Detroit - Where to Stay?

[Anonymous]

What are some safe and convenient areas to stay in Detroit when visiting? Any specific hotels or AirBNBs you'd recommend? Will be visiting as a family of 3 with a young teen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are some safe and convenient areas to stay in Detroit when visiting? Any specific hotels or AirBNBs you'd recommend? Will be visiting as a family of 3 with a young teen.

What are your main places you will be visiting? How many days?

Ferndale or Royal Oak are close-in suburbs that are very central, have good spots to eat. You are going to be driving places anyway (except in rare circumstances), so having a central location for the area is good. But depends on what you are doing to an extent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are some safe and convenient areas to stay in Detroit when visiting? Any specific hotels or AirBNBs you'd recommend? Will be visiting as a family of 3 with a young teen.

What are your main places you will be visiting? How many days?

Ferndale or Royal Oak are close-in suburbs that are very central, have good spots to eat. You are going to be driving places anyway (except in rare circumstances), so having a central location for the area is good. But depends on what you are doing to an extent.

We're hoping to visit some museums - art, Motown, Ford Museum, Charles Wright Museum... Probably staying for 3 nights or so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are some safe and convenient areas to stay in Detroit when visiting? Any specific hotels or AirBNBs you'd recommend? Will be visiting as a family of 3 with a young teen.

What are your main places you will be visiting? How many days?

Ferndale or Royal Oak are close-in suburbs that are very central, have good spots to eat. You are going to be driving places anyway (except in rare circumstances), so having a central location for the area is good. But depends on what you are doing to an extent.

We're hoping to visit some museums - art, Motown, Ford Museum, Charles Wright Museum... Probably staying for 3 nights or so.

Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. It's in Dearborn and will probably take a whole day if you do both or the factory tour.

[Anonymous]

The Shinola Hotel

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are some safe and convenient areas to stay in Detroit when visiting? Any specific hotels or AirBNBs you'd recommend? Will be visiting as a family of 3 with a young teen.

What are your main places you will be visiting? How many days?

Ferndale or Royal Oak are close-in suburbs that are very central, have good spots to eat. You are going to be driving places anyway (except in rare circumstances), so having a central location for the area is good. But depends on what you are doing to an extent.

We're hoping to visit some museums - art, Motown, Ford Museum, Charles Wright Museum... Probably staying for 3 nights or so.

Still think Royal Oak or Ferndale would work well then. Should be a number of reasonable 2 or 3 BR houses to rent in both cities. In Ferndale you will want to stay west of the train tracks and north of Marshall (8.5 mile.road) if you can.

[Anonymous]

Why would stay in Royal Oak?! Stay at the Detroit Athletic Club or the Marriott at the Ren Center.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would stay in Royal Oak?! Stay at the Detroit Athletic Club or the Marriott at the Ren Center.

Without a kid I would say yes to those, but with a kid I think it's probably better to be in close-in suburbs. Food options more family oriented, and everything out there is super easy in terms of driving, etc.

[Anonymous]

If you’re thinking an Airbnb, don’t watch the movie Barbarian

[Anonymous]

Stay downtown unless you're going to be doing stuff in the burbs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Shinola Hotel

This does look nice
NP

I've stayed at the Marriot. It’s okay which means average but good enough for what I needed.

[Anonymous]

Oh, meant to add, I've been on vacation where I stayed in the suburbs of a city and it wasn't the same feel. And since most of your itinerary seems to be downtown except for Henry Ford, it sounds inconvenient.

[Anonymous]

Exiled Michigander who travels to Detroit with young kids. There is no reason to stay in Clawson-adjacent, Huntington Woods-forward, blah blah blah. Just stay downtown. Plenty of great restaurants, coney dogs, museums, Ubers, close to Belle Isle, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Exiled Michigander who travels to Detroit with young kids. There is no reason to stay in Clawson-adjacent, Huntington Woods-forward, blah blah blah. Just stay downtown. Plenty of great restaurants, coney dogs, museums, Ubers, close to Belle Isle, etc.

Ha you are a native if you know the proper term for someone from the state, and the HW reference is evidence that you at least went to the zoo when you were a kid.

I have been convinced that a downtown stay is a good idea. Definitely hit up Eastern Market.

[Anonymous]

Detroit foundation hotel is nice - shinola is also great and centrally located. Similar vibe at both hotels