Preferred Hotel Chain

[CA1900]

At the rate things are going with your schedule, you may still make Gold!

 

[CA1900]

Hilton all the way baby, especially Embassy Suites....

Ugh, no thanks. Embassy Suites are very familiy-friendly, and no offense to the parents out there, but "familiy-friendly" and "crew rest accommodations" are mutually exclusive entities. Embassies are generally very loud, especially on the weekends. You can mitigate it somewhat with a high floor, but even that's no guarantee. And there's something about those walkways that scream "racetrack for children."

The last one I stayed at, in Greensboro, NC, had some kind of convention of nothing but 12-year-old girls. I'm stunned that all the glass in the hotel didn't shatter from the shrieking!

 

[FurloughedAgain]

The last one I stayed at, in Greensboro, NC, had some kind of convention of nothing but 12-year-old girls.

mmmhmm... no comment...and that, my friend, is your Christmas present.

 

[Thedude]

I prefer Crowne Plaza hotels. They are aimed at the biz traveler and are very well appointed and comfortable.

 

[CA1900]

Sorry man, I draw the line at the age of consent for wherever I'm staying. I wear one of these on the road to help:

http://www.tshirthell.com/funny-shirts/international-age-of-consent-tour/

:laugh:

 

[siouxicide]

1. Hilton(Hampton/Embassy), 2. Marriott(Residence Inn), and 3. Holiday Inn

Gave Marriott the #2 spot because the Fairfield Inns are terrible. Paper thin walls.
Redeeming points at the Holiday Inn was extremely easy. I don't have experience with the others yet. Check out the Madison, WI Holiday Inn. Nice gym, good stay. The Marriott Downtown Kansas City by far has the best gym I've ever seen in a hotel.

 

[rettofly]

Curious about Hyatt place, they look nice but I haven't stayed in one.

Hyatt Place is all new. Nice rooms, informal limited dining. Just the thing for a minimum rest turnaround.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Preferred Hotel Chain?

none.

whatever hotel is the best avail in the area you are in...simple as that.

Nothing worse than driving by 3 great hotels in great locations to stay in some friggin Marriott to get pilot points...:angryfire

And Embassy Suites -- very bottom of the list next to sleeping on the sidewalk. Those places suck. Whitetrash Weddings every weekend and mobs of illigit children roaming the halls....Manager bubba reception? again, mobs fighting for stale popcorn and warm Bud Light while their kids run wild and pee in the pool....no thanks....



:laugh:

 

[rettofly]

I prefer Crowne Plaza hotels. They are aimed at the biz traveler and are very well appointed and comfortable.

Crowne Plaza used to be one of my favorites. Lately, they seem to have gone down hill, especially the one at HPN.

My preference is Hilton, especially Garden Inn and Embassy (comments above about shrieks and footraces duly noted).

The mainline Marriott and Hyatt hotels (and some Hiltons) are too snooty for my taste.

 

[CA1900]

The full-service Hiltons have something that I, as a coffee drinker, really appreciate: single-serve coffee pod machines with Lavazza coffee grounds in the pods. (These aren't the ones with the disposable plastic trays you see in some hotels -- those are just awful. These are individual round pods.)

Here's what you'll find in all the rooms:
http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2006_3rd/Jul06_Lavazza.html

Minor detail, but it's nice to get a decent cup from the room for the ride to the airport, or if you have some time in the room in the morning. Most also have real half-and-half in the room, versus that non-dairy garbage.