Originally Posted by candaceg
I haven't stayed there, but I did a lot of investigating into the Ann Arbor hotel situation for my wedding last summer. We ended up sending people to the Ypsi Marriott. I just didn't think Campus Inn was worth it. There aren't many better options if your goal is to stay within walking distance of the med center though. The Bell Tower and Campus Inn are both owned by the same people and I liked CI better. It lacks free parking, but a less expensive option is the Michigan League. If you want to go further out, I think the Holiday Inn on North Campus has a free shuttle to the med center (a lot of patients stay there).
I usually send visiting fireman to the Hamton Inn on Plymouth Road -- there's also a motel cluster near the Briarwood Mall and there's nothing wrong with Webers.
Many of the motels here run shuttle vans --- including Holiday Inn North which also has an Avis rental car outlet. There are three or four places to eat within walking distance of it, but some of the places downtown run cicles around them -- try the Earle, the Grizzley Peak, Zingerman's, the Red Hawk, Cottage Inn and the Gandy Dancer etc. etc.
Ann Arbor has probably the best mass transit system in the State of Michigan... and there actually are three of them here if you count school buses, AATA and the U of M system (which is free to all).
Bob H