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After having made and double checked reservations I arrived after a $100 taxi trip from The overpriced airport to be informed by the front desk that they bounced my reservation to some large party and “get wrously covered the price of a new reaervation at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention hotel”. Now I’m stuck canceling my dinner plans with aliens at the latest possible rude notice and waiting to take yet another taxi to some new place NOT of my choosing without knowing how close this is to my client’s offices for all day meetings tomorrow or not. I’m furious. I’m disgusted. I’m put out….sitting here just waiting for another taxi seething at how incredibly stupid and RUDE this is. F the Westin and Marriott

It is not very good, and business travel is recommended. The hotel’s Christmas setting has a snack, and a carriage ride around the hotel, unlike other hotels that have a whole tree. The most comfortable place is that you can easily see large forests and Illinois skylines by the window, beautiful!

Hotel hardware configuration is OK, the environment is good, the room is big. However, a resort fee will be charged. There is another unpleasant one. I forgot a pair of shoes and found it in the room the next day. Originally it was my own care but the hotel did not look for it.

This is a nice, big classic Marriott located in a business area with lots of good restaurants nearby. While it’s not a brand new property, it’s been renovated over the years and looks great and is sparkling clean. Starbucks and Sixt Rental Cars in the lobby. Our room, 701, was great and spacious and the bed was comfy. Not enough outlets near the bed and no USB ports like you find in newer properties. They have the new bulk Marriott toiletries which are terrific. Only two minor complaints—first, they apparently do a lot of weddings at this hotel and the room across from ours is where the very loud wedding party ended up at 2 am and despite a call to the front desk, the noise continued. Second, I travel a lot and I’m used to hotel drink prices, but a couple old fashioneds without fancy whiskey shouldn’t cost 50 bucks with a tip. Absolutely I’d come back and stay here again.

Absolute worst Hilton property I’ve stayed at in recent memory. ACs weren’t functioning properly and were blowing hot air making it very uncomfortable and hard to sleep. You got a different answer depending on who you asked. Front desk said engineers were working on it, a maintenance member said it had to do with the weather and they still had tarps on top of the units on the roof, another front desk associate said certain wings of the hotel just don’t cool off as much as others which turned out not to be true after I switched rooms, and it was just as hot. When I say hot, I’m talking close to 80° inside the room. I know because I bought a temperature gauge and brought it back to the room to find out. The hallways and lobby are much cooler than the rooms. Everyone was complaining and the hotel did very little to accommodate the concerns. I was told they could check me out so I could go to another hotel if I would like. Another solution from one of the hotel staff was to put me in a room with a balcony, and they said to prop open the door and let the air flow through. Meaning both the balcony door and the hotel room door. I would like to say Crystal and Sam in the evening at the front desk tried to help, but I believe their hands were tied in what they could do for the actual air. They offered a fan and waters. They were very friendly, despite how uncomfortable it was. Inside the room was very rundown. Several security items were broken, including the safety door latch, and there was no way to lock the sliding door or sliding screen on the balcony. In addition, the bathrooms were filthy, and a lot of the fixtures coming apart. See the pictures. Stay away at all costs. Plenty of other great options anywhere but here.

When we first walked in, their was someone standing at the front desk waiting to greet us, unlike most hotels where you have to wait around for somebody's help. We received cookies, which were a pleasant surprise, extremely delicious, and warm. Check in was really easy, the person at the front desk was very pleasant we could tell she liked her job, she was also efficient and fast. The room was very clean and didn't smell like pets or cigarettes, like most hotel rooms do even though they say they are non smoking. We did notice the furniture was outdated and heavily used; however it is  expected, because it is a hotel room. We did not come to sit in the room and look at the 4 walls, we wanted to experience the amenities the hotel provides.     I walked in with low expectations because every hotel I've been to with a pool and a hot tub one or the other does not work. This is even after calling the hotel before booking a reservation we end up being disappointed. I was extremely satisfied when both the pool and hot tub were operational and clean. The pool towels were actually on the deck so you didn't have to go to the front desk to get them. There was an incident at the pool with 3 young teens who couldn't handle a certain kind of substance and the one ended up vomiting and all the girls ran away with out reporting it. When we called the front desk they came quickly and cleaned it up. There was a small fitness center off to the side of the pool and was well kept and clean.  Breakfast was organized, the food was cooked in variation, which I enjoyed, because I do not like my food overdone. The waiter was super friendly and very attentive to our needs they will definitely have my business again.

