You can't beat the Sitzmark location and value for your money in Vail Village. This was our fifth stay. Rooms are very clean, have coffee, tea, wine glasses, microwaves, ironing board and irons. Extra space for luggage storage out of your way as well as a safe for valuables. Laundry facilities are available in the basement. Pool area overlooks the mountains; other side overlooks Gore Creek. Hard to decide which is the better view. Inviting lobby area and employees willing to help with whatever you need.

This is one of the best values for the dollar in the Vail Village. Clean, close to the lifts, in the center of the action, breakfast included, free parking, helpful front desk. We stayed Christmas week, I could not believe the number of people who come back to this same hotel every year. On second thought, yes, I can understand why!
SN
Plantation, Fl

We visited the Sitzmark right after Thanksgiving for a long weekend. For the low price we received from the Vail visitors website, we did not expect much, considering most vail lodges were hundreds of dollars more per night. We were pleasantly surprised ! we had door parking (there's a short garage underneath as well) and a wonderful clerk named Jake (manager?) He was extrememly helpful to us. We had a wonderful large king room with a spectacular view of the mountain slope and the pool area with lighted shop streets below. The bath was beautiful marble tiled and clean. We had a refrigerator and coffee cups and bar sink as well. The breakfast was continental but with waffles, cereal, fruit and juices it was good. other staff members were not as helpful, but luckly most of our stay was with Jake and he was great. I definitely would stay here again.

We expected the Sitzmark to be similar to the Sherpa in Val Thorens where we stay for our winter ski-ing, and we were right with one major difference - the rooms a three times as big!

Having never been to a US ski resort Vail was an interesting experience - especially the highly entertaining and confusing road system! It took us a while to work out where the hotel was, but once we found it we were not disappointed. The actual location is good - very central and in the ski season it would be a very short walk to the lifts. The lobby and common areas are good, and the rooms are (for European expectations) huge. We had one overlooking the creek, with a large fire and huge bed. It was very comfortable and would have been very welcoming after a day's ski-ing.

The hotel has limited parking underneath (essential I would think in winter) and a very good selection of restaurants in walking distance.

Definately worth considering for an independant traveller going ski-ing in Vail.