Hotwire Hotel: 2.5* Salt Lake City (South) Ramada Limited

[mmmidwife]

Hotwired for 44.00, $51 including taxes and fees. Definitely not what I had wanted or hoped for. Bummer.

[thereuare]

Can you please let us know the dates, hotel received, and the amenities that were shown before purchase.

You can still view the amenities by going to HOTWIRE and clicking the MY ACCOUNT link near the top right corner of their home page.

Thank you.

[mmmidwife]

Date - April 2, one night

Amenities: Complimentary breakfast, pool, self service laundry

Stars: 2.5

Amount: $41.00 - total with taxes 51.95

The plot thickens. Priceline downgraded this hotel to 2 stars. A woman who stayed there said it is not a safe hotel, it shares a parking lot with a probation office. She felt it was not a safe place to take her children and felt that it was an unsafe part of town. I'm worried. I was planning on taking two small children.

Hotwire says I must check in and if it seems unsafe or a 2 star hotel, I must take pictures and document my reasons why it's terrible and then go find another hotel at my expense.

If you look at the web site, this looks MUCH less than a 2.5 star to me.

[thereuare]

What is the name of the hotel??

[mmmidwife]

Ramada Limited.

I'm not sure where tripadvisor gets their ratings, but when you type in this hotel, it only has one star.

(There are no user ratings, so they are getting that one star from some other source).

[thereuare]

Expedia rates this 2.5* and '3 Diamonds' from AAA.

Free breakfast, pool, spa... hopefully it'll be better than you (and we) think.

Good Luck and let us know how it is upon your return.

[mmmidwife]

Oh, that is sooooooo not encouraging :)

Will keep you posted.

[mmmidwife]

Sorry to report that we did not stay at this hotel after all. Our plans were to fly into Salt Lake City and drive to The Canyons in Park City where we had a condo reserved for the first 5 nights of our 6 night trip. I needed a place for the 6th night. That's how I got the Ramada Limited on Hotwire. We drove by the Ramada Limited on our way to the mountains. It wasn't very appealing from the outside but we were trying to keep an open mind. Spent a GLORIOUS 5 days at the Grand Summit awash in luxury. Mind you, I'm not comparing apples to oranges. I was not expecting the Ramada Ltd. to be a 4 star hotel. But I was expecting it to be the caliber of other 2.5 star hotels I had seen listed on various sites. In my opinion, it was not...from the outside atleast.

The story does have a happy ending.....it was the last week of ski season and the Grand Summit had PHENOMENAL deals and availability so we got to stay there for our last night. Even with the hit I took on the Hotwire hotel, it was a bargain!

[skiutah]

for the record i have stayed at this ramada its not that bad. it is actually pleasant inside but it is in one of the less desirable parts of town. every city has these areas. It is pretty far form downtown at least like 20 minutes. the location is not park city or downtown salt lake city but its stayable. i never felt unsafe granted its not the best aprt of town and i am from NYC so i am always observant to my surroundings. if you dont need to be in Draper or are a picky patron than i would recommend downtown it has fabulous hotels often at a bargain on priceline and hotwire. basically i would not recommend this hotel if i did not have to be in that location downtown offers many better options at a cheaper price.