This is the 5th time (stayed 3 nights this time) that I have stayed at this hotel in the past year. They must have remodeled in the past 2 years or so because everything in the room looks new (except the bathroom door for some reason...all the rooms that I have stayed in are like that). The rooms are always clean and the beds are comfortable. I interacted with 4 front desk clerks and they were all friendly and helpful. A nice addition since the last time (March) that I stayed there is a computer in the lobby with High-Speed Internet access. The hotel is located across the street from the Holiday Inn...this makes it nice for me to walk across the street in order to take the Van Galder bus to O'Hare Airport. The price is great if you have Sam's Club Card. I call the Choice Hotels toll free number and make my reservation. I paid $63.99 for the first two nights. I paid 83.99 for third night (4th of July).
The only reason that I did not rate this hotel as a 4 or 5 is because of a recent problem that I have encountered with the heating and cooling unit in the room. The last time (early March) that I stayed at the hotel, my room had a new Energy Saver unit. The problem is that it was 28 degrees outside and I had my room set to around 78. Unfortunately, the unit went on and off all night which woke me up every time. There is no way to turn off this feature. The next night, I got the room to about 80 degrees and then turned it off but in the middle of the night I was very cold. I spoke to the assistant manager about it and she said that I should request a room that does not have a new unit the next time that I stay there. So I did just that when I arrived at the hotel that night but the clerk said that she did not know which rooms did not have the new units because as far as she knew most of the rooms had the new units. I got in my room and it had a new unit. I tried turning the unit on and it woke me up all night like it did last time. The next night I just warmed it up to about 80 and then turned it off since it was in the 50s outside. It was not too cold in the room when I woke up. I mention this because this is a big deal to me and it may be a big deal to others. I'm not sure if I will stay there again. I like so many things about this hotel but the primary reason I am there is to sleep and this is affecting my sleep.














