Originally Posted by
Swanhunter
Sound advice. I don't bother with the bag wrap but do lock mine securely and have nothing more interesting that laundry and dive gear in it. Never had an issue. The City Lodge is a very solid recommendation, The InterCon is very nice but stupidly expensive whereas the City Lodge always has rooms at a decent price and being able to walk is a big bonus. I find airport hotel shuttles deeply tedious and often unreliable!
And the Intercontinental lobby is going under renovation at the moment. The Quills restaurant is closed and all the food service is being channeled through somewhere else in the hotel. I posted a copy of what IHG sent me in the IHG hotels forum here on FT. We stay there about once a year as I am a lifetime Platinum and I get a free night once a year.
I'm going to try the Southern Sun property at the airport the next time we transit through JNB. I've stayed at other Southern Sun properties and it is my impression they are a bit nicer than the City Lodges. The only down side is I believe you need tp use their shuttle between the hotel and the terminals.