Holiday Inn Express Guadalajara Aeropuerto by IHG, a three-star property, sits in El Salto. Guests have access to a pool, breakfast and a gym. It scores 4.4/5 across 1714 guest reviews — a very good rating. In our 2026 scans, rooms ranged from US$97 to US$128 per night depending on dates and occupancy. Most rooms can be booked with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
About El Salto: El Salto is an industrial town on the southeastern edge of Guadalajara's metro area, and its hotels exist for people who come to work. All hotels in El Salto →
Rooms and rates
Across our 2026 scans we logged 11 priced stays for Holiday Inn Express Guadalajara Aeropuerto by IHG: rates ran from US$97 to US$128 a night depending on the date, how far ahead you book, and occupancy. Rates in El Salto move with demand: midweek stays booked a couple of weeks out are where our scans found the widest choice of free-cancellation rooms. The price you see after tapping “Check availability” is the live app.impt.io rate for your exact dates, not an estimate.
Location
Holiday Inn Express Guadalajara Aeropuerto by IHG is at Carretera Chapala #7012, El Salto, Mexico. This page's “View on map” link opens the exact spot in Google Maps, so you can measure the journeys that matter to you.
The facilities, in detail
For food and drink, the hotel lists bars, breakfast and coffee. On the wellness side there's fitness center, outdoor pool and swimming pool. Practical services include 24 hour front desk, business center, currency exchange, free car parking, laundry service and parking. In the room itself: free wifi, hairdryer, iron and board, safe, shower and swimming pool. The full list of 33 facilities is below; double-check the ones that are deal-breakers when you book, as hotels adjust what they offer by season.
Good to know before you book
Booking is straightforward: pick dates and guests in the widget, check the live rate on app.impt.io, and complete the reservation there. Most rooms are offered with free cancellation until a few days before arrival — the exact deadline is shown next to each rate before you pay. Every confirmed booking also removes a tonne of CO₂ through IMPT's carbon-removal projects, at no extra cost to you. When comparing, note that the three-star rating reflects the hotel's declared standard; the guest reviews on this page tell you how it actually feels to stay.
El Salto for hotel guests
The plants along the El Salto highway corridor — electronics, automotive, logistics — generate almost all the room demand, and it shows in the rates: our 2026 scans found just 3 hotels with a real price, from US$86 a night and a typical rate of about US$89. This is not a weekend destination. If you are travelling for pleasure, Tlaquepaque and Guadalajara sit 30-60 minutes away and offer far more. If you are here for the factory, sleeping local saves you an hour of traffic a day. All hotels in El Salto →
Facilities
Guest reviews
4.41714 reviewsi stayed here on June 7th with me and my family, and enjoyed staying here. everyone was super friendly and super helpful with everything. the continental breakfast was amazing, kept very clean, and stocked at all times. i wish i could have stayed at this location for longer, but we were headed back to the States the next day. they also have a free shuttle to the airport!! but you must reserve it the moment you check in so that you make sure your seats are reserved. thank you Holiday Inn Guadalajara Aeropuerto!!!
First of all exiting from the airport the return to get to the hotel it's too long. Late at night wen we checked in no very pleasant at the desk. We paid for a room in the "new" tower and it was give to us a horrible room, completely out of date. No smart TV and an air conditioning thay didn't work from the jurassic era. All the restroom full of rust Horrible experience for such a chain name. Totally disappointed
Very poor experience. Had to call 8 or 9 times from the airport to get anyone to pick up to send the shuttle, with calls going unanswered. Sat the airport for a good while at 10:30pm hoping they'd pick up. Could've taken a taxi or uber, but booked this hotel specifically to have access to the shuttle. Upon arrival, there wasn't even a cart available to move luggage. One of our bedrooms smelled of either smoke or dust, couldn't tell, but it was unpleasant. AC as reported by others was overly loud. The gym is a joke, it's currently 1 out-of-service treadmill, 1 bike, and 1 elliptical. Nothing…
Planning your trip to El Salto
When to go
El Salto sits at about 1,500 metres, so expect highland weather rather than tropical heat. November to February brings dry, sunny days of 24-26°C and nights dropping to 6-8°C — pack a jacket, especially for early shifts. March to May is the hot, dusty stretch: 31-32°C at midday, hazy air and smoke from agricultural burning on the horizon.
From June to September it rains most afternoons, sometimes hard. The countryside greens up and the heat eases, but the highway floods and a six o'clock downpour turns a twenty-minute drive into an hour. If you have an afternoon meeting or an evening flight in those months, leave with a generous cushion of time.
The calendar that matters here is industrial, not touristic. Monday to Thursday the hotels fill with suppliers, auditors and engineers; by Friday afternoon they empty out. The slack weeks are the year-end holidays and Holy Week, when many plants stop. And when Guadalajara fills for a major expo or the FIL book fair in late November, the pressure reaches out this far.
