Hotwire Hotel: 4* Chicago (Mag Mile-Streeterville) Swissotel

[brokencycle]

There is a 4.5* and 4* hotel in the Magnificent Mile Area - Streeterville area. They are both $99.

The 4.5* has a fitness center, restaurant, high-speed internet, pool, and business center. It is a customer favorite and the tripadvisor rating is a 3.5

The 4* has a fitness center, tennis, spa, restaurant, high-speed internet, pool, and business center. It has a tripadvisor rating of 4.0 but is not a customer favorite.

Is $99 a good deal? Should I try priceline? Any ideas on what the two hotels are, and if so, which would you recommend?

I believe the 4* to be the Swissotel and the 4.5 to be the InterContinental.

[AaronJB]

Welcome to the site. :)

These are excellent prices for two very nice hotels. Retail prices for 4* Chicago properties in the Summer is almost always around $200 and sometimes as much as $300-400+.

If you are willing to pay a bit more for a nicer hotel, I think the Intercontinental's very nice and in a terrific location right on Michigan Ave. The Swiss is also terrific, but the Intercontinental has a somewhat better location for the same price.

If you are just looking for a 4* as cheap as possible, I'd bid $59 for a 4* in the Millennium Park/Loop/Grant Park area on PRICELINE, as many people have gotten the Hyatt for $59 for different Summer dates.

Please use the site's links to PRICELINE and HOTWIRE (click the PRICELINE or HOTWIRE) to start your purchase, as it supports the site. Additionally, please ask if you have any questions.

[thereuare]

Just to give some comfort, i agree with both of your guesses above.

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

Let us know how it goes or if we can be of further help (although AaronJB knows the area best and can help better with specific questions regarding the immediate area)

[brokencycle]

The reviews of the Swissotel seem to be better, and the photos of the Intercontinental make the rooms look tiny - that was my biggest concern. I don't mind walking, and plan on spending most of my time down there walking around and enjoying it.

Also, I don't like the Millennium Park Area on PRICELINE, some of it is quite far south.

[thereuare]

Did you choose either of the above? Is there something in particular you're looking for?

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

[brokencycle]

I went with the 4* and it was indeed the Swissotel.

[thereuare]

Glad you received the hotel you were expecting and that the board was helpful in your purchase.

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

Enjoy your stay.