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.

Having stayed in many hotels in the Hays to Russell, KS area during our trips across KS I can honestly say this is one of the better places to stay. We used the 1-800 number for reservations and that didn't go well. I specified a non-smoking room and when I arrived all they had were suites and smoking rooms. The individual at the desk who checked me in was GREAT and she made this stay what it was. Instead of giving us the option of a smoking room, a more expensive suite, or the highway she gave us the suite for the same price as the 2 queen bed to make up for the 1-800 reservation's mistake.
The room had a fridge, whirlpool tub, pullout sofa and a king size bed plus it was ultra-clean. (Huge kudos to the cleaning staff here!)
Nice pool and a nice, free breakfast with an omelet bar, waffle maker and fruit for those of us who don't eat that stuff. Great breakfast for kids though.

The one change I would make would be to stop offering smoking rooms.