Originally Posted by
Transpacificflyer
Outside architecture matters to me. I stay at one Mariott group hotel in Miami Beach and its exterior facilitates the appearance of a few aggressive and foul smelling people who beg and sleep off their alcohol/drug stupors on the chairs in the front courtyard. It isn't particularly pleasant to dodge the violent man demanding money, who camps out at the entrance. That's what a poorly considered entryway creates in some urban areas.
I don't think they could give it an any lower rating.
Overall, I offer that the descriptions were reasonable for some of the brands. Marriott charges a premium price for lacklutre properties that are often dirty and worn out. It gets away with checkin times of 4pm and checkout timesof 11 Am because other large chains acted in unison. Unfortunately, the chain has slowly but surely moved to offering a poor value proposition and it is why I moved to alternative options,purchasing based on price and ignoring the near useless hotel loyalty programs.I don't even bother using hotel F&B options now since the quality is mediocre at best.
Just curious what the Miami Beach property said when you questioned them on your security concerns?
And thank you for your broad generalizations, do you have any specific examples to back up your claims?
Marriott International is the largest hotel company in the world by the number of available rooms. It has 36 brands with 8,785 properties containing 1,597,380 rooms in 141 countries and territories. Most of those are properties that are owned and operated by someone who has licensed the Marriott brand for a variety of reasons. It's not Bill Marriott running 6 hotels anymore, so kinda need to match your expectations to what happens when things go global.
Not stumping for Marriott by any means, just trying to inject some logic and reasonableness into the discussion.
In terms of the ranking, doesn't it seem like it's pretty much from lowest Average Nightly Rate to highest Average Nightly Rate across the brand spectrum?