Priceline Hotel: 2.5* No. Virginia (Airport Dulles IAD) AmeriSuites

[Mulval]

AmeriSuites by PRIME - Dulles Airport South - Chantilly

Priceline quality level: 2.5*

Priceline zone: Dulles Airport (IAD)

4994 Westone Plaza

Chantilly, Virginia 20151

703-961-8160

http://www.amerisuites.com/hotels/listhote...l.php?code=AJFY

Check-In Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Check-Out Date: Friday, January 28, 2005

Offer Price: $40.00

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 3

Subtotal: $120.00

Taxes & Service Fees: $21.30

Total Charges: $141.30

Bidding on December 20, 2004:

1) $40 for 2.5* in Dulles Airport (IAD) -- and my price was accepted.

Rate:

The best available rate from the hotel Web site for the same dates was $132.05/night.

Location:

This hotel is in the Dulles Airport (IAD) zone. The exact location is in the south end of the zone, on the southwest corner of Route 28 (Sully Rd) and Westfields Blvd, two traffic lights south of Route 50 (Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy).

[thereuare]

Thanks... looks like you find some pretty good bargains in this area.

Which is the best property amoug the group?

[Mulval]

In my opinion, both 2* Fairfield Inn by Marriott - Dulles Airport South - Chantilly and 2.5* AmeriSuites by PRIME - Dulles Airport South - Chantilly offer the best value in the area, for around $40/night. Both properties are full-service hotels in convenient locations along Route 28 (Sully Rd) south of Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD). Both have a nice breakfast included, with a variety of food options. Both properties have a number of restaurants within a short walking distance, and dozens of restaurants within a short driving distance. Both properties are of excellent quality with clean, comfortable rooms. Fairfield Inn has the best selection of cable TV channels. AmeriSuites offers a number of complimentary newspapers in the lobby. I am happy to stay at either one of these hotels.

If you want to stay in a "luxury" hotel, try 3* Westfields Marriott Hotel, Resort and Conference Center for $46/night or more. However, its beds are not the most comfortable, television sets are small, breakfast is not included, and guest parking is a short walk from the hotel. On the other hand, the Westfields' fitness facility is the best!

[Mulval]

One caveat: at both 2* Fairfield Inn by Marriott - Dulles Airport South - Chantilly and 2.5* AmeriSuites by PRIME - Dulles Airport South - Chantilly, you are likely to have only smoking rooms on the top floor available for Priceline customers if you check in late. Certainly, this depends on a number of factors: how full the hotel is the day you check in, how many other low-revenue customers had requested non-smoking rooms, etc.

Both hotels are housed in relatively new buildings, so the tobacco odor is not pervasive. The hallways on smoking floors smell worse than the rooms. In any case, I would have preferred to stay in a non-smoking room on a non-smoking floor.