Best Western Plus Holiday Sands Inn & Suites

2.5 star property
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Room amenity
Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Balcony, Oceanfront (Larger Room;with Sofabed)
In-room safe, desk, laptop workspace, iron/ironing board

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Gym
  • Pet-friendly
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Laundry

Explore the area

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1330 E Ocean View Ave, Norfolk, VA, 23503
  • Norfolk Beaches
    1 min walk
  • Ocean View Beach
    2 min drive
  • Nauticus
    7 min drive
  • Norfolk, VA (ORF-Norfolk Intl.)
    12 min drive

Room options

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Accessible, Oceanfront (Walk-in Shower;Pet Friendly)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed

Suite, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Kitchen (with Sofabed)

  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds

Suite, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking (Pet Friendly;with Sofabed)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Accessible, Oceanfront (Walk-in Shower;with Sofabed)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Balcony, Oceanfront (Pet Friendly)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Suite, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking (with Sofabed)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

Suite, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Pet Friendly;with Sofabed)

  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Kitchen

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Balcony, Oceanfront

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Balcony, Oceanfront (Larger Room;with Sofabed)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Pet Friendly)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Standard Apartment, Multiple Beds, Non Smoking, Kitchen (with Sofabed)

  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 King Beds

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About the area

Norfolk

With a stay at Best Western Plus Holiday Sands Inn & Suites in Norfolk (Cottage Line), you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Naval Station Norfolk and Old Dominion University. .This beach hotel is 11.2 mi (18 km) from Virginia Beach Town Center and 12.2 mi (19.6 km) from Hampton Coliseum.

What's nearby

  • Norfolk Beaches - 1 min walk
  • Ocean View Beach - 2 min drive
  • Norfolk Botanical Garden - 8 min drive
  • Naval Station Norfolk - 8 min drive
  • Norfolk Premium Outlets - 12 min drive

Getting around

  • Norfolk Station - 20 min drive
  • Norfolk Intl. Airport (ORF) - 12 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Dairy Queen - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Wendy's - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬5 min drive

About this property

Best Western Plus Holiday Sands Inn & Suites

Hotel on the beach, with seasonal outdoor pool
Best Western Plus Holiday Sands Inn & Suites offers 85 accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature safes and coffee/tea makers. Flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and microwaves. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers with deep soaking bathtubs and hydromassage showerheads, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs, as well as phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on request.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness center and a seasonal outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 85 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Wired and wireless internet access is complimentary, and flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment. Private bathrooms have deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities including a fitness center and a seasonal outdoor pool. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and a television in a common area.
A complimentary full breakfast is served daily from 6 AM to 10 AM.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, a 24-hour business center, and express check-out. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary full breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 10 AM.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired Internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired Internet

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Limited on-site parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily 6 AM–10 AM
  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Things to do

  • Fishing
  • Fitness centre
  • Seasonal outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Fence around the pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Microwave
  • Fridge
  • Seasonal outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • ATM/banking services
  • Lift
  • Front-desk safe
  • Gift shop/newsstand

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels (on request)
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Laundry facilities

Business services

  • 24-hour business centre
  • Computer station

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Beachfront location
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices available
  • Braille signage
  • Lift
  • Lift door width (centimetres): 92
  • Lever door handles
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • 2 on-site accessible parking spaces
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • At least 80% of lighting from LEDs
  • Smoke-free property
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Bed sheets
  • Heating (climate-controlled)

Bathroom

  • Bath or shower
  • Deep-soaking bath
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Hydromassage showerhead
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • Flat-screen TV
  • Premium channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave
  • Fridge

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Free local calls
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop-friendly workspace
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Water-efficient showers only
  • Water-efficient toilets only

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4 PM; Check-in end time: 6 AM
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Renovations and closures

The following facilities are closed seasonally each year. They will be closed from September 5 to May 27:
  • Swimming pool

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 30 per pet, per night (maximum USD 100 per stay), plus a one-time cleaning fee of USD 50
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only
2 total (up to 80 lbs per pet)
Specific rooms only; pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
An off-leash area is available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: USD 250 per accommodation, per stay
  • Breakage deposit: USD 250.00 per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: USD 30 per pet, per night (maximum USD 100 per stay) plus USD 50 one-time cleaning fee
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 21 years old
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of We Care Clean (Best Western)

We should mention

The seasonal pool will be open from May 24 to September 06

Property is also known as

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Best Western Plus Holiday Sands Inn & Suites Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 397 out of 1002 reviews" "
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Rating 6 - Okay. 140 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 84 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 69 out of 1002 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

karen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Jorge

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I didn't like the time that the swimming pool was available
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

