Beautiful view...but too expensive
My colleague and I got a great deal on Southwest Airline's website -- $99 for a harbor view king room. The room was great - large, comfy bed, beautiful view -- no complaints there. And the staff was very nice and attentive.
The downside:
- $34/night for parking
- we couldn't access the internet without opting for the premium internet at $20/day
- terrible cell phone reception - we both gave up using our iPhone/Blackberry for phone calls
- $9 for a plain bowl of oatmeal. $9!!! And that's the cheapest breakfast you can get!
- the TV channel selection is terrible. Maybe they get more male travelers, since there were 4 ESPN channels and SPEED, but no Food Network or Bravo. And oddly enough, although this was Boston, they don't get NESN (New England Sports Network). If I had been there during baseball season I would have been really disappointed to not be able to watch the Red Sox.
- we asked if there was somewhere we could go to work on a project together. They offered to put a table in an empty room for us -- for $200/day. Needless to say, we worked in our room.
-For the usual price of this room ($300+) I would like to have a microwave and mini-fridge.
So there you have it. If this hotel were more reasonably priced and didn't bleed you for money at every opportunity, I would stay here more often and recommend it to everyone, because it's lovely(and so convenient to the airport). But it just feels like I'm getting ripped off at every turn.