Free Marriott Courtyard Nights Giveaway to Celebrate Their Redesigned Lobbies

by Gary Leff

Marriott Courtyard is rolling out new re-designed lobbies to appeal especially to business travelers, and they reached out to me to see if I’d be willing to share it with my readers. The offer? I could give away 2 free nights at any Marriott Courtyard in the Continental U.S., and they’d give me free nights for myself as well.

As regular visitors to View from the Wing know, when I get offers like these my first question is, “Do you mind if I just give away those nights to my readers as well?” And the answer is almost universally yes. I’ll wind up checking out the new lobbies in the normal course of my travels, I don’t need the free nights, I much enjoy giving them away to readers instead.

So that’s the offer — I have 2 sets of 2 free nights at any Marriott Courtyard in the Continental U.S. to give away! (With apologies to my international readers with no plans to visit the United States.)

I’m not a Marriott Rewards elite member, but Marriott more than anything else is known for its consistency. They’re everywhere. Many towns, a Marriott Courtyard or similar is the top option in town which makes it really useful and sometimes you just need a reliable place to sleep near a meeting. It’s great to see them being thoughtful about how to be more than just a room while maintaining a mid-level price point (though indeed, in some cities like New York one could hardly consider the price point mid-level, but then it ought to be compared to most other options!).

Here’s Marriott’s 30 second spot promoting their new lobby:

They’re holding events through December 16 at BWI, Houston Intercontinental, and Phoenix airports to promote the lobbies… couches for relaxation, luggage tags to give away.

They’ve renovated about 500 properties with better lobbies to allow groups to congregate, prepare for meetings, etc. Here’s the list of properties that have the new lobbies They have more stations with powerports, and a touch screen information TV. They’ve adopted a standard Bistro coffee/sandwhich place that’s apparently doing well with double digit percentage gains in sales.

Here’s how to enter to win:

  • Leave a comment in this post naming something you especially value in a hotel when on business travel.
  • Normally I say “one entry per person” and more than one will disqualify you. This time we’ll try something new. You may enter as many times as you like, however you may not enter twice in a row meaning that you have to have at least one other person comment after you before adding another comment/entry.
  • The contest will last until 12pm Eastern on December 12. I will draw two winners who will each receive the two free nights with the help of Random.org. Winners will be put in touch with Marriott’s representative to claim their prize.

All interpretations are mine and final and I have no liability in this, all rules imposed by Marriott and their representatives will apply. I’m passing along an opportunity and making this available to my readers, I’ve not taken any compensation for doing so, let’s all treat this in this spirit with which it’s intended. By entering you indicate your agreement. Thanks!

Any questions, ask away!

About Gary Leff

Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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Comments

  16. Highspeed internet in the lobby and the room that is included in the price (no $20 charge for checking email in your room), and that should be easily accessible (no five-page click-through with long convoluted passwords that need retyping to get it right)

  31. I value proximity to where I’m going the next morning. When I’m on business travel, I loathe sitting in rush hour traffic. I’ll pay a hefty premium to be close to my destination.

  34. Man Gary, you have quite the following…six hours ago, there were 300 fewer comments on this post!

  38. An actual WORKING, robust, and very high bandwidth internet connection is absolutely key when traveling on business. I like it to be included in the price of the room, but I am okay paying a reasonable extra fee for it (in order to be considered reasonable, this fee MUST be per room, not per device), as long as it WORKS. It needs to work 24 hours a day, and it needs to work for my entire stay. If it breaks, there needs to be 24 hour support to getting it fixed ASAP, not sometime the next day when a person with a particular key arrives. There needs to be clear instructions in the room, or handed to me specifically during check-in, with anything needed in order to connect to the internet, I should not have to call down to the front desk to get a password that they forgot to give me upon check-in. I prefer that both wired and Wi-Fi be available, and complimentary ethernet cables should be available for use.

  39. wow, longest post ever! I have better chances getting upgraded on UA IAD-SFO or SFO to FFA!

  47. Preferably, i’d book a place where I have an elite status, even if it may be a tad further. The perks are worth it.

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