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I hate to talk bad about hotels that I may one day be working for, but tourists need to know about some problems with these hotels before you visit Birmingham. I have put the severity of the problems (major or minor) in parenthesis:
Hotels w/ Outdoor Room Entrances (Major):
In general you want to avoid these for two reasons:1) Security: Literally any Tom, Dick, or Harry can walk right up to your room's door without having to pass the front desk clerk or through a secure hotel entrance. NOT GOOD!
2) Weather: Birmingham, Alabama has either very hot weather or very cold weather. Very few weeks are just right. Which means that you are walking from your climate controlled room straight into the elements. NOT FUN!
Hotels in the Airport Area (major):
Visitors to Birmingham may be accustomed to cities where the airport hotels are set up for business executives. That is not true in Birmingham! There are very few hotels in that area and they aren't near any restaurants or malls. The whole area around the airport is somewhat crime-ridden and I cannot think off-hand of any good reason for tourists to stay in a hotel there.Residence Inns (minor):
A part of the Mariott chain, it is designed for long-term stays. I had a friend who stayed in one in Hoover and liked everything about it with one exception. He called me from the room phone and we talked for about half an hour one night. But even though it was a local call, the hotel charged him 50 cents per minute! That gets very expensive very quick. If you stay here, USE YOUR CELL PHONE!Holiday Inn Express (minor):
Considering the amenities these are the most reasonably priced hotels in Birmingham. However, there is one thing I don't like about them. Every hotel chain has a signature theme and the dweebs in management at the Holiday Inn Express national headquarters chose "cinnamon" as their chain's signature. That would be fine if they limited themselves to serving cinnamon rolls for breakfast... but these idiots went and gave their toiletries a cinammon-flavored scent.So unless you want to go to your business meeting or sporting event smelling like the "World's Largest Breakfast Pastry" you MUST bring your own soap and shampoo!
-Kim
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