Four Star What?
Wanted to touch base with my sister, so I called her. She was in the middle of packing for a girl's weekend in Atlanta. They got a deal at the InterContinental in Buckhead and will be doing some shopping at Lenox. Her "in" at the Four Seasons has gone on to another job, so no more deals there. She asked what I thought of the InterContinental and my only brush has been the one on Michigan Ave. She asked if it compared to the Ritz. I have never stayed at a Ritz (no call to), so I had no comparison.
Her comment was that she preferred the Four Seasons and was not impressed by the Ritz. To quote: "For what you're paying at the Ritz, you would expect not to find peeling wallpaper in your room. You would think they would notice that sort of thing." I commented that my hotel in Denver, the Adam's Mark, for all its awards, shouldn't have peeling paint in the bathrooms and a worse jumble of powercords and extention cords than are in my son's dorm room.
I try and stay in smaller hotels whenever I'm traveling just to avoid the hype of "Four Stars" and besides if I am willing to put up with four star peeling paint, I'll do so at a Hotwire price.
Her comment was that she preferred the Four Seasons and was not impressed by the Ritz. To quote: "For what you're paying at the Ritz, you would expect not to find peeling wallpaper in your room. You would think they would notice that sort of thing." I commented that my hotel in Denver, the Adam's Mark, for all its awards, shouldn't have peeling paint in the bathrooms and a worse jumble of powercords and extention cords than are in my son's dorm room.
I try and stay in smaller hotels whenever I'm traveling just to avoid the hype of "Four Stars" and besides if I am willing to put up with four star peeling paint, I'll do so at a Hotwire price.
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