This past weekend, my husband and I departed for a three night trip to Chicago. Our hotel of choice - Hotel 71. While sometimes I book our rooms through sites such as priceline and expedia; I choose to book direct for this trip in order to ensure we would have a nice room with a great view, etc. We paid 246 a night, which I thought seemed a tad high for this place, but I was willing to give it a shot.
We had a superior king room with the river view.
The good: very spacious room, beautiful view, double vanities, lots of countertop surface to set things, comfortable bed.
The bad: paper thin walls and tiled entry into room made noises throughout seem very loud and it was difficult to get a good night sleep. Couple this with hammering and the constant sawing from a chop saw for two mornings in a row across from our room made the beginning of what was suppose to be relaxing weekend away from construction noise (my husband and I both work in the construction field) not so relaxing. The jack hammering as we waited for the elevator in the lobby and other various noises from the room above ours we thought finally warranted a call to the front desk. 1000 spent at this hotel on room and parking. I never did get to awaken a single morning there peacefully. And how did they offer to make this right? A free breakfast on Sunday. Sunday, I couldn't wait leave.
I really wanted to like this place and write more about some of nice features. However, the lack of sleep has proven me grumpy and very disappointed. I probably won't stay here again and most likely will not recommend this place to our friends that frequent Chicago quiet often.
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