I travel quite a bit for work and over the years I have stayed in some nice hotels and some crappy hotels. Here is a list of Hotels That Don’t Suck and a few reasons why I like feel the way I do. I should probably make a list of Hotels That Suck but for now I’ll stick with the ones I like instead.
Proximity to an airport is a big deal for me. On site airport hotels tend to be more expensive but the time savings from not having to return a car and get to and from the airport along with the actual cost of a rental car, can more than offset having to pay $300 a night for a hotel room.
- Marriott Charles de Gaulle
- Close to Charles de Gaulle
- Free Internet
- Good food, nice bar
- Full size beds, excellent pillows
- Grand Hyatt – DFW Terminal D
- Brand new
- Nice rooms, flat screen TV (but no HD channels)
- Beverages and Sandwiches available at Coffee Shop near main lobby
- In the Airport, no rental car, etc.
- Marriott – Chicago O’Hare
- At the airport, walk to the terminal
- Nice bar, lots of TVs, decent food
- Excellent workout facility
- Close to the “L”, easy to get downtown
- Hyatt – Orlando Airport
- At the airport, in Terminal B
- Absolutely the best hotel pillows ever!
- Pool which overlooks the runway – relax and watch the planes come and go
- Hilton – Copenhagen Airport
- At the airport
- Nice beds
- Nice bar
- SAS Radisson Sky City – Stockholm Arlanda Airport
- At the airport
- Several restaurant options right outside the lobby
- Free Internet (unusual in Europe)
- Residence Inn Baltimore Inner Harbor
- Walk to the Inner Harbor and Camden Yards
- New or newly renovated
- More breakfast variety than you typically find at a Residence Inn
- Big rooms, nice beds, extra pillows
[...] We stayed at the Residence Inn on Light Street which is about 5 blocks from the Inner Harbor. I love Residence Inns – they work really well for my family of six. Breakfast is nice, the extra room is really nice to have, and having a refrigerator to keep food and drinks help us from having to eat out for every meal. The Light Street Residence Inn is one of the nicer ones I have stayed at – I highly recommend it. I have added it to my list of list of Hotels that Don’t Suck. [...]
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