My Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia

I just returned from a stay at the Westin Peachtree Plaza
http://www.westinpeachtreeplazaatlanta.com/ in  Atlanta, Georgia.  The room was payed for by the agency I represented, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Lubbock, http://www.cclubbock.org/, and the price was not bad ($129) for a downtown big city hotel.  Of course, the hotel is under renovation, and the rate included free wi-fi (instead of the the $14.95/day the hotel usually charges) and a discounted rate, as we were part of the 2913 National Runaway and Homeless Youth Grantees Conference http://www.rhyttac.net/training/national-conference.

The hotel was nice enough.  The room was small, the bathroom and closet very small. There were the amenities: complimentary coffee in the room, a "wet bar" if you wanted to purchase food (snacks), bottled water, wine, or soda pop, among other things.  The typical complimentary hygiene products were in the bathroom.  A hair dryer, an iron, ironing board and in closet safe.  And of course, a cordless phone, with two receivers, no less.  As usual, there was maid service, which you could defer as a "green" initiative, which I remembered to do the first night, but not the second.  There was even a recycling container.

The outside wall was a huge plate glass window, covered with a sheer, and a full heavy drape.  The weather in Georgia, like a large part of the southeast, experienced a cold front http://www.weather.com/weather/today/USGA0028:1.  On Monday, the air conditioner in the room was on, and although it was warm outside, I turned off the air conditioner as the room was cooler than I like.   On Tuesday, I turned on the heater, due to the cold near the window. In bed, I could get warm. But sitting at the desk, I could feel the draft coming in from the window.

Again, Wednesday, I had the heater on as I could feel the draft, sitting at the desk.  This was not the most comfortable hotel room I have ever had.   Aside from the safe and wet bar, the amenities were not much different than some $55 to $89/day rooms I have had.  And those usually were not as drafty.

At the same rate and with complimentary wi-fi, I would stay at the Westin again. But not if it was cold outside. 

The staff of the Westin at Peachtree Plaza were as attentive as one could ask for. Mostly, I would hope that in the future, the Westin at Peachtree Plaza would continue to to try to accommodate the needs of their guests, given the constraints of the renovations. And considering the impact of the outside environment given the outside plate glass windows.