Open summer 2008, the Holiday Inn hotel in Trinidad, CO, is a substantial, well appointed, 86 room building in a countryside setting on a hill beside interstate 25 (exit 11), 3 miles south of the town center and 1.5 miles from Trinidad Lake State Park. The list of full service amenities at the hotel is headed by a restaurant/lounge, open all day for breakfast, lunch, dinner and room service. Leisure facilities comprise a fitness center, pool and hot tub, while for those here to work there is a business center and three meeting rooms catering for up to 188 guests. As well as the standard rooms, the Holiday Inn has several suites with kitchenette facilities.

At the end of a side street in a residential district half a mile from Trinidad town center, the Best Western Trinidad Inn offers 55 rooms on 2 floors, part of a traditional exterior corridor motel with the expected amenities of a pool (outdoor), hot tub, fitness center and guest laundry. It also contains a family restaurant, open all day from 6 am to 8 pm - no free breakfast, however. The property faces interstate 25, just north of Trinidad Golf Course, and is accessed from exit 13B (Main St; US 350).

Trinidad's Quality Inn has a quiet and peaceful location, backing onto undeveloped, wooded land on the west side of interstate 25, just 2 miles from Trinidad Lake and 11 miles from the New Mexico border. Most facilities in town are a few miles north, but the hotel is a self contained establishment with its own lounge and restaurant (open for breakfast, lunch & dinner). It also has a pool, fitness center and hot tub. The place is fairly old, but the 113 rooms are comfortable, and many have pleasant mountain views. Some are equipped with microwave/refrigerator.