Dad Vail's Trip
We arrived a little later than normal on a Thursday night. We were greeted warmly from the moment we pulled up to the hotel. The address is 1201 Market St. but the actual covered drive up and check in is on Filbert St. If you miss it just go right on Market St. and circle around. Valet parking is $45 a night. Their is a parking garage directly across from the entrance for $34 a night. We felt more comfortable with the hotel but we know people who parked their all weekend without a problem. The hotel is very nice. The lobby is large, clean, well lit and contains a lounge, restaurant, gift shop Starbucks, shoeshine stand, car rental stand and ticket kiosk for airline ticket printouts. The elevators are key access only which is a nice security feature. We were on the ninth floor. Our room was very nice, clean, newer fixtures and linens. The noise level did not bother us, it is right downtown, occasionally you can hear a siren here or there. The city is easy to drive around, it's laid out is grids. When you go to check out call down for your car to be brought up at least 20-30 minutes before you check out,. We waited for 20-25 minutes. It was close to check out time, noon, and their were a lot of guests leaving at that time so plan ahead. The beds were very comfortable. The breakfast was OK, Their is a large market across the street, called the terminal. It has many food places for breakfast, lunch or sandwiches. Great pastries. We saw a lot of locals their. The breakfast at the hotel is $19.99 for the buffet. It was good but typical food. Their are a few coffee places right around the hotel as well as the Starbucks inside the hotel.