I stayed at the SF Marriott a year ago, and was disappointed. Although the building is gorgeous, the actual accomodations in my room were distinctly less than stellar. I was there for a high-occupancy conference (MacWorld), and they only had smoking rooms left, despite the non-smoking setting in my Silver profile.

This year I was at the new Courtyard a couple blocks over, and it was dandy. We moved to the Parc 55 for the weekend, and while the bed and linens were much nicer, it's an older building and we could hear a good deal more noise from the street. (Even from the 20th floor.)

I'm beginning to book hotels based on time since last remodel, Marriott brand be ****ed. Since I stay with the government rate, they price out the same anyway.

[This message has been edited by atlauren (edited 01-20-2003).]