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It is not a typical hotel, it is supposed to be more like an apartment. They don't have a luggage rack in your room, for example. You are supposed to use the closet and drawers. I pushed the 2 kitchen chairs together and made my own luggage rack ;o)
Location
It takes about 15 minutes from the airport by car when there is no rush hour traffic. The hotel is right in the middle of the ASU campus.
Room
I had requested a king room. The room (308) was a nice size. There is a desk/office chair and table/desk in the corner that you can use as a desk for your laptop if you need it with a nice table lamp and 4 outlets on the desk to charge devices. There is a dining table an chairs an a sofa.
Bathroom
The bathroom was large, with one sink and plenty of counter area for all of my makeup, hair and toiletry needs. The bathtub is standard size with a shower curtain. The toilet and shower are in one room with a door, the sink its outside the door with a very large closet.
Closet
The closet is not deep, so I wasn't able to close it when I had things hanging.
Kitchen
Because it's like an apartment, people cook in their rooms. You have a nice cooktop with 2 burners, various size pots, dishes, mugs and glasses, a coffee pot and toaster. There are utensils and a can opener in the drawer. There is a full sized refrigerator and dishwasher. My dishes had mini dust bunnies hanging off of them an one mug had been put back in the cabinet unwashed, so I doubt anyone had used the dishes in my room for quite some time. I ran everything through the dishwasher when I arrived.
The room has popcorn and water (I believe these are for purchase but I'm not sure, I didn't use them). The room next to me burned their bag of popcorn at midnight and set off the smoke alarms. Since I couldn't tell if it was my smoke alarm or theirs, and there was smoke coming from under the door between our rooms, I got dressed and went downstairs. The hallway smelled like burned popcorn all week, my room smelled of burned popcorn for one day and then it was gone. I asked people if my clothes smelled of burned popcorn an they said no. I'm sure people didn't enjoy me cooking bacon every morning, so I would call this a wash.
I found the bed to be on the lumpy side and not 100% comfortable, but not annoying enough to move. I was able to regulate the room temperature easily. The hvac was not noisy, I put the fan on hi so that I didn't have to hear the compressor go on and off all night long (but I do sleep with a white noise machine so that does help as well).
There is one large tv in the room.
Check In
Check-in was easy, no lines mid-day on Sunday, two front desk personnel on hand every time I went by, day, night an middle of the night (popcorn incident). I received my standard requested items in my Marriott profile. My room was ready even though I arrived before Check-In.
Hotel Staff
The hotel staff is very friendly. Housekeeping did a good job on the days that I requested service.
Parking
There is a parking garage attached to the hotel. It is $10/day with in and out privileges, you have it added to your room card. You swipe in and out. On your last day, you swipe out and put the card in the drop by next to the swipe machine.
There are parking spots designated on each level for hotel guests, they are closest to the elevators. During busy times (as it was when I was here during Spring Training), people park anywhere, so there may not be a convenient spot to park.
Noise
The inside of the hotel was very quiet at night. The outside is in the middle of ASU, so there is a lot of late night activity (skateboarding at midnight outside the parking garage, and one night a police car/sirens went by at about 2 am.
Restaurant/Breakfast
Breakfast comes with the room. Hot eggs an various meat sides changed every day with oatmeal, fruit, yogurt, cereal, breads, coffee and tea. If you are not a picky eater you are fine. If you stick to low carb or protein, you will probably buy your own food and eat in your room as I did all but one day.
Pool/Fitness Center
I did not have time to use/visit the pool or use the fitness equipment.
GPS/Cell Phone/Internet
My gps worked fine getting around the entire area and got me to the correct location every time. Cell phone service was perfect everywhere in the hotel. Hotel free wifi worked fine for my needs to check email and Facebook. I didn't upgrade to the paid service for either my room or my meeting.
Overall I enjoyed my stay and would stay here again and recommend it to my co-workers for future travel.
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