like the staff here, all so efficient and friendly. The location, within minutes of terminal 3 Dubai International Airport, is perfect for me when I have got connecting flights that are many hours apart. The price is definitely right and the hotel is backed by the Holiday Inn brand.

Excellent airport stopover hotel”

Highly recommended pre and/or post flight. This trip was me alone for business, but I also had a great stay there with my wife and two year old last time I went to Dubai. There's a swift shuttle bus which runs to time to and from the airport and the hotel overlooks the airport. It's walking distance to a (futuristic) metro station, though taxis are also very cheap. If you have time to kill, consider the Premier Inn next door which has a rooftop pool, but for me the HI Express has more comfortable rooms.

Great solution for an airport stopover”

We had a 8 hour stopover in Dubai between Seychelles ans Bengaluru. The Holidday Inn Express at Dubai Airport was the perfect solution to take a good shower, a few hours of sleep and a good beakfast.Hotel Shuttle goes every 30mn. All perfect, at a very good price.

Just what is required”

We had a 10 1/2 hour stopover at Dubai airport for our connecting flight. We used this hotel last year and knew it was excellent. We arrived at at 6:05am midnight and caught the 12:15am hotel free shuttle. (our luggage was checked all the way through to Phuket so no cases to collect or carry). Easily identifiable shuttle bus from the far left of the pick up area as you exit the terminal. 15 minutes later in the hotel. Smooth check in.Into the bar for a bottle of Heineken before bed. Wake up call (automated) at 6:05am ready a lovely buffet breakfast very satisfactory then back to the room check out and 7:00am shuttle to the airport through rush hour traffic. Arrived at 7:20am ish. straight through check in in 10 minutes. Highly recommend this hotel especially through Agoda who included a pay now option with taxes and fees rather than the IHG web site who wouldn't take payment until the day in AEDs. Very happy with this and Agoda.

Enjoyed our stay”

The hotel has a 24 hour shuttle that goes to and from the airport every half an hour. There us also a shuttle that goes to Deira City Centre everyday at 11:15 am. The driver will ask if you would like to be pick up later. Breakfast was simple. Bread, eggs, yogurt, cheese, cold cuts, muffins, croissants, coffee, juices. If you are in a hurry or simply wants to have a pack snack of coffee and muffins. If you come in late and near to closing time, you can get your food and bring it to your room. The staff is terrific. There were a few of them but they were very efficient. Kudos to Aimee and Liezel and to thei manager. If yiu are going somewhere and would like to take the metro, you can take the shuttle to airport terminal 1 and take the metro from there to snywhere in Dubai. Then we again take thr metro back to the airport and wait for thr hotel shuttle. Its very convenient.

Convenient excellence”

I found the Holiday Inn Express easily through Agoda. The location is superb as it is opposite Terminal 3 of the airport. The shuttle service was excellent and ran on time. The hotel is extremely clean and all the staff were polite and courteous. The standard of the food and amenities was excellent. I have recommended this hotel to friends and I will continue to use this hotel in the future.

Good Hotel”

set on a bustling street in the thriving deira neighbourhood in downtown dubai, our 7-storey glass-and-steel hotel is an ideal base for exploring this exciting city. beat the heat by plunging into our rooftop pool, and relax in leather armchairs with a refreshing drink in the contemporary metro bar. dubai international airport is just 10 minutes by metro or taxi from holiday inn dubai-downtown. prepare for your meeting with high-speed internet in your comfortable guest room, or use the pcs in our 24-hour self-service business centre. holiday inn dubai-downtown's staff can help you organise functions for up to 60 in our 2 modern meeting rooms and major events at dubai international convention and exhibition centre are just 5km away.

A transit hotel”

The Holiday Inn Express at Dubai Airport is a great place to stay overnight while awaiting a connecting flight. Its just a short ride form the airport, check in is efficient, the rooms comfortable and inexpensive, breakfast is ok and check out easy. There is a shuttle back to the airport every 30 minutes. Things to improve would be to make the gym a more welcome place to visit, ensure that there is a better hot water supply at all times of day and provide a better selection of international TV channels.

Great and able to get rest”

My stay at the Holiday Inn Express Dubia Airport Hotel was great. Tha location was quite and far the noisey night life. A good place to rest and recuperate.The food was great at the Hotal Bar and I like the short and simple list of menu. I only wish if the breakfast menu had custom egg omelets and favored coffee creamers. The stuff was helpful and quick to help and give attention.

excellent”

Stayed just the night when between flights. Although this is close to Dubai airport, you will need transport to and from the hotel. A free shuttle bus runs mostly every half hour and leaves from both terminals 1 and 3. The hotel is an Express so you don't get large rooms, or at least we did not, but they are clean and perfectly adequate. Comes with a large bed and shower, no bath. Reception was really good and efficient. There were two places to eat, a restaurant and a bar, there was also a small kiosk in reception. The restaurant closed before 10pm I think. The bar is open quite late but the smell of cigarette smoke put me off eating when we were there. The restaurant was fine. A fairly simple buffet breakfast was taken there. Wi-Fi was free but had to go to reception area to get it to work on my iPad.

Excellent location. Fantastic room, helpful staff.”

i highly recommend this hotel. it even supplied free transport throughout the day to take me to any of two malls and collect me at designated times. there is also free transport to the airport every hour. one can also book for various tours of dubai from hotel reception. an excellent hotel. value for money. i will always book for this hotel whenever i visit dubai again.

Good overnight hotel ”

Stayed here 1 night while I was in transfer on DXB. H.I. Express airport was definitely a good choice for the purpose I slept here. The hotel is only a few min. by car from DXB. The rooms are nice furnished, modern. Bathroom good: nice hot shower with enough water pressure. Basic equipped with amenities.. (but who cares) there was soap available and hot water...!!! Towels were enough and clean! There was free transportation to and from DXB (T3 and 1) I guess. But is runs only 1/hr ..?? So if you are unlucky...?!? There was a complimentary free breakfast, with all the basic things, GREAT! So: if you just use this hotel if you are in transfer as I was it will be a good choice. Not if you want to spend a few days in Dubai to explore the city or whatsoever. The hotel is 'in the middle' of nowhere (airplanes!!!) However not noisy at all!!! But no malls/restaurants directly outside the hotel!

Great for overnight stays”

I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at the Holiday Inn Express Dubai Airport hotel. The reception staff were very friendly and helpful. The metro with access to all the sights in town was only 3mins walk from the hotel. The shuttle bus to the airport was convenient and quick. The room was perfectly suitable for an overnight stay, the beds were comfortable, the shower was lovely with sufficient amounts of hot water. The breakfast was plentiful with a good range of choice.

nice and convenient”

had a very brief stopover in Dubai so i chose a hotel near the airport. careful, even though it says, it is oppposite terminal 3, you cannot walk there. there are 3 double lane streets in between, so either you are lucky, that you catch the hotel shuttle (once per hour)or take a taxi. Hotel is nice with beautiful paintings as decoration, the breakfast bueffet is really great. only negative thing i could comment is that the aircon in my room was sooooooo cold, i had to switch it off. it was not possible to change the temperature.