Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center

The price was very expensive, but we had a great experience! It was good to enjoy the DC national Harbor boat show event from morning until night, right near the venue of the hotel.

The hotel was beautiful but there was a problem in checking in, they couldn’t find my reservation. Then they almost charged me twice for the room.

You would think that the hotel would have taken the opportunity to take advantage of the beautiful views but they are mostly blocked by the convention center and the facilities. We paid $ 400 for a room which had a view of the convention center building. The grounds are beautiful and the rooms were spacious and very clean.

I checked into the Gaylord in June, 2026. I usually avoid properties with “resort fees” (just raise the price of the room to the value of the stay, and stop trying to trick people!) because I think they are a scam, but this is where the event I was attending was being held. My wife and I checked in, one vehicle. I paid for my own reservation. My brother also was there at the same time, on his own reservation, his own payment, his own vehicle etc. Our two reservations were not linked in any way, other than we were both attending the same event, as were many other guests. When I went to check out, not only did they charge me for my parking, ok fine, but they claim to have put my brother’s parking on my bill, which I never approved. He left a day earlier than I did, and was nowhere to dispute this. When checking out, I pointed out that I could not, would not, and did not use self parking AND valet at all, let alone every single day of my stay, and if they check the electronic parking records, I only moved my truck once, taking it out of the garage to unload some boxes, and then returning it 15 minutes later. The front desk person insisted that the charges were correct, and that they must have put my brother’s charges on my bill, (no one gave them permission, our reservations were made separately, and paid separately), and to take it up with him, and that is all they were going to do. I was under time pressure so I had to leave right away, and fortunately have a premium travel credit card, so I would enlist their help if needed. Anyway, when I did catch up with my brother, he confirmed that they also charged him in full for his parking, so this was not an error, but an intentional grift. We only got this sorted out days later, by complaining to the organizer of the event we were attending. Like travel agents, they often have influence because they book events. If we did not know her, I would have had to file a complaint with my credit card and deal with countless hours of hassle and stress. As it turns out, another attendee who also drove there and used parking had the same issue being charged for 4 days of valet parking AND garage parking, so this was not a one-time mistake, but seems to be systemic. Speaking of credit cards, two things to beware of at this hotel. If you consume anything, they will include the “service charge” (tip) but then add another field for tips, so be careful about tipping twice, which is fine if you want to do it, but like Miami & Las Vegas, make sure they haven’t already added the tip without you noticing it. More importantly, every purchase I made and charged to my room, they also charged a hold on my credit card for about twice the amount, even though they had the final tally on the charge slip. For example, the first night I had a couple of beverages at the lobby bar, the bill was about $25, I added a $6 tip, so about $31 and some change. Even though they had the exact amount, I got notified by my credit card that a $