Offering three on-site restaurants a free shuttle and on-site ski rentals the Holiday Inn Vail is a convenient choice especially for guests with pets in tow. This 101-room four-floor property offers an impressive lineup of amenities starting with three very diverse restaurants. Lazybones can take heart that hearty and highly touted breakfasts are served until 3:00 p.m. The cocktail lounge is a relaxing place to thaw out as is the fireplace lobby guests gravitate to. Gear up at the on-site ski rental shop then board the free winter shuttle to Lionshead and Vail Village. R&R types enjoy a year-round heated outdoor pool with mesmerizing mountain views indoor hot tub and massage studio. Rooms — most of which are non-smoking — are outfitted with snow-white triple-sheeted beds cable TV DVD players free Wi-Fi and sofa bed seating areas. Pets are welcome to stay and keep you company. Just off I-70 in West Vail the property is within a five- to 10-minute ride east to Lionshead and Vail Village and 10 minutes west to Beaver Creek Resort for even more perfect powder. You could take a 10-minute detour to the Old Colorado town of Minturn for guided dogsled rides tubing and snowmobiling. Once spring has sprung a visit to the world's highest botanical garden Betty Ford Alpine Gardens is less than a 10-minute excursion. Eagle County Regional Airport is 32 miles from the hotel.