The Fairfield Inn is the lower-end part of the Marriott chain so too much wasn't expected. The price was definitely the best in Savannah and the location was good (straight shot down Abercorn to the historic district and River Street). The desk staff was friendly and there is a pool and workout room plus free internet access. However, the room was extremely damp (the carpet felt wet under our feet) and black mold was beginning to grow around the bathroom door. There is no ventilation in the tiny, tiny, tiny bathroom so that may have been the problem. The Fairfield Inn is definitely for the price-conscious consumer who is not going to spend much time in the hotel room. If you can afford more and plan to do anything more in the room other than sleep at night, you may want to stay elsewhere.

We stayed in this hotel for our first trip to Savannah. It's a bit away from downtown but not so far that it makes it unbearable to go downtown or anywhere in the Savannah area. When we checked in, we were very warmly greeted and made to feel welcome. The room was small but clean. The only complaint we really had with this property was the housekeeper had left us with only one bath towel when the room was cleaned and when we called the front desk to get more, we were told there were no towels clean. Other than that minor problem, it was a nice and quiet location with great service.

My 2 children, mother and I stayed in this room on our GS troop's trip to Savannah, so we were pretty much stuck here. In our first room, my daughters discovered a pair of shoes under a chair and a few minutes later, vomit down the side of the bed skirt, on the free standing lamp next to the bed and on the floor. The toilet wouldn't flush either. The vomit had obviously been there for some time. We complained and were switched to another room.

The room was dirty, the bathroom totally gross, the floor was filthy especially behind the door where you "can't see" unless you actually close the door. There was mildew on the shower curtain and ceiling, and the tub was slow draining. A candy wrapper was under the same chair where in the other room we found the shoes. It stayed there for two days until I kicked it out the door into the breeze way. Some kind of lotion was sqeezed onto the bedskirt and not wiped off. Pretty gross.

We asked for a roll away bed for one of the rooms, and were refused. Our GS leader insisted since they advertise that on the website, without any mention of restriction as to what room you are staying in, and they finally relented and sent one up and abandoned it by the elevator. My daughters rolled it the rest of the way to the other room!

The room was cool but wet the entire time. Even our unpacked clothes were wet and the bed linens. Work needs to be done on the air conditioner both in the rooms and in the are where all the people staying area supposed to cram in to eat the other wise excellent continental breakfast.

I was given extra linens when I asked for them.

Two smokers in our group were instructed to smoke only in an area by the elevator to smoke, next to an overflowing garbage can that was not emptied once during our 5 day stay, but workers at the hotel smoked right in front of the rooms. A man painting in front of our rooms smoked continuously, and a man putting newspapers on the doors also smoked.

The night security guard, Julius, was a very sweet and friendly man, who offered to help our group (many children) one night when we arrived in late from a long day. Very nice. Highlight of our hotel stay, and he didn't work directly for Marriott either.

The night before we left I found a wet, dirty bath mat balled up and thrown on my mom's suitcase in our room. I complained about everything the next morning. Even the pens in the room didn't work! I am writing a letter of complaint to Marriott. They should be embarrassed to have their name attached to such a crummy and dirty hotel.

I would warn all other families and Girl Scout Troops to stay away from this property. It claims to be newly renovated, but that simply cannot be true, unless you count the crummy paint job. This place is filthy and needs to be overhauled, as well as new housekeeping staff hired, possibly new management, since they didn't seem that concerned the morning we left and I told them about the nasty bath mat. As I got on the elevator to go back up to my room for the last time, a man also staying in the hotel jumped on and asked me what we had expected when we got the rooms. I told him a clean and decent room, which we didn't get. He expressed his own disappointment in the rooms as well, and that they also told him they couldn't have a rollaway bed.

We paid $70/night for a King room at the Fairfield inn. We were looking for a home base type of place to stay, just to sleep, shower and relax a bit before going out most of the day to sightsee. For what we wanted it was great.

The hotel: We stayed two nights and everything was fine. The hotel is a 3 story motor lodge type of place. The first two floors open outwards, the 3rd story is like a regular hotel. Request 3rd story if you'd rather have that option. The pool was okay, it also had a small workout room. There seemed like a lot of people staying there and I counted 15 teens/youths in the pool around 10:30 one night splashing around making all kinds of noise. It did seem noisy with kids running down the halls, slamming doors. We brought our little sound machine for while we were sleeping and didn't have a problem sleeping.

Location: Midtown-perfect if you are wanting to visit downtown and not have to pay the huge downtown hotel fees + hotel parking. We used the complimentary parking at our tour trolley pickup location and it was perfect. We saved $20 in parking fees and easily $70/night more in hotel costs. The hotel is quite close to the main road into downtown, very easy to access. We drove about 3-4 minutes and were in the historic downtown area. There are also lots of other things within a short drive, a Publix grocery store, nice resturaunts (Bonefish), Starbucks, ice cream, fast food choices, etc.

Our Room: We stayed on the first floor and had a room on the end next to the stairwell. The room wasn't dirty per se, but it's not the type of place I personally felt comfortable walking around barefoot in. There was a little spot on the toliet that was dirty, but everything else looked clean. Our room seemed small compared to others that I saw there, perhaps because it only had 1 bed and others are larger because there are 2 beds. The room felt a little musty, damp, humid when we walked in. We just cranked up the air and it was okay. We keep air freshner in our car and that was helpful to use it in the room. Though it's well lighted, I did feel a little unsafe walking outside at night. Nothing ever happened, but as a female I don't want to be walking around outside anywhere at night. You had to use a room key to get inside, but there was no protection from the room to the front desk.

The staff was very friendly and accomadated a few special personal requests we had about using their hotel fridge/freezer. They also were helpful with directions and suggestions. The breakfasts in the morning were fine. They had a waffle maker where you made your own fresh, microwave egg bisquit type of things, fruit, yogurt, bagels, etc. It did seem a little crowded in the morning though as the room wasn't that big. They also had a computer where you could access the internet. I used this to get directions, check email, etc.

Overall, a great stay. Just what we were looking for.