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April 2012
The GM at Hampton Inn Vancouver knew my last stay there was
less-than-stellar, and she was very pro-active about changing my
experience this time around. Checking in was fast, efficient, and I had
a suite with a small kitchen, living room area, bedroom and standard
bathroom. The bathroom, tub, (nowadays I usually check it first), was
spotless, immaculate! The usual chocolates on arrival are a nice touch,
and they are great, but I do prefer the ones they used to give. I am
also not a fan of white chocolate, which is not even truly chocolate,
but I was fortunate enough to not get any. I received a nice little gift
basket which I considered very thoughtful of the GM and I appreciated it
very much. I noticed this time around, there was a larger selection of
movies to choose from, which is nice.
The only thing I could complain about was something I seem to run into
with every hotel I stay at, no matter what the brand. That is the
Barbie-sized coffee makers with a carafe smaller than larger ceramic
cups I've in the past drank coffee from. They are perhaps two small cups
full at the most, and being more of a power-coffee drinker who enjoys
top quality coffee, pretty much every hotel I stay at fails there.
Hotel Reviews of the Hampton Inn Downtown Vancouver
9 April 2012
The breakfast there is free, but nothing great and I sometimes have
opted to go have breakfast elsewhere, but I freely admit to being
something of a finicky eater. I usually want breakfast, but I usually
avoid it if there are a lot of children/toddlers running around,
screaming, playing, as I am not a fan of that. I tend to enjoy top
quality foods and would only go to A&W, McDonald's, Burger King, etc.,
if I were on the brink of intense starvation and nothing else was
available. Their breakfast is certainly superior to those junk food
outlets I mentioned, but if there are many a noisy rug-rat, I would
sooner eat my breakfast elsewhere, perhaps in my room or another
restaurant. The restaurant, Zachary's has some pretty good food and
great service. One young woman working there, a very kind, sweet,
hard-working Latina is clearly intent on doing a great job for you, but
the poor thing looks so stressed out. I hope she will take time to
"breathe", learn to relax a little and know she can still do a great job
without putting herself through that stress. My only complaint about
that place is the hours of some days seem to be less available.
Hotel Reviews of the Hampton Inn Downtown Vancouver
9 April 2012
The Hampton Inn Vancouver also has laundry facilities you can use on the
16th floor, at any time, which I find very convenient. Their
complimentary Internet access is something I always use and it has
always been working, so I am very happy with that.
The one "pet peeve" I have with the Hampton is that they are not
pet-friendly, but Hilton family hotels elsewhere are, such as the Hilton
in Burnaby, BC. I don't know if that will ever change, but if it does, I
would bring my pets to stay with me. I realize that they sometimes
suffer from separation anxiety, so it would just be easier to bring
them.
Hotel Reviews of the Hampton Inn Downtown Vancouver
6 April 2012
Because I spend most of my week on the road, I usually try as much as
possible to stay away from the "Value" brands of chains. So when the
Hampton Vancouver was recommended to me I almost declined...but I am
glad I did not.
First of all, the rooms rivaled anything that a full-service hotel would
offer, and we're, in fact, bigger than most of them. They were nicely
appointed and the best part...you could actually control the temperature
in your room (the thermostat actually worked).
The free breakfast was decent, as was the location to everywhere you may
wish to get to in Vancouver.
The ONLY drawback was the parking. If you have a large car, you'll have
a heck of a time in the garage...and in most garages in Vancouver you'll
find the same thing.
Hotel Reviews of the Hampton Inn Downtown Vancouver
5 April 2012
Hampton Inn Vancouver is in a great location, only a 20 minute cab ride
from airport right into downtown area. we loved that not only is it what
we expected of the Hampton Inn hotel chain but even better as there was
a ping pong table as well as foosball up on the 16th floor! we walked to
nearby Yaletown and checked out most of the downtown area and then
headed up for some family fun! nice walk to False Creek where we took a
boat to Granville Island. Near BC Place, for those Hockey fans.
Complimentary waters and local calls, as well as chocolates at check in!
Only complaint was one morning there was a huge rush at breakfast and
they ran out fast... it was replenished but took a little time to do
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