6 verified stays
Ames hotels with hot tubs in the room start at $73 a night, and of the 6 we checked, Hilton Garden Inn Ames and Days Inn by Wyndham Ames are the two where the tub is visible in the room's own photos.
Verified by HotelHotTubs·3 of 5 Ames in-room listings photo-checked·updated ·How we verify
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Ames, Iowa
Hotel hot tub
Shared hot tub available to guests
“Private whirlpool tub was a great addition for our family stay.”
Hotel hot tub: Shared hot tub available to guests
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Ames, Iowa
In-room soaking tub
Queen Hot Tub Studio Suite
“We enjoyed the hot tub!”
In-room soaking tub: Queen Hot Tub Studio Suite
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Ames, Iowa
In-room jacuzzi
Private jacuzzi available in select rooms
In-room jacuzzi: Private jacuzzi available in select rooms
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Ames, Iowa
In-room jacuzzi
King Jacuzzi Suite
“Free upgrade to a 2 room whirlpool suite”
In-room jacuzzi: King Jacuzzi Suite
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Ames, Iowa
In-room jacuzzi
Private jacuzzi available in select rooms
In-room jacuzzi: Private jacuzzi available in select rooms
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Ames, Iowa
In-room soaking tub
Private soaking tub available in select rooms
“Enjoyed the jacuzzi very much!”
In-room soaking tub: Private soaking tub available in select rooms
5 stays tagged in-room. Outdoor and hotel tubs are listed separately — never sold as suite jacuzzis.
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Ioway Creek runs along the edge of Iowa State University's campus, where the walk past the central campanile and through the quad gives a good sense of the place. Most evenings settle around Campustown's restaurants and bars just south of campus, with Des Moines a half-hour drive south. Ames, IA is mostly chain territory for tub rooms: Radisson, Days Inn and Hilton all have them, across 6 verified stays. Rates start at $73 and sit around $91. Most also include free parking and free Wi-Fi. One more Ames listing didn't survive the photo check.
Of the 5 hotels we list in Ames with a tub in the room, 3 show the tub in a photo on this site — 60%. The remaining 2 rest on weaker evidence: 1 on the hotel's own name for the room, 1 on the amenity list alone. A room the hotel itself calls a whirlpool suite probably has one — we just have not photographed it.
How we verify a tub is in the room·The same figure for every city and state
November to March is when a private tub in Ames is the reason to book rather than a nice extra — January nights average 11°F and the average high stays at or below 60°F. At the other end, by July the average high is 84°F, which is patio weather rather than hot-tub weather. Figures are NOAA 1991–2020 normals from AMES MUNI AP, IA US, 2km away.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °F | 29 | 33 | 47 | 61 | 72 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 76 | 63 | 47 | 34 |
| Low °F | 11 | 15 | 27 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 63 | 60 | 51 | 39 | 27 | 17 |
| Rain in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
Shaded: normal daily high at or below 60°F. NOAA 1991–2020 normals, AMES MUNI AP, IA US, 2km from our Ames listings. See every city ranked by season length.
The most-reviewed places within 15km of where our Ames hotels actually are.
Outdoors · 0.8km · 4.8★ (1,410)
14-acre park featuring seasonal flowerbeds, a butterfly exhibit, sculptures, tours, lectures & more.
Culture & history · 1.4km · 4.6★ (992)
Large, multilevel theater at Iowa State University featuring concerts, plays & other events.
How the 20 most-visited spots within 15km of our Ames listings break down by type.
Across the 6 verified stays here, listed rates run $73–$128 a night before tax and cluster near $91. Days Inn by Wyndham Ames is the lowest we've confirmed, at $73.
Iowa House, at 9.3/10 from 135 guest reviews. Radisson Hotel Ames Conference Center At Isu follows at 8.2. The list sorts in-room jacuzzis first, then by guest score.
5 of the 6 stays we list in Ames, IA are tagged in-room jacuzzi or jetted tub. 2 are shared hotel spas — labelled that way, never sold as in-room. Another 1 listing here didn't survive the photo check.
Radisson, Days Inn, Hilton and Quality Inn all have verified tub rooms in Ames. The other 1 are independents.
2 of the 6 verified stays in Ames, IA have a jetted whirlpool tub in the room, and 3 more have another kind of private in-room tub. "Whirlpool", "jacuzzi" and "jetted tub" all describe the same thing — a tub with jets — so hotels use them interchangeably. What they don't tell you is whether it's a jetted tub or a plain deep soaking tub with no jets at all, which is the distinction we check and label.
Most of these stays also include free parking and free Wi-Fi. Every listing shows its own amenity set.
