Originally Posted by hhoope01

I'll have to disagree a bit with that (though I'm sure their marketing scheme was brilliant). Back in the 80s/90s, I loved CYs and actively tried to stay at them. I had no issues with the rooms or the layouts. They were priced well below FS Marriotts. Basically, the design, layouts, and marketing for CYs was so successful, it spawned a whole new market segment (HGIs, HPs, etc.) as designed and focused for a business traveler. And back then I think they did a pretty good job.

Now whether today it is still a good choice for a business traveler is a different question and may have a different answer. But back then, I loved them. And I really liked the CY Club program that was mentioned earlier as well especially since I had achieved the Lifetime Gold status within the CY Club program.