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Which Marriotts Do You Like/Hate?
List your "Go" "Maybe" and "No Go" Marriott and Marriott family hotels.
Go: Renaissance Times Square New York Marriott Marquis Marriott RiverCenter (TX) JW Marriott Las Vegas Westchester Marriott LAX Marriott Residence Inn Savannah Georgia Courtyard Chicago Magnificent Mile Courtyard Norfolk Residence Inn Akron Residence Inn Madison West Residence Inn Schaumburg TownePlace Suites Minneapolis Downtown Marriott Long Wharf Courtyard Alexandria Courtyard Blacksburg Maybe: SpringHill Suites Williamsburg Fairfield Inn Springfield (IL) Courtyard Maumee Don't Go: Haven't experienced a bad Marriott - yet... |
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Courtyard Regensburg Moscow Aurora Moscow Grand Moscow Courtyard Samara Renaissance St Petersburg Renaissance Warsaw Marriott (though I like the Hilton there better) Heathrow Marriott DFW Marriott (the one north of the airport if there is more than one) OK Brussels Renaissance (best gym in Brussels hotel if that is important to you) Brussels Marriott Hamburg Marriott (I've never gotten very good service there, great city) Courtyard Flora Prague Phuket JW Phuket Beach club Bangkok executive apts (the one with the pool at the top) Can miss Brussels Courtyard - breakfast buffet $22 euros says it all, mediocre service All courtyards that charge Platinum members for breakfast. Stay at the HGI down the street!!!! Frankfurt Courtyard - terrible service and only one elevator for a lot of floors!! Other Phuket - Khao Lak or something like that vacation club - worse service and its just an apartment complex with a mediocre pool. Courtyard Istanbul airport - NOT at the airport. Poor service. |
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Rive Guache - Paris Marriott Village - Orlando (all of the hotels have "upgraded" me as an elite) Marriott Birmingham. After a year there they all knew exactly what I wanted :) OK. Courtyard Foothill Ranch. (it's next door to the office, no other real redeeming points) Marriott Resort - Hilton Head. Generally get a nice upgrade, but it's just an older hotel REALLY DISLIKE Marriott Vacation Club- Harbour Club in Sea Pines. WHAT A DUMP, horrid service and overall just very overpriced and hyped. Courtyard CDG which I think is now the Marriott. Any "airport" hotel that doesn't have a free shuttle should be ashamed of themselves. |
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Marco Island Marriott!! |
The Marriott Renaissance at London - Heathrow is a great spot for plane spotting if you are an avid plane watcher!!
GOOD: - Renaissance London Heathrow - Renaissance Dubai - Renaissance Kowloon Hong Kong - Renaissance Dubai Deira - JW Mexico City - Marriott Park City Summit Watch - Marriott Chicago Magnificent Mile (great courtesty from the GM, I had to wait until 4pm on my check-in day to get my room. I sent a letter b/c the check-in agent said they called me at 2:30pm to offer a room, but no one called because they had some odd phone number in my record which wasn't mine. GM offered bonus points and a upgrade for my next stay and responded to my letter w/in 24 hours.) No Good: - Marriott IAH :p |
Off the top of my head, and by no means a complete list (and just from the last year or two).....
