Originally Posted by geoffriong
I'm not sure how far it is to downtown,
Airport to downtown is about 16 miles, Mars 4pts. is about 20 miles. But from the airport you need to go through the tunnels, which has traffic about 12 hours a day, up to 30 minutes during rush hour. Mars has maybe 10 minutes of traffic at the peak of rush hour, nothing at other times.
My house is about 4 miles away, so I've never stayed at the 4pts Mars, but it used to be a Sheraton, has several shops in the lobby, including an upscale jewelry/watch store, and seems nicer than the average 4pts I have stayed in.