Hyatt is still my number one too, at least in a full-serve hotel. But some of them are also old and worn. Hyatt has also had significant general benefit erosion over the last 10 years, during the Covid melt-down, and also the sort-of, kind-of, post-Covid "cram them in--but keep the club closed rebound".

In an over-the-road 2.5 star market, a well-chosen Hilton can be better. But I've had too many mediocre Hilton full-serve stays to trust them. It is starting to remind me of my childhood, when you never quite knew what you were getting till you saw the room.