The bed quality was very good so there was no sleep stress at all. The staff was quite helpful. The breakfast buffet was very satisfying.

I’m writing this review regarding my recent stay at the Doubletree Chicago Wood Dale -Elk Grove on Friday, July 12, 2024. This was our final destination on our family vacation before heading home on Saturday. I will NEVER STAY THERE AGAIN!! Nor should anyone else. Upon arrival I asked if an upgrade was possible and the agent said no because they were booked solid for the evening (which I can understand) so next I asked the agent to split the room charge evenly between my credit card and my wife’s credit card (with whom I was travelling with) the agent seemed put off by this request and even asked my wife for ID after presenting the credit card with the same last name as mine which the reservation was made under. (Was this really necessary?) After the transaction was processed, he gave us 2 cookies we were travelling with 2 children he clearly was looking at and when I asked if we could have 2 more cookies for the kids, he said we had to share the cookies and we only get 2 cookies per family. I didn’t even know how to respond to his rudeness and just left it. We gave our children the 2 cookies. So next we enter the room #214 there were 2 large stains on the carpet as well as an empty space under the television which I assume once housed a microwave. (Pictures attached) Isn’t a microwave standard in all rooms? About five minutes later I entered the bathroom to take a shower just to discover that the room had no soap, shower gel or conditioner and only had 2 towels. I went to the front desk and asked for additional towels and the bath supplies. When the houseman arrived with the supplies, he gave me a ½ full bottle of conditioner and a bottle of shower gel and here’s something else I don’t understand the shower gel delivered was completely empty as well??? (How did he not know that?) He also didn’t even offer to remove the empty bottles from the wall and replace them so we just left them on the side of the tub. I had to call the houseman back to retrieve another shower gel. When he returned with that bottle of gel it was only 1/3rd of a full bottle?? He must have been getting them from another room and if they were booked solid that evening someone else got the same surprise we did when they wanted to take a shower. So next was the air conditioner we turned it on only to discover that it only discharged cold air out of half of the vents the other half did not work at all so our room never really got cold. (it was 90 degrees+) outside. So next we decided to go to the pool until the restaurant opened at 5pm. No go for the pool as the water can be described as “cloudy” at best. I can’t even guess what was in it to make it look that way. Next, we decided to go downstairs to the restaurant / lounge the lobby had advertised daily from 5p-10:30p only to be told that that area is not open on Fridays & Saturdays. Huh aren’t you are supposed to be a full-service hotel? What restaurant do you know that’s closed on Fridays & Saturdays?? Complete

So I planned a Spa Day at Le Meridien Oakbrook & I must mention that the Spa Therapist were great. My husband & I enjoyed our massages & facials. I would have given more stars for them however the aspects were great disappointments. I was very disappointed that a floor was not dedicated to the Spa. Instead it was in two guest rooms converted into somewhat cramped rooms. SMH Would have expected more from both the hotel and where it's located. We were told we could grab a bite to eat in the restaurant on the 9th Floor in between services. The restaurant was Closed! Then we were told we could grab a coffee and a quick bite downstairs in the Lobby. Apparently the person we saw at the bar on the way in to our 10:00AM left because when I came downstairs the bar was Closed. So now I must wait 45 minutes for my husband, hungry and thirsty. Would not recommend this Spa to anyone. Definitely didn't start our Wedding Anniversary activities well. Prayerfully it will get better.

We spent our honeymoon weekend at the Drake. It was a fabulous hotel and the customer service was top tier. We especially received excellent service from Rigo and Maria in the Lounge bar area. They congratulated us on our wedding with so much excitement and the next evening remembered us and showed even more hospitality. They made our stay absolutely incredible! The Drake Oakbrook was an outstanding experience for my new husband and I.