Originally Posted by
pewpew
Recently finished up a 1 night stay here. Booked a city view 2D (AAA rate), upgraded to oceanfront diamondhead 2D as a titanium. Resort fee was $43+tax (~$49), and parking is now $45. Breakfast is still the continental for 2 (1 juice, 1 coffee, 1 fruit cup [note that in 2021, we'd gotten 1 fruit cup + 1/4 papaya], 1 yogurt, 1 croissant + danish per person) option - we just got that to go, and we asked to sub more fruits for the yogurt, which they allowed. The Leahi lounge still isn't open, but interestingly, there was a lounge for JTB customers on the 23rd floor. Welcome amenity continues to include the gift bag - if you're not able to make it to the gift store during their hours (12-430), then they have pre-made ones they can give you, but the pre-made one was smaller than the one we ended up being able to get at the gift store, and it had less stuff (if I recall correctly, 1 sweet item, 1 savory item, something else, and a towel).
Overall, with rates and benefits where they are compared to pre-covid, I don't think I'll stay again for a while. The view was great; the beach was nice; and everything was pleasant - it's just not as good as it used to be.
$100 for just the resort fee and parking before the room rate kicks in is just criminal
My plan for the next stay at the Marriott will be to book consecutive single day rentals with Enterprise so I can just "drop" the car in the garage when I get back for the day then pick up a new contract for the same car the next morning and skip paying for nightly parking, although they might just give me a handful of parking exit passes to avoid dealing with me every morning. I can't recall if the Sheraton has an onsite car rental agency, but this is something to consider as a "workaround"