Likes.... Iowa City Marriott Birmingham (AL-USA) Marriott Indianapolis Marriott North Milwaukee West Marriott London Grosvenor Square Marriott Westwood Village Marriott Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Gravenhurst, ON Residence Inn Madison, WI RI Overland Park Convention Center CY Montreal Airport CY Paso Robles CY Maple Grove, MN CY Ottawa CY Austin Northwest SHS (MoPac Expwy) Guelph, ON, Fairfield Inn Beaverton, OR FI Burlington, WA FI Gulf Shores, AL FI Don't like..... Overall, no real stinkers this year. I had issues at a few properties, but no "deal brakers' and not enough for me to give any property overall thumbs down.... Examples..... Erie, PA CY (indifferent unresponsive attitude regarding item left behind in room.) Austin South SHS (no compensation....or apology...for lack of hot water) Lake Buena Vista CY at Marriott Village (staff seemed unprepared for peak occupancy week) Atlanta Perimiter Marriott (noise from live entertainment in lounge) |
And Seattle (Seatac airport) Marriott
Originally Posted by CarolDisney1
(Post 13483886)
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Rive Guache - Paris Marriott Village - Orlando (all of the hotels have "upgraded" me as an elite) Marriott Birmingham. After a year there they all knew exactly what I wanted :) OK. Courtyard Foothill Ranch. (it's next door to the office, no other real redeeming points) Marriott Resort - Hilton Head. Generally get a nice upgrade, but it's just an older hotel REALLY DISLIKE Marriott Vacation Club- Harbour Club in Sea Pines. WHAT A DUMP, horrid service and overall just very overpriced and hyped. Courtyard CDG which I think is now the Marriott. Any "airport" hotel that doesn't have a free shuttle should be ashamed of themselves. |
A few recent stays
Like Marriott Curacao Marriott Cairo JW Marriott Quito Marriott Toronto Eaton Centre Residence Inn Downtown Toronto Renaissance New York Times Square (haven't stayed there myself but they treated my newlywed sister-in-law and brother-in-law incredibly well when I gave them a night there as a honeymoon treat) OK Marriott Mexico City Reforma (stylish, good value hotel, service is a bit hit or miss) Renaissance Boston Waterfront Miss Marriott Rome Gran Flora (miniscule room, impersonal service) Renaissance Toronto Downtown |
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Renaissance Times Square-Just spent a weekend there-Fantastic! Portland Marriott City Center No Go:None yet |
Amongst the best IME
ROC FF Raleigh North Hills Ren Prague FS BKK JW Champs DL FS VernonaNY FF Orlando Downtown North CY Norfolk Chesapeake SHS AOO CY Pittsburgh Ren Mobile Battlehouse Ren Charleston Ren Charleston FS GreenvilleNC FS (near BMW) JAX Beach CY Carolina Beach CY VA Beach CY (North) BHM FS CVG Airport FS PHL Airport Ren STL West FS WilmingtonNC RI Weston CY SFrancisco JW SFrancisco CY DestinCY FarmingtonCT FS PeabodyMA SHS Tampa Airport SHS Newark Liberty FI GaithersburgMD FS Houston JW Milwaukee West FS Milwaukee Downtown CY E Lansing FS Clunkers, or worse Raleigh Crabtree Marriott Asheville Airport FI WilmingtonNC CY Raleigh Crabtree Marriott Norfolk Chesapeake FS Chicago Downtown FI McAllenTX Ren Raleigh Crabtree Marriott ColumbiaSC FS Tampa Airport FS LAX FS Newark Liberty FS Lagaudia FS Raleigh Crabtree Marriott |
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Renaissance - Schaumburg, IL ^^^ Marriott - Iowa City, IA Marriott Waterfront - Seattle, WA Marriott City Center - Minneapolis, MN Courtyard Country Club Plaza - Kansas City, MO ^^^ Courtyard Old Market District - Omaha, NE Renaissance Eden Roc - Miami, FL Proceed with caution: - Most of the aging Courtyards sprinkled about the country Run don't walk away from: - Courtyard at Old Town - Wichita, KS - HORRIBLE franchisee. Worst Marriott property in the system. |
Originally Posted by Kate_Canuck
(Post 13484212)
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Marriott Rome Gran Flora (miniscule room, impersonal service) Similar to how the Ren in AMS has small rooms, but the Marriott there is much larger - they can only work with what they've got. |
Nice:
CY JAX south (behind the hospital) Horrible: CY Brandywine, Wilmington, DE (never, under any circumstances!) BTW, how do you guys remember all that? I can't recall where I went 2 weeks ago. |
No one's mentioned the Marriott Marble Arch in London, which was very pleasant. I stayed there for a meeting and was surprised at how convenient the location was.
My complete review is online here. |
GOTTA GO *WOW*
In the UK Victoria and Albert, Manchester Leeds Grosvenor House, London Dalmahoy, Edinburgh Bristol Marriott Royal Worsley park West India Quay, London Preston Marriott.... very good value for money Ren Heathrow..... is both good value and has runway views for planemad kids ;) In France Marriott Porte Monaco... excellent redemption value, esp for Plats. In Canada Ottawa Marriott... is great value for money. In Dubai JW is fabulous GOOD, in UK Birmingham Manchester Airport Maida Vale, London Regents park, London Meon Valley, Southampton Swansea Leicester BexleyHeath Portsmouth... I personally love it but the building is an acquired taste Durham... beautiful hotel, but staff let it down Distinctly Ordinary, but cheap, in UK Cheshunt Peterborough Swindon Waltham Abbey NO GO I've visited no clunkers to my mind, but until last year we had no Courtyards in the UK... |
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