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Is Vacationland Inn Still Open? Hotel Impossible Update (Brewer, ME)

Hotel Impossible, Season 5 Brewer, Maine

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Vacationland Inn is open — confirmed via Yelp, April 2026.

What the source shows: Yelp's page, updated April 2026, and a Tripadvisor-linked guest review posted in July 2026, both describe current stays at the inn under the Vacationland Inn & Suites name. How we decide a status →

What happened after Hotel Impossible?

Hotel Impossible (Travel Channel) featured the property as Vacationland Inn in the episode "Packing Heat" (S5E8), which aired 2014-12-09, located at 453 Wilson St in Brewer, Maine, across the Penobscot River from Bangor. Since the episode aired, the property has continued operating at the same Wilson St address, now marketed as Vacationland Inn & Suites, according to Google Places and a Cloudbeds-hosted reservation page tied to the property that lists its phone number, check-in and check-out times, and current name. Yelp's page for the inn, updated in April 2026, describes free continental breakfast, a grocery and convenience store, a garden, laundry facilities, and a business center.

A Tripadvisor-linked guest review posted in July 2026 mentioned an in-room hot tub during a recent stay. On Tripadvisor, the property carries a 4.0-of-5 rating across 821 reviews and ranks second among four hotels in Brewer; on Expedia, it carries a 7.4-of-10 rating across more than 1,200 reviews. No news coverage, licensing record, or ownership announcement describing a change of hands was found for the property; the available evidence points to continued operation under an expanded version of its original name. This account draws on the Cloudbeds reservation page, Google Places, Yelp, Tripadvisor, and Expedia listings cited above.

The episode Hotel Impossible, Season 5

Episode 8
Aired
Title: Packing Heat · What was featured: the inn's hospitality operations across the river from Bangor

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/vacationland-inn-brewer
  2. Tripadvisor https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g40530-d89218-Reviews-Vacationland_Inn_Suites-Brewer_Maine.html
  3. expedia.com https://www.expedia.com/Bangor-Hotels-Maine-Coast-Inn-At-Vacationland-Inns.h27000971.Hotel-Information
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