So far this year I've managed to avoid Curtyards. I'm going to see how long I can go without earning the brand badge on the MR site.

But here's an example of when CY works-

I was meeting a customer at one of their remote sites is a smaller market that didn't have any FS properties, so I suggested a CY. We met for the first time for breakfast in the Bistro and had a chance to review what we were going to do in a large quiet booth. I didn't realize until we met, but he brought along his SO, who spent the afternoon out by the pool.

I wrapped up my part of the project later that day, and bed hopped over to a TPS because I wanted to throw a steak on the grill that evening. Any property that offers free breakfast gets overrun with families, but this place was a zoo.

There were always people hanging out by the front door smoking, kids hollering in the pool, and the person stocking the breakfast items the next morning had to constantly remind kids and teenagers that they couldn't be there in bare feet.

I can roll with stuff like this, but it would have been embarrassing to subject my customer to this, especially with his SO along for the trip.