If we are, in fact, talking about the Washington Marriott on 22nd, then I'm afraid I have to give it a big thumbs down. I'm not hard to please, and I typically have nothing negative to say about any of the Marriott brands, but I stayed at the Washington Marriott for business in May, and had a generally terrible stay. The walls of my room were so thin that I could hear the couple next door having sex all night (not that there's anything inherently bad about having sex in a hotel room, but I don't want to hear it when I have an 8am meeting).

Additionally (and this is by far the most egregious offense), the front desk folks were incredibly rude and condescending to me. I should mention that I am only 25 and I look like I'm 17, but that doesn't give anyone the right to treat me like garbage. I'm a Marriott Silver member, and I spend quite a bit of my own and my company's money at Marriotts, so the least I deserve is to be treated respectfully despite my age. I worked as a front desk person at a Residence Inn during a summer in college, so I'm acutely aware of how disspiriting it can be to have that job, and as such, I am nothing but polite to the front desk.

Sorry for the tirade, but since the Washington Marriott is really the only Marriott where I have ever had a negative experience, I thought I'd get it off my chest.

[This message has been edited by sonofapilot (edited 09-03-2003).]