PHL

It's a good clean hotel, just about a 10 minute drive from Center City Philadelphia. It was recently rennovated, too.

There's shopping across the highway, and also the Cherry Hill mall about 4 miles away. A few decent restaurants in the immediate area, too.

But, if you have a car, you might as well take the extra 10 minutes to go into the city.

Albert

I have stated at the Hilton Cherry Hill many times, but I always pay $100 ! I'll look on Orbitz next time. It's a pretty okay hotel. I'd get it in writing that you will get your points.


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777 global mile hound

Satisfactory hotel if not one of the best in the area .Respectable club lounge that does a nice job.Health club dissapointing
Philadelphia has a wealth of much better choices
Happy Travels
At 35 its a major great deal.....I may be looking on Orbitz myself now!

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Rose

It's one of the worst hotels I've ever stayed in - The Hilton from Hell! The rooms are ancient, with filthy carpet, and most have problems - toilets that won't flush, lights that don't work, missing hair dryers, etc. The TVs all have problems. Then there's the cleaning - they miss your room, forget your robe, don't refill the water, etc. Once there was someone else's waste in the toilet when I checked in!Then there's the complete lack of customer service from the front desk! They never answer the phone. I complained last time and was told "I know you're a diamond member, but we have lots of diamond members here" Well, they have one less now!
Stay away - it's not worth $35 a night!

TravelManKen

Unless your stay is 100% price sensitive - I'd pass on this property.

P.S.: This is one city where I stay exclusively at Starwood Properties or the Hyatt on the water

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777 global mile hound

Im going to disagree here.
Certainly not a superior hotel in any way regarding service.
However I have had dirty rooms and odors in 500 a nite hotels.So its hit and miss everywhere. I am far from a fan of this property.As properties go this one clearly still makes a somewhat satisfactory rating.Especially in Cherry Hill where I assume you want to stay.
The Cherry Hill Hilton club lounge had a great spread at nite and in the morning.Also a nice view of the Philadelphia skyline and fresh flowers.
At 35.00 a nite with free parking its A steal.
When I looked at the Orbitz site it appears to be a pre pay rate through Hotwire? Meaning probably no points/miles with the program.But if you are elite this is still an even more exceptional value.
The Radisson in the area is a complete run down dump and it gets almost 100 a nite.The Wyndham looks bad from the road.Never tried it though.The Marriott Residence Inn another satisfactory choice is very expensive.130 and way up on average.Ditto Courtyard.100 and up and not as nice.The Hampton Inn blah nothing special and the showerhead came up to my chest.I'm 6'2
No Starwood or Hyatts properties exist until you get into Philadelphia.This Hilton used to be a Hyatt years ago thats the funny thing.And while Hyatt did a little better job I believe you will be fine at this property.I say grab it at 35.Money well spent
in this mans opinion
Good luck have a good trip

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AA & Starwood,Marriott Platinum
Diamond Hyatt, Hilton
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Swissotel Raffles Club Gold

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doc

Must have done a great job on the renovations, because this place really needed it VERY badly!

Yet the price is right for sure!

omegadeal

What is the worst thing I could find?

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...ht=cherry+hill



Maybe I will change...

tcook052

I'll stop complaining about the mini-bar charges now.

MisterNice

The Cherry Hill Hilton Hotel, at Route 70 and Cuthbert Boulevard in Cherry Hill NJ, has been sold and will become a Crowne Plaza, the upscale brand associated with Holiday Inn, hotel-industry officials said. The change is scheduled to take place June 1 2006, the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association said. Crowne Plaza is one of seven lodging brands operated by Intercontinental Hotels Group, based in Windsor, England, which manages or franchises 3,600 hotels in 100 countries.

MisterNice

troyintn

I have never stayed their SINCe the Double tree suites is one exit up and much nicer. The exit prior has a decent hampton inn.

ContinentalFan

Hilton actually has a goodly number of properties in the heart of Philadelphia; I don't think that the Cherry Hill location will be missed. I stayed there once: when I couldn't find a single Hilton room in the city. I was told that there was a flower show in town; that must have been some show!

climbermom

It can only be an improvement.

I stayed at this Hilton once; it was absolutely the filthiest room I've ever been in. The toilet had been used and not flushed or cleaned -- and I was told there was no one there to clean it at 11 pm on a Saturday night when I checked in. A manager came up and cleaned it himself when I was insistent.

It's also extremely noisy -- the lounge/bar is apparently a great pickup spot and when it closes, the "couples" move into the hallways before finding rooms.

ContinentalFan

Well, it sounds like the hotel will fit right in to the "Holiday Inn" family. It's one pretty inconsistent chain. It's good that Hilton has dumped it.

MisterNice

I never thought much of it either. I think it would be a better fit as a Holiday Inn Express than a Crowne Plaza.

MisterNice