CA Los Angeles Crowne Plaza Airport LAX

[zbenye]

Standard 3* hotel. Rooms were good size and clean. Despite the location between runways, there was no noise. Self-parking was $11. Local calls were $1, waived if you're member of their frequent traveler program (enroll right there and save). Fast Internet $10.

Look for free street parking. There were always a couple of open spaces, right behind the hotel.

[Sutter]

$57 winning bid ($72, taxes and fees) through Priceline. Standard 3-star hotel, though Priceline calls it 3 1/2 stars. Room okay. About equal to the similarly-rated Radisson down the street, though at the Radisson (where we stayed on a previous visit) we got free Wi-Fi, while the Crowne Plaza charges $10 (I passed). A tad more airport noise than I heard from our room in the Radisson (virtually all rooms a the CP face the airport at least indirectly), but I slept okay with ear plugs, and my wife wasn't bothered at all. As with most hotels we've stayed at in the area, one shuttle bus from the airport serves two hotels. Restaruant looked like it had standard hotel restaurant prices (we ate elsehwere). Breakfast not included. It was a short walk from the rental car facility where I dropped off our car so we could avoid the high parking fees that are standard for area hotels.