Sleep Inn & Suites Ames Near ISU Campus
Ames. Looked at for its owner on 18 October 2026, the way a guest and an AI assistant would.
- Your prices, and the commission booking sites take
- Your website, which guests can't open
- Your AI score, 2 of 5
- How your competitors price, day by day
You rank 396th of the 642 hotels we read in United States
- 1stSleep Inn & Suites Ames Near ISU Campus (you)56
- 2ndRed Roof Inn Ames43
- 3rdSonesta Essential Hotels Ames26
- Booking direct25 of 25Google shows your website's own price, and none of the main booking sites asks noticeably less
- AI assistants8 of 20AI recommends you in 2 of 5 answers about Ames
- Google Maps15 of 20Rated 4.2 from 410 reviews, eighth for “hotels in Ames”
- Your website0 of 20Your website didn't answer
What guests are asked to pay for your room
We looked up your room for the night of 30 October 2026 the way a guest would, on Google. Your own website holds its price, which is what you want; every guest who still books through a booking site costs you about 17% of the room.
- Your website$169
- Expedia$169
- Booking.com$169
- Hotels.com$169
- Priceline$169
- Travelocity$169
- Orbitz$169
- And 21 smaller sites (Vio, GoSeek and eTrip and others), from $137 to $189
None of the main booking sites asks less than your website here.
You come eighth on Google Maps for “hotels in Ames”
Most guests who search the map choose from the first ten hotels it shows. You're rated 4.2 from 410 reviews.
- Answer every review, the poor ones first and within a day
- Ask happy guests for a review as they check out
- Add new photos of your rooms every month
- Keep your phone number, website and hours right on your listing
With OneHorizyn you see your place on the map and your reviews against your competitors', every week.
- 8thSleep Inn & Suites Ames Near ISU Campus (you)4.2 from 410
The bars are each hotel's number of Google reviews.
AI recommends you in 2 of 5 answers about Ames
More and more guests ask an AI assistant where to stay before they search, and book from the shortlist it gives them. We asked one, Claude, the five questions guests ask most, on 18 October 2026, letting it search the web as it answered.
- “Where should I stay in Ames? Name the best hotels.”You're not named
- 1. Gateway Hotel and Conference Center at Iowa State University
- 2. Hilton Garden Inn Ames
- 3. Staybridge Suites Ames
- 4. TownePlace Suites by Marriott Ames
- 5. Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Ames
- 6. Comfort Inn & Suites Ames near ISU Campus
- “What are the best luxury hotels in Ames?”You're not named
- 1. Gateway Hotel and Conference Center at Iowa State University
- 2. Hilton Garden Inn Ames
- 3. GrandStay Hotel and Suites Ames
- 4. Staybridge Suites Ames
- “What are the best hotels in Ames for a family holiday?”You're 6th of 7
“indoor pool and free breakfast at a lower rate.”
- 1. Gateway Hotel and Conference Center at Iowa State University
- 2. Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Ames
- 3. TownePlace Suites by Marriott Ames
- 4. Staybridge Suites Ames
- 5. Hilton Garden Inn Ames
- 6. Sleep Inn & Suites Ames near ISU Campus
- 7. Comfort Inn & Suites Ames near ISU Campus
- “What are the best hotels in Ames for couples?”You're not named
- 1. Gateway Hotel and Conference Center at Iowa State University
- 2. Hilton Garden Inn Ames
- 3. Staybridge Suites Ames
- 4. GrandStay Hotel and Suites Ames
- “What are good value hotels in Ames?”You're 3rd of 5
“pool, hot tub and breakfast, five minutes from campus.”
- 1. Comfort Inn & Suites Ames near ISU Campus
- 2. Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham Ames
- 3. Sleep Inn & Suites Ames near ISU Campus
- 4. Sonesta Essential Ames
- 5. Gateway Hotel and Conference Center
Your website didn't answer
choicehotels.com didn't answer when we read it on 18 October 2026. A guest who clicks through to you from Google gets an error page, and an AI assistant can't read it at all.
Two things to do this week
Each one comes from what we found above, and each wins back guests who book you direct.
- 1Keep your website the cheapest place to book
None of the main booking sites asks less than your website today. One rate change on any of them undoes it.
How: Check your price on each of them every week, and on your busy dates every day.
- 2Give AI assistants a reason to recommend you
Asked about where to stay and couples' stays in Ames, AI recommended Gateway Hotel and Conference Center at Iowa State University and Hilton Garden Inn Ames and others, not you.
How: Add a page to your website for each kind of guest, with your rooms, prices and what's nearby. AI assistants recommend the hotels whose pages answer the guest's question.
With OneHorizyn you see every week whether each one worked, in guests and in rupees.
We've already done 3 of the 6 readings your first look is built from
Everything above came from what anyone can see: Google, Google Hotels, Google Maps, an AI assistant and your own website. Your hotel's own reading fills in the rest and turns each finding into a figure you can act on.
- Your price on booking sites27 sites for one night
- Google and Google Mapsrated 4.2 from 410 reviews
- Your websiteit didn't answer
- What AI assistants say5 questions about Ames
- Your reviews, week by weekonly on your own hotel's reading
- Your price every night aheadonly on your own hotel's reading
Your own reading takes about half an hour, and nothing has to be connected to your systems.
There is no commission on any of these, and this page says nothing about them. We haven't looked at any of them for you.
- Weddings and events
- Conferences and company travel
- Travel agents and tour operators
- Events that publish a list of hotels
- The nights your town fills up
- What your competitors charge, nightly
- Weddings and events
The planners and families booking weddings in Ames, who fill your rooms for three nights at a time and never touch a booking site.
- Conferences and company travel
The companies running meetings and incentive trips near you, and the firms whose staff already stay in Ames every week.
- Travel agents and tour operators
The agents and operators selling Ames to guests abroad, who send the same rooms again and again once you're on their list.
- Events that publish a list of hotels
Festivals, matches and conferences in and around Ames that name hotels to stay at. Being on that list costs nothing, and most hotels never ask.
- The nights your town fills up
Which dates Ames runs out of rooms months ahead, so you price them before your competitors do, rather than after.
- What your competitors charge, nightly
Their price for every night ahead, not the one night on this page, so you know which nights you are leaving money on.
Stop losing $210 to $393 a month for each room
OneHorizyn finds where your hotel loses money and tells you what to fix first, every week:
- Booking sitesWhen they sell your room for less than your own website, so more guests book you direct
- Your competitorsTheir prices in Ames for the nights ahead, so you price every night right
- Google and AIWhat they tell guests about you, and how to get recommended first