Travel Accommodation: Choosing a Hotel or Motel
By Name
Most of the major hotel chains have properties in the Halifax marketplace.
If you are familiar with and happy with a chain, or just want its frequent flyer
miles, then you will like their hotel in Halifax.
Some chains focus on business travellers, in the upper-middle
price range. In Halifax you'll find: Delta, Radisson, Ramada and
several other chains. Some chains target families and budget
conscious business travellers. These chains are: Comfort Inn,
Days Inn, Howard Johnson, Super 8, and Travelodge.
Halifax has several fine hotels and motels that do not belong to a chain.
By Features
A traveller may need to rely on a specific features in a hotel. It may be a hotel-wide capability like airport shuttle or business centre, it may be an in-room feature like Internet access or a whirlpool bath (and vary from room to room), it may relate to fitness to stay in shape on the road or to entertain the children, or you may require special suites. We have tried to catalogue them all in the FoundLocally database.
The range of features will vary from hotel to hotel, and sometimes from room to room. If there
is a feature that is critical to your stay (ie wheelchair access or coach
parking) request it in the Hotel Search screen, to display only to those establishments. Be sure to request this feature when making your room reservation.
Some commonly sought features are:
Price Range
There is accommodation in Halifax to suit any budget. You can stay at the local Hostel for only dollars a day, or you can stay in hotel suites that are good enough for visiting prime ministers.
Pricing is seasonal. Summer is high season in the Halifax area being vacation and travel season. Halifax hotels are popular with both Canadians traveling across the country to points east or west, and also for rural residents making it a "shopping weekend" in the big city. Area hotels are also more expensive over holidays and long weekends. Fall (September to December) and spring (April to June) are definitely the less expensive times to visit. Each hotel's dates for high, low, and shoulder seasons differ a bit so watch your timing or your hotel.
Our pricing guidelines (exclusive of taxes) are as follows:
| Price | Low Season | Peak Season | $ | <50 | <60 |
$$ | 50-79 | 60-99 | $$$ | 80-119 | 100-149 | $$$$ | 120+ | 150+ |
Location
The desired location of the hotel depends on the purpose of your visit.
We have grouped the hotels by "Area" to assist you with selecting appropriate accommodation. The Area is in most cases, the city in which a hotel is located. Inside the City of Halifax, we also list the part of town.
If you are in Halifax on business, you would want a hotel in the Downtown core. Several hotels are within walking distance (or a $4 to $8 cab ride) of downtown shopping (plus many of the larger malls along Mumford & Bayers roads), the many restaurants and the nightlife. Taxi fare to the airport is about $35. There are some value-conscious hotels close to the Downtown area. You can walk to the waterfront and the Historical Properties from most downtown hotels.
If you are trying to find something VERY NEAR your meeting, use the "Postal" feature in the Hotel Search screen, where we match the first the digits/characters of the postal code! This also works on our Restaurant search, to find a restaurant near your hotel (and in every other search form on our site).
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