Best (cost effective) hotel to stay two nights in Nashville?

[monkeylizard]

For that immediate area, try either Holiday Inn Express or Hyatt Place. At either location, you will be close to the Opryland Hotel and the Mall.

 

This. I still say WestEnd/Vandy is a much better location. Opryland is a restaurant and activity wasteland. Besides the mall, the Opry, and the gardens inside the hotel, there's not much there.

 

$126/night at the Opryland hotel is a good rate. Pack some Pop-Tarts or you'll be right back to your original price once you pay for breakfast in that place.

[LCPfraTN]

The Opryland Resort Hotel is worth the experience once, but after that I'd pass. Unless they have changed policies, their swimming pools close at a ridiculously early time...not good for a family. The wait time to check in is also like being in line at Disney World for the privilege to get on a popular ride. The resort is beautiful, and I love walking around the indoor gardens, but I stay at Fairfields and Hamptons most of the time these days and go visit the Resort if I feel like strolling around the gardens. 

[maroonandwhite]

Yeah we have never been inside even so I figure it can't hurt this one time. Thanks for all the advice.