MJLouise

Complimentary Breakfast Fitness Center Pool(s) Laundry Facilities (self-service) High-Speed Internet Access Golf Nearby Any ideas? I didn't see any 2.5 * on the HW Chicago list. Do the Holiday Inns qualify as 2.5 * now? Apr 14-15 , 2 adults.

And then after I book the $67 one, the $72 is back.

Weirder and weirder. I just booked the $67 one, without a no-smoking icon, and without a pool icon. It's the Westin, which is fine with me. Here are the amenities listed: 4-star hotel in Downtown Indianapolis This hotel features the following amenities: Fitness Center Restaurant(s) Business Center High-speed Internet Access

Now when I check, the $72 is gone, and there is a 4* for $67 without a pool icon. Very weird. Do you think it is the University Place? Because that would be great for my purposes.

Yes, it had / still has the pool icon. Plus I copy & pasted from the list under "see all" hotel amenities. I did not change the 2 adults / 0 children default. I'm thinking it's the Omni Severin, since JW Marriott is smoke free.

Fitness Center Pool(s) Restaurant(s) Business Center High-speed Internet Access 2 adults. It can't be the Westin, since that's smoke free. And the University Place doesn't have a pool. Any ideas what else? Omni Severin? JW Marriott?

Complimentary Breakfast Fitness Center Pool(s) Restaurant(s) Business Center Laundry Facilities Booked with 2 adults & 2 children. When I called Drury, they could confirm that this was 2 queen beds. I believe this is the only 3.5* with a breakfast, so that should be a good clue. Thanks for giving me the confidence to bid on this property!

I ended up getting none of these. A new hotel showed up on my searches this week, and I booked it. I will start a new thread on it.

The above link IS the one I perused. I guess I am confused by what this board is. I though someone had a spreadsheet or some other more better organized information than just simply going through, individually, all of the posts from the last couple of years. Yes, I am seriously considering the 2 star. All of these that I listed are under serious consideration, or I would not have requested more information about them. The star levels don't matter to me; those correspond only amenities, not cleanliness or suitability of the hotel for my purpose. I've stayed in clean, neat, great 2 star hotels, and horrible 4 star ones. Check the tripadvisor reviews for the Crown Plaza hotel for one example of a poor "high star" hotel. As I stated in my OP, my first criterion is closeness to Union Station and/or the MetroLine, since we are trying to get around for a couple of days sightseeing without a car. If you can't or won't help me guess, just let me know.

I tried to update my KS thread yesterday, but my computer didn't want to display that thread for some weird reason. Today after rebooting I was able to update it. I did peruse the first 2 pages of St Louis reports. I found nothing reported on 2 or 3 stars down town, or 3.5 in Forest Park. The 4* might be the Hyat Regency SL Riverfront? The 3.5* might be the Crown Plaza Downtown? What do you think?

We ended up not using HOTWIRE for this trip, but thanks for the guess.

This is for 2 adults and 2 children.

Since we're coming in on train, and trying to do without a car, I'd like close to Union Station or another MetroLink station. Choices are: 2* $65 "Still Getting Reviews" Complimentary Breakfast Laundry Facilities High-speed Internet Access 3* $68 Recommended 95% Complimentary Breakfast Fitness Center Pool(s) Business Center Laundry Facilities High-speed Internet Access 3.5* $69 Recommended 95% Fitness Center Pool(s) Restaurant(s) Business Center NO internet icon 4* $75 Recommended 90% Fitness Center Restaurant(s) Business Center High-speed Internet Access Golf Nearby Or, 3* $75 Forest Park Area Recommended 85% Business Center High-speed Internet Access Thanks!

May 28 - May 30, two nights. Two star. Used Salina, KS as lookup area. Put in for 2 adults and 2 5-yr-olds Amenities include: Smoke Free Rooms Laundry Facilities $46/night Used your HOTWIRE link for my research :) Thanks for your help!