I'm a bit of a hotel snob. I travel a lot and as I get older I get much more demanding. I like to be comfortable. I like fast elevators. I don't want to stand in any sort of line for anything. Honestly, places like the Hilton Garden Inn don't generally merit even a glance through their website when I'm choosing a hotel in New York. I just don't expect to find a place that is up to my standards. However, I found myself unexpectedly on a train to New York with a changed flight schedule and no place to spend the night. It was the end of a long trip and while my back was crying out for comfort my wallet was wearing thin from overuse and the cost of this unexpected stay weighed heavily on my conscious. I did not want to explain $300 for an eight hour stay to my bookkeeper. So I booked this hotel. It was the cheapest option. I know the neighborhood. I figured it was only one night and barely a whole night at that so if it was horrible it would at least be short. To my great surprise, I thoroughly enjoyed my stay here. Maybe it was the quick check-in and the warm cookie handed to me upon arrival. Maybe also the super fast elevators. It definitely had something to do with the extravagantly colorful but also cheerful decor in the hallways. But what got me was the large, perfectly comfortable bed. Okay, the room was a little tight but nicely done. The bathroom was very basic but completely functional and while the bath products weren't anything fancy they smelled nice. I watched a little TV a big, flat screen and then I slept very comfortably through the night. Everyone on the staff greeted me with a smile in the morning and I left feeling refreshed and lucky.
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