Best hotel in or around DFW
Feb 7, 2013, 4:37 am
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Best hotel in or around DFW
Next week I will have a connection where I arrive DFW at 8pm and depart the next day 1pm. Where would you recomend staying? A decent gym and room service are important. Not interested in renting a car.
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Feb 7, 2013, 5:00 am
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Jan 28, 2014, 4:34 pm
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Arriving at DFW at 12:44 am. Need to be downtown for a conference early in the morning. The hotel downtown I'll be staying at for the rest of the week (the Adolphus) is booked out on the night I arrive, so I guess I'll stay at the airport and head downtown first thing.
As I understand it, the only two hotels actually at the airport are the two Hyatts, correct? They're both quite expensive on that night. All the other hotels seem to be connected via shuttle bus; but many of the hotels' websites say things like "shuttle bus on request" and "shuttle: limited hours" which makes them sound too inconvenient on a night when I'm already looking at pretty limited sleeping time.
So can someone either: (a) suggest a nearby hotel with a reliable and regular shuttle bus (like, every 15 minutes), or (b) persuade me that no such hotel exists, making the Hyatt Regency a sensible rather than overly extravagant business expense?
As I understand it, the only two hotels actually at the airport are the two Hyatts, correct? They're both quite expensive on that night. All the other hotels seem to be connected via shuttle bus; but many of the hotels' websites say things like "shuttle bus on request" and "shuttle: limited hours" which makes them sound too inconvenient on a night when I'm already looking at pretty limited sleeping time.
So can someone either: (a) suggest a nearby hotel with a reliable and regular shuttle bus (like, every 15 minutes), or (b) persuade me that no such hotel exists, making the Hyatt Regency a sensible rather than overly extravagant business expense?
Jan 29, 2014, 1:25 am
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Stay at a different downtown hotel on arrival, so you don't have to deal with rush hour traffic into downtown the next morning? I assume you will taxi to downtown the next morning, so you might as well eat that taxi time on arrival, instead of dealing with a hotel shuttle on arrival and then budgeting extra time for rush hour the next morning. And I think you still have to deal with a shuttle if you stay at the DFW Regency. The Grand is newer and truly connected to the terminal.
Hotels within a few blocks of The Adolphus include the Joule, the Magnolia, and Crowne Plaza.
Hotels within a few blocks of The Adolphus include the Joule, the Magnolia, and Crowne Plaza.
Jan 29, 2014, 4:46 pm
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Stay at a different downtown hotel on arrival, so you don't have to deal with rush hour traffic into downtown the next morning? I assume you will taxi to downtown the next morning, so you might as well eat that taxi time on arrival, instead of dealing with a hotel shuttle on arrival and then budgeting extra time for rush hour the next morning. And I think you still have to deal with a shuttle if you stay at the DFW Regency. The Grand is newer and truly connected to the terminal.
Hotels within a few blocks of The Adolphus include the Joule, the Magnolia, and Crowne Plaza.
Hotels within a few blocks of The Adolphus include the Joule, the Magnolia, and Crowne Plaza.
I checked again and managed to find a room in my conference's reserved block at the Adolphus for that night anyway, so it's all easy. Thanks for the help!
Feb 4, 2014, 7:48 am
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In case anyone has this problem in the future - I have stayed at the Westin DFW 2 times in the past when stranded in Texas overnight.
Both times, the property has been great and the shuttles have run regularly late enough at night to fetch me. The gym and rooftop pool are nice as well. It usually has unexpectedly cheap rates for being a Westin.
Both times, the property has been great and the shuttles have run regularly late enough at night to fetch me. The gym and rooftop pool are nice as well. It usually has unexpectedly cheap rates for being a Westin.