We had stayed here once a few years back and had a decent experience. We decided to try it again. Bummer deal, dude! They are changing over to be a completely "smoke free" establishment. I requested 2 non-smoking rooms, but when I went into the second room I nearly gagged. I had booked the room for my parents and unfortunately, they were already settled in and unpacked by the time I realized the issue. The desk clerk was apologetic and offered a new room, but by then they were already unpacked and settled. He explained that they were changing over to all non-smoking, but he had forgotten which rooms hadn't been revamped yet and that even though they are all "non-smoking" they still, unofficially, allow smoking in a few rooms. I can't complain about the service because the young man at the desk was very nice and did offer to move them to a new room. Honestly, I think I was more bothered by it than my parents were. I just hate it when hotels claim all non-smoking but they haven't done anything to remove the smell from the former smoking rooms. My other complaint was that the beds were pretty uncomfortable. They were a bit saggy. I usually get a king, but all they had was a queen. The king beds were better on our previous stay.
All in all, I wouldn't stay here again. I'd go on down the road to Hays and try something there.

In the past two years I've driven cross-country each summer and have stayed at this property three of the four times I've come through Russell, KS. Russell, KS just works out to be a good half-way point between Ohio and the front range of Colorado. The property is right off the highway, the rooms are clean and large, and everything looks very well maintained. The staff is super friendly, parking is right out in front of the hotel, and the breakfast buffet includes an omelet station in addition to the standard waffles, bagels, and pastries. We tend to grab some extra fruit (bananas and apples) and bagels on our way out in the morning in order to postpone having to stop for lunch. There are some other hotels and motels in Russell but the AmericInn is certainly worth the few extra dollars.

This is a new hotel. The room was standard with no special features, but it was clean and comfortable. There were fresh cookies, popcorn, and soup available upon check-in. The breakfast variety is the best I have ever seen at any hotel. There were made to order omelets, scrambled eggs, french toast, waffles, biscuits and gravy, sausage, toast, pastries, cereal, fresh fruit, fancy jams, yogurt, etc.

When traveling with our young kids, we prefer to stay in suite style hotels, primarily so that we can put them to bed in one room and be able to stay awake in the other room until we're ready to hit the sack. The suites at the AmericInn fit the bill perfectly, with that specific setup - a separate bedroom where you can close the door. The room was clean, with a good quality bed. It was reasonably quiet. The pool was very good and included a separate (and warm) toddler pool, plus a hot tub. Breakfast was decent, but nothing to write home about. The hotel was just off I-70 and access to restaurants was pretty good.