We were spending a few days in LA after out cruise but our flight home was at the ungodly hour of 6am. That meant that we wanted a place that was close to the airport and since we knew that we would not be spending a lot of time in the hotel we picked the LAX Radisson. This time we used Priceline to get our hotel room and I think we got a good deal. I was a little leery because there were many mediocre reviews because of the construction but when we arrived all seemed to be okay. The hotel is a little dark and dingy looking but I think it is mostly just terribly old-fashioned like a hotel from the 80's.
Check in was fairly fast at the LAX Radisson. I am not sure if it is because everything is brown or golden coloured or if it is because it looks a little natty but I am not overly thrilled with this hotel. The price was excellent and the location is very good. We got the room for $67 on Priceline and I think that makes it okay.
We got settled in the room and the first thing that didn't work was the tv set. Then Marla found the place to insert the key to make the power stay on. Then once it was on there was some issues with getting a clear TV signal. The hotel's repair person came up and did the best he could at re-attaching a cable. Very European and you don't lose your key. Marla needed some rest and I needed some exercise so I walked up to the Ralph's and CVS about a mile away to get some milk, yogurt and peanuts. It was a really nice walk with planes landing overhead every few minutes.
I also took this time to rent us a car. There is a car rental place in the hotel so I went to them first. It was kind of a no brainer deal since if I parked the car at the hotel from another company it would cost and additional $25 per day. But the local place covered the parking. Also, I think because they needed the business they changed the rental charges from $210 for the two days with full insurance coverage to $120. I was okay with $60 per day for a car rental.
The room itself was nothing special. It has sleep number beds which give some variety but are no big deal. The beds did not really work all that well, very noisy and really not a big difference. We were on the sixth floor so traffic wasn’t an issue. The windows were really kind of grungy and hard to see through but the view was mostly hangers and planes at the end of the runway. The best part of the view is to watch the pillars at the entrance to the airport change colours throughout the night.
We didn’t eat or drink at the hotel but the facilities looked nice. It was too cold to try out the pool so we skipped that too. The biggest downfall for me was that the shuttle is not all that direct. It is the same shuttle you would get from any of the airport hotels on a 30 minute circuit. It worked out fine though for getting us to the airport at 4am. We used the express checkout because it was just too early to think straight.
I would stay at the LAX Radisson again. It was easy to get to, nice people (especially their concierge), clean and comfortable.
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