Getting there and around
Guadalajara's international airport, over in Tlajomulco, is about 20-25 km away: 25 to 40 minutes depending on traffic. An authorised taxi runs on the order of MX$450-600 and ride apps usually come in a little cheaper, though terminal pickup has its own rules. If your company sends a car, take it — it will be the simplest leg of the whole trip.
From central Guadalajara it is roughly 30 km via Periférico and the El Salto highway: 40 minutes on a good day, over an hour at peak. The crunch comes at shift changes, 6-8am and 3-7pm, mixed in with heavy truck traffic. Coming from Zapotlanejo or Chapala, the Macrolibramiento ring road saves you crossing the city altogether.
Public transport works but is slow: Light Rail Line 1 ends at Periférico Sur, where buses leave for El Salto and Juanacatlán at around MX$10-15 a ride, and Mi Macro Periférico runs the length of the ring road. After dark, taxis and apps thin out away from the main corridor, and walking the highway is not an option — there are no continuous pavements.
Where to stay, zone by zone
Start with the obvious: there is very little here. Our 2026 scans found 3 hotels with a real price in the municipality, from US$86 a night with a typical rate of about US$89. These are corporate-profile properties — a decent room, parking, early breakfast, proper invoicing — rather than places with character. Choosing here is a logistics exercise, not a romantic one.
The town centre, around the plaza and the church, is where El Salto still feels like a town: shops, market, cheap kitchens, people on the pavement. It works if your plant sits in El Salto's own parks and you want to walk to dinner instead of eating beside the highway. The trade-off is narrow streets, scarce parking and early morning noise.
The highway corridor towards Las Pintas, El Verde and El Castillo is the strip that blends into Tlaquepaque and Periférico: even less charm, but far handier if your plant is on the western side or you keep shuttling to the airport and Guadalajara. Judge it in kilometres from your gate, not by neighbourhood feel — that is the only variable that pays off.
The honest alternative, especially if you are mixing work with sightseeing, is sleeping in San Pedro Tlaquepaque — El Parián, Independencia street, hotels in old townhouses — 20-30 minutes away, or along the Chapala road near the airport. More choice, more restaurants and often better value than El Salto's handful of beds.
Eating and going out
Eating in El Salto is everyday and unpretentious: set lunches in family kitchens for something like MX$80-120, goat birria at weekends, morning carnitas, and highway taquerías open late. Guadalajara's tortas ahogadas are on every other corner and pack more chilli heat than they look; ask for a half-drowned one if you don't know the house sauce.
The municipal market and the weekly tianguis are as close as this gets to a food scene: juices, tacos de canasta, cut fruit, ranch cheese. Don't expect wine lists or chef-driven cooking. On Sundays the central plaza fills with families and stalls, which is the best moment to see the town living behind the factory sheds.
Going out at night means driving, for almost everyone. Tlaquepaque, half an hour away, has El Parián and the bars around Independencia; Guadalajara, 40-60 minutes out, gives you the Chapultepec and Providencia scenes. A ride back from Tlaquepaque runs roughly MX$250-400 depending on the hour. If you plan to drink, leave the car: breath-test checkpoints are routine across the metro area.
Booking well
With three hotels in the municipality, scarcity is the issue, not price. Monday to Thursday, and during audit weeks or production line launches, they simply sell out. Book as soon as your dates firm up, and book even earlier if your visit collides with a major Guadalajara fair — when the city fills, the outlying rooms go first.
Check the street address, not the municipality label. Several places listed under "El Salto" actually sit in Las Pintas, in Tlaquepaque or along the Chapala road, and the gap can mean 15 km and 40 minutes in rush-hour traffic. Ask for the exact location and measure it against your plant gate, not against downtown Guadalajara.
Our 2026 scans give you the floor: from US$86 a night, typically around US$89. Confirm whether the rate includes IVA and the state lodging tax, and whether they will invoice against your company's tax details — that saves arguments later. Ask too about enclosed parking, coffee or breakfast from six for early shifts, and shuttles to the parks. Arrive in daylight your first time.
Frequently asked about Holiday Inn Express Guadalajara Aeropuerto by IHG
How much does Holiday Inn Express Guadalajara Aeropuerto by IHG cost?
Prices we observed in 2026 started at US$97 per night. These are scan observations, not a live quote: the final rate depends on your dates. Use the check-availability widget on this page to see the current price.
Where is Holiday Inn Express Guadalajara Aeropuerto by IHG?
The address is Carretera Chapala #7012, El Salto, Mexico, El Salto. This page's "View on map" link opens the exact spot.
What facilities does Holiday Inn Express Guadalajara Aeropuerto by IHG have?
The hotel lists 24 Hour Front Desk, Bars, Breakfast, Business Center, Cleaning and Coffee. The full list (33 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Holiday Inn Express Guadalajara Aeropuerto by IHG?
Pick dates and guests in this page's check-availability widget: it takes you to the live price on app.impt.io, where you complete the booking. Most rooms come with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
