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| - My friend and I stayed at the Westin in downtown Calgary for one night last weekend. We paid $150 (tax included) for a standard room with two queen beds. For being right downtown (literally a block from Eau Claire Market), and for being a last minute booking during Folk Festival weekend this wasn't a bad deal.
Checking in the reservation was quick and easy, and the lady at the front desk was really nice. Westin charges for in-room wifi, but if you are a Starwood Preferred Member (their loyalty club, it's free to join) you get free wifi in your room for 4 devices.
The hotel room itself was nice. The view wasn't anything amazing, but I don't really care about that (mostly saw construction and a parking lot, but you could kind of see some of Eau Claire Market). The beds were super comfortable, and the decor was light and modern. The bath product line the Westin uses, has a really nice green tea scent and isn't too perfumey.
One thing that was weird about the room was the bathroom. There was no door for the bathroom, which I'm not sure if this was an intentional choice or if a door hasn't been installed. Instead, right before the bathroom is the closet with a sliding pocket door that you can close. So if you need to use the washroom you have to walk into the closet, close the door (if was very heavy and hard to move) and then do what you gotta do. The closet door doesn't lock either. For a night this was fine, but I would be curious to know if all the rooms in the Westin have this odd setup, or if it was just our room (1024).
Safety and security in the hotel was quite good. It's on a pretty main street (4th) downtown, and felt safe. The room doors have the standard lock and bolt, there's an in room safe. Plus you need a room key to access any of the guest floors in the elevator. There's a Starbucks in the lobby, but it was closed by 5pm so we were not able to use it. They also have a Keg and another restaurant, but there are a lot of other restaurants nearby if you don't want to stay in the hotel.
One thing that did cause a little issue for my friend and I was the parking. Parking is available in an underground parkade, and when we went in it said all vehicles need to have a ticket. So we bought a ticket for the weekend and paid at the machine. Our room had express checkout, but I wanted to verify charges on our bill (always a good idea) and was told the hotel charges for parking, we didn't need to pay at the pay stations in the parkade. It was a bit confusing, because there are no signs anywhere in the parkade saying that hotel guests will be charged parking in the room rate, and that they just need to register their vehicle. We were able to get the Westin parking charges removed, since I paid about the same amount at the paystation as I would have if the hotel had charged us.
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