Quiet at night

Anonymous wrote:Mirrors on the ceiling
Pink champagne on ice

Optional: Warm smell of colitas

Are you still at this hotel?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really clean with crisp sheets and nothing outdated, good air flow, some space. View does not always matter depending on location. Quiet with no annoying loud people next door. Free parking and WiFi. Really good free buffet breakfast.

Oxymoron.

Have you never been to Europe? Asia? I've had some exceptional free breakfasts at hotels overseas before. They are nothing like a Quality Inn free breakfast. Also if you have high status with chains like Marriott or Hilton and stay at the higher end properties, they have amazing free breakfast buffets.

Anonymous wrote:We are Hilton diamond members so usually look for an Embassy suites or other hotel that has a separate bedroom. That’s the most important thing for our teenager. He doesn’t wanna sleep in the same room with us but it’s fine with a sofa bed.

Embassy Suites are great. It’s not the Ritz, but rooms are spacious and for a free breakfast, it’s pretty good.

Anonymous wrote:Mirrors on the ceiling
Pink champagne on ice

Optional: Warm smell of colitas

Now we’re talking

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really clean with crisp sheets and nothing outdated, good air flow, some space. View does not always matter depending on location. Quiet with no annoying loud people next door. Free parking and WiFi. Really good free buffet breakfast.

Oxymoron.

DP here. Not true.

Glass shower door instead of curtain

Anonymous wrote:Really clean with crisp sheets and nothing outdated, good air flow, some space. View does not always matter depending on location. Quiet with no annoying loud people next door. Free parking and WiFi. Really good free buffet breakfast.

Oxymoron.

We are Hilton diamond members so usually look for an Embassy suites or other hotel that has a separate bedroom. That’s the most important thing for our teenager. He doesn’t wanna sleep in the same room with us but it’s fine with a sofa bed.

Crisp white clean sheets
Free bottled water

It depends on the trip. If it's just an overnight stop on the road, I'll look for a Fairfield Inn, Springhill Suites, Holiday Inn Express, Best Western Plus, etc. For those stays, I want
- Free breakfast
- Clean, highly rated
- Free parking
- Fitness center
- Hot tub, if possible. It really helps after a long day of driving.

If I'm overseas...
I'll usually pick a highly rated Marriott property as I have high status with them.
- Central location within easy walking distance to a train station or attractions
- Free breakfast and Lounge access (for free breakfast/dinner aps, beverages, coffee)
- A/C!
- Good shampoo/conditioner so I don't need to bring my own
- Hair dryer
- Fitness center

Clean, comfortable bed, not noisy, safe location.

Cleanliness
High floor room
Suite
Room that doesn’t connect, if I don’t need it
No resort fee
Safety of surrounding area

Location, in a safe community, also for beach it should be oceanfront or short walk distance, the hotel itself should be at least 3 star under a good hotel chain ( again for safety issue). Love to have complimentary breakfast.

We stay in two types of hotels depending on the trip. Both types must have extremely strong reviews online (for the type of hotel they are.)

Type 1 - Resort hotel. This is for when we want to luxuriate and relax, often at a beach, etc. In this case the hotel often IS the destination, even though we may venture out some here and there. This is often where we used our accumulated travel points as we can get the best value per point here.

Type 2 - City vacations, family visits, college visits, theme parks, pit stops on the way somewhere else, funerals, etc. For this we just pick the highest rated Hampton Inn/Holiday Inn Express/Hyatt Place/etc. that is in the location we want. We just want a clean place to sleep, shower and eat breakfast before we leave for the day. Not planning to spend much time at the actual hotel.