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| - Online travel booking sites rock -- I'd never used Hotwire before but I got a killer rate on this place. I was visiting the Phoenix area looking for apartments and needed a place to stay for four days. I didn't want to eat out the whole time I was in town, so looked online for a "condo"-type room with kitchenette. I don't like not knowing the name of the facility before paying for it, but I could see that the location was in Scottsdale and knew it couldn't be that bad.
I'd never heard of Xona before this visit. I arrived very late due to a late flight, but the front desk is manned 24 hours. And was I wowed when I entered my room -- a living area with sofa and flat screen, a FULL kitchen with table and chairs, two mirrored closets, big bed, bathroom, and balcony with patio set overlooking the (I think) McDowell Mountains. This was a really nice set up -- wasn't expecting something this nice for a room.
There are four pools and two restaurants, free WiFi, and a place in the lobby to print boarding passes. Nice shopping is nearby, and many restaurants.
The only minuses I can relay:
- The walls and ceiling are THIN. I could hear the phone conversations of my next-door neighbor and could hear the folks upstairs walking around.
- If your business in the area will have you down in Phoenix, Xona is WAY north. This is actually in North Scottsdale...allow 30 minutes to downtown Phoenix, and that's if there's no traffic.
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