HALLEY

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Melissa

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
If you are looking for an affordable hotel for your family while enjoying the beach & area attactions, this is a good pick. If you're a young adult looking for VA Beach nightlife or someone who expects a lot of amenities, this isn't your place. Hotel has good beach access, right on the water, and about a 20 to 25 minute drive to area attractions (Marine Science Museum, Nauticus, VA Beach Boardwalk, etc). Breakfast was reasonable hotel fare with several options: non-fat yogurt, toast, waffles, eggs, bacon, cereal, etc. At/after 9am, so you might have to take your food to go because there isn't a ton of seating, but that wasn't really an issue, just had kiddos eat in the room on the mornings we were late. The air condtioner for our room needed some work, but as we were really only it the room in the evenings before bed, it wasn't too much of an issue. We have young-elementary aged kids - a lot of folks there were also in that category- and the location and hotel itself felt safe enough, clean enough, and was right on the beach.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Although the property itself is somewhat pleasing to the eye, the rooms are all fairly older and need a thorough revamp. The room felt ‘wet’ for the first couple of days of our stay. It seemed to be more humid in our room than outside. Ants were seen in several occasions in the room. A guest above is played loud music until the wee hours of the morning and fireworks were set off about 1am in the parking lot. Not the fault of the hotel. Just the type of clientele perhaps.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Arlene

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved then location. Would stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Marlene

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
We have been coming to the property for 25 years because is close to the bay and we get to go fishing at night since our boys were babies and our memories are there.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything was good and family enjoyed the stayed!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ryan

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dedria

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed a couple of quiet days at the beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Adam

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was very nice and had a great breakfast but the outdoor pool was closed, assuming it was from the storm but nothing was posted online, I would have moved venues since I have 2 kids. I have joint issues and need to exercise before the day gets started and the fitness center was closed 2 days of my 3 day stay, again, if it was on their website before my visit I would have booked another place.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Betty

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had no hand soap for washing hands and no clean towels for shower the next day and air conditioner was not working properly and bugs in the room
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Terri

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a great time. The breakfast was delicious. The coffee machine in the lobby was wonderful. They have a citrus shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. The towels had some stains, but nothing unsanitary. Honestly looked like someone tried to clean the sand off their shoes and it scuffed the towels. Overall a great time.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marcus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Check in was difficult, person was very nice, however accent made it very hard to understand and when i asked for them to repeat information they got mad and spoke even faster. Room still had last guests trash in it, hair in shower, flies in kitchen area. Only coffee available was decaf and when i asked for some regular at the desk i was told they didnt have any. But the guy was already mad from before so who knows. Kitchen area was extremely used looking.
Not our trash
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Calvin

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This place sucks.
This place was terrible got there around 230 pm room wasn't ready checkin was 4 we understood that. But didn't get the call that our room was ready till 6 pm Got in room it wasnt very clean had what looked like blood stains on walls and shower curtain. Tv in front didn't work well kept loosing signal. No blanket on bed had to go to front desk for one. They said it summer time that why there wasnt one. Asked for clean towels never got any. There for 3 days room was never serviced. Phone in room didnt even work. The soap in the shower was empty told them never got tended to. Also all hours of the night you could hear doors slaming. Asked to upgrade rooms was told couldn't because we booked through 3rd party.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mauricio

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location and price
Perfect location offering both beach and pool amenities.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Johanna, AURORA

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Positive: - The beach - the staff. Negative: - There is garbage everywhere. The parking lot is filthy, forks, bags, papers, cigarette butts just laying around. The same with the beach, there were empty beer cans, beer bottle caps, cigarette butts and even a gas container just laying there. - There is a smell. Our first room had a moldy smell that was unbearable. They moved us to the second floor that also had a musty smell. Plus our neighbors burnt their pizza and the smell invaded our room. - The area is not a vacation area. A few blocks away we didn’t feel safe. - I wasted hours of our vacation trying to talk to Expedia and the hotel manager to approve a refund for the days we didn’t stay. We only stayed 2 days in our 5 day reservation.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brandi

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Jornette

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointed
I was not made aware of renovations occurring in the main lobby. The door slamming and dog barking was not a comfortable experience nor did it allow for a peaceful rest. The dinning area was a bit cramped during breakfast with minimal space to maneuver from station to station. The environment was a bit shady.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Jose

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Eva

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
beautiful, second year making a reservation at this place. Staff very kind, very close to the beach and the pool is very clean
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024