Nickeled and Dimed
We spent a weekend at the Washington Hilton for an athletic competition. We used this hotel because the event expo was here and the shuttles left from this hotel to the event. This hotel is not cheap, we paid $189 per night. They charge $36/day for parking in the hotel garage and an additional $5/day for valet. My wife went to use the fitness facility in the hotel, and that was an additioanal $10. The hotle restaurants are all very expensive. We ate in the sports bar and it was $86 before tip for a small pizza and a crab cake sandwich with 2 beers. The walls are extremely thin; we could hear every noise from the adjoining room. We had to get up at 04:00 on Sunday morning and we had the pleasure of being in the block of rooms reserved for a wedding group, and they were going all night. To their credit, they did respond to our complaint of the noise very quickly by sending security to the noisey room. The rooms are very small compared to most we have stayed in, including mid-range hotels. The room was clean, but the bedding had holes in it with patches; not what I expect from a Hilton. The hallways were dirty with leftover room service trash scattered around the hall.