The well equipped Holiday Inn Visalia serves north-south travelers along highway 99 as well as those en route to Sequoia National Park - the Foothills/Giant Forest entrance is 40 miles east along CA 198. The hotel is adjacent to the 99/198 junction, 4 miles from downtown Visalia and next to both the local airport and Plaza Park, a leisure complex containing tennis courts, a 27 hole golf course, fishing pond, footpaths and 2 children's playgrounds. For dining, the Holiday Inn has 2 outlets; Cafe California for meals and Mahogany's Lounge serving drinks and snacks, while recreation facilities are an indoor & outdoor pool, 24 hour fitness center, Jacuzzi and newsstand. The 15 room conference center can accommodate up to 1,000 guests in over 17,000 sq ft of event space.

Visalia's 63 room Fairfield Inn by Marriott provides clean, good quality lodging at reasonable rates. The hotel sits in the middle of a small area of fast food restaurants (including Denny's) next to the S Akers St exit of Highway 198, close to the west edge of Visalia - 3 miles from the town center and 54 miles from Giant Forest Village in Sequoia National Park. Complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning; the other two main amenities are a heated indoor pool and hot tub.

One of two full service hotels in Visalia, the Marriott has recently undergone an expensive renovation, modernizing its 195 spacious guest rooms and all the public areas, which include a bar, restaurant (open for breakfast, lunch & dinner), fitness center, pool/hot tub, business center and 19 meeting rooms (over 110,000 sq ft of event space) - in the adjacent Visalia Conference Center. Room service is available, and the staff are friendly and efficient. The hotel has a central location in Visalia one block from Highway 198 which reaches Sequoia National Park 34 miles east.

The larger of the two Comfort Inn hotels in Visalia, this 4 floor 72 room (all suite) property has a central location on the corner of Church St and E Acequia Ave, 2 blocks north of the main road through town, CA 198. There are many restaurants, bars & shops nearby, within walking distance, and just opposite is the Visalia Convention Center. Recipient of the Choice Hotels Platinum Award (the highest available) for good housekeeping and customer service, the inn has a range of facilities including free deluxe continental breakfast, a fitness center, outdoor whirlpool/hot tub, guest laundry, and rooms with microwave & refrigerator.

Comfort Inn & Suites Visalia is situated several miles west of town alongside highway 99 at the junction with CA 198, between Visalia Airport and the Valley Oaks Golf Course, in a generally rural neighborhood. The rooms are east or west-facing, on 3 floors, and all have a refrigerator, microwave and wireless internet access. Free continental breakfast is available; for lunch & dinner there is a restaurant at the adjacent Holiday Inn, and others starting a mile east. For leisure, the hotel offers an outdoor pool, sauna and fitness center.

Once a Best Western hotel, the new Rodeway Inn of Visalia sits close to the town center at 623 W Main St, 3 blocks north of Highway 198, and close to a good selection of restaurants & shops. The inn is a typical small (40 room), 2 floor, exterior-corridor building that offers the basic amenities of free continental breakfast and an outdoor pool. All the rooms contain a microwave and a refrigerator.