Century Park Hotel La

the room is ok, parking is not free, and valet parking charges extra 35 for one night. Too noisy because of the traffic.

Tell you what, I’ve had some rough hotel experiences in my life. Wife and I stayed at a La Quinta in Texas one night and watched Amarillo PD do a felony stop in the parking lot as we were checking in. Found a still-drying bloodstain on the carpet of my room at a hotel in Philly one time, too. I could go on and on. But at least I could get a little sleep at those places. Traffic noise in my room was so loud I might as well have been trying to sleep out on the sidewalk. Asked the clerk if the noise was that bad at every room in the hotel, he was noncommittal. A/C didn’t work in my room. I tried to suffer through for the first night, but it was awful. During the next day, it was 62 degrees outside, and 78 degrees in my room. I was actively sweating. Even if I wanted to open the windows and endure more road noise to get a breeze, the windows were sealed shut. Called the front desk and reported that the AC was down. Maintenance eventually showed up, verified it wasn’t working , and plonked a $30 Walmart fan on the floor. Guess that’s what $219 a night gets you. He said that the front desk would call me about switching rooms. I waited for over two hours. No call, no updates. I’d had enough. I’d been awake for the better part of 36 hours, I was miserably hot, and no one seemed to give much of a damn. Packed up and left without spending the second night I’d already paid for. Did what I should’ve done in the first place. Hit the Hilton in Culver City. Made my drive to my appointment a half hour longer, but well worth the time in exchange for great sleep and working climate control.