Originally Posted by Altaflyer
Some reports on internet describe nightmarish scenarios, Fairmont says all is normal and they are only selling 50% of the hotel to make sure things are under control.
I was there the first night of the strike and it was pretty bad. *Very* noisy picketing outside from 6am to close to midnight. If you stay there, I'd insist on a high floor in the tower, otherwise you're going to get an early wake-up call. Hotel services were curtailed on that first day (no room service, breakfast buffet only) but not too bad overall, and I'd imagine they've improved since then.
I have been back to SF a couple of times and I'm avoiding the hotel, and the 13 other lockout hotels, until the labor dispute is over (I'd stayed there at least 10 times this year up to the start of the strike).