I just completed a 1-night stay at the Marriott LAX, a quintessential airport hotel. I was there a whopping 10 hours so this is going to be a bit of a mini-review. I checked in around 9PM and out at 6:45am the next morning, so there’s not a lot I can say. It was plenty acceptable, had a nice fitness center, and the Champions Sports Bar fit the bill for an after arrival snack.
The room was compact, but surely functional. If I had a complaint, it would be the lack of power outlets near the desk. Word to all hotels: you need plenty of power outlets near the work area. In their defense, they did have extra outlets behind the TV cabinet, but that was not the ideal solution. Perhaps it was the best they could do with the older building. The bathroom was on the smallish side too, but how much does one guy need? It fit the bill. I snapped a few pictures for good measure.
All in all, the hotel was fine for a short airport stay. Great even, in that it had restaurants, a fitness center, comfortable bed, and frequent shuttle service to the airport terminal. I’d certainly consider staying here again for a night before an early flight, but my favorite Marriott property near LAX remains the Renaissance LAX.
the Marriott LAX is a great park-n-fly airport (use PNF as the corporate rate code) … 2 or 3 times I’ve used the room for all of 5 hours before grabbing a red-eye and it was cheaper than paying for 7 days of parking + getting a catnap and shower before a 5 hour flight rocks.
the Sheraton Gateway LAX is the best hotel by the airport
We had a similar stay (in terms of total hours) at the Irvine Marriott not too long ago. Similar experience, sadly the in-hotel Starbucks where we had hoped to grab a quick coffee closed early. “Compact” is a good description of the room- making a quick turn and walking into a piece of furniture wouldn’t be difficult. Too spoiled by Hilton’s Embassy Suites, I suppose.
Was there an outlet in the lamp?
@Tim, there was not. However, the lamp by the bed did have outlets.