Marriott’s Fairfield Inn & Suites offered up (2) $250 gift cards to give away to my readers in celebration of their Silver September national vacation giveaway.
Fairfield Inn & Suites is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with its national Silver September giveaway, awarding 25 lucky guests with an all-expense paid weekend getaway to one of four premium Fairfield Inn & Suites destinations across the United States. From September 1-25, Fairfield Inn & Suites guests in the United States and Canada* will receive Silver September envelopes upon check-in – 25 of which will contain winning silver tickets.
So if you win the blog contest, and you use your gift cards on a stay by September 25, you could leverage that into another free stay. (And if you use the gift cards by October 31 you can earn MegaBonus credits towards another free night.
It’s interesting that Fairfield is offering weekend getaways, since my mental model of the chain or how I’ve found them useful in the past is business stays in smaller cities. And in fact they pass along a business travel survey as well finding that 76% of people find they’re more prepared in life because of business travel; 86% value time with family and friends more because of their time on the road; 83% value personal time more; 92% say they’re a better traveler overall; 76% believe they’re viewed as experts by their friends.
So here’s the contest, $250 Fairfield Inn gift cards to each of two randomly selected readers who tell me in the comments what you look for in a business hotel?
How To Enter
- Enter with an answer to the question, “What do you look for in a business hotel?”
- This is the official entry post. Leave your entries as a comment to this post.
- You may enter only one time per 24 hours, you need to wait at least 24 hours from your previous entry to enter again. Make sure not to leave more than one comment in this thread every 24 hours under any circumstances or you will disqualify yourself.
- Contest ends, and your last chance to enter, September 5th at 5pm Eastern time.
- The winner will be chosen at random. In the usual fashion for giveaways, with the assistance of Random.org.
- All judgments, interpretations, and decisions by me are final. By entering you agree to that, agree not to give me a hard time, acknowledge that I am trying to give something to my readers and not taking anything from Marriott or Fairfield Inn to do this. So please please please you agree not to give me a hard time or sue me. There, that’s my legalese, thank you!
Got questions about this contest? Email them to me, as they may get lost in the entry comments.
Good luck!
Free wifi
Evening happy hours
Hot breakfast, wifi.
Clean/comfy bed and good wi-fi.
Wifi and free breakfast
fast wifi
A decent bed and fast wifi
location, location, location
Both Wifi and a confortable space also free breakfast would not be bad:)
Clean and a comfortable bed. Plus wifi
I look for break-fast. Mmmm.
I look for a great club floor.
I look for free breakfast —-
Clean clean clean!
Location, wifi and breakfast
comfortable chair in the room w/free wi-fee.
Breakfast with hot foods. And, of course, comfortable bed and pillows.
reliable wifi and a nice desk to get some work done before meetings
Free WiFi and a hot breakfast
I look for complimentary wifi and a good breakfast in a clean room with a comfortable bed.
Ooh, second the power outlets!
I look for free wi-fi and breakfast.
In deciding between business hotels, I will always prefer the one which has a location that allows me to take a walk in the morning/evening and which has walkable amenities such as restaurants and shops.
Good service, and location
Location and clean room.
Location, location, location
Points, points, points, and location
I want a hotel where the towel rack is not on the other side of the bathroom from the shower. What poor planning!!
I also look for cleanliness.
I look for a hotel that is clean, close to where I need to go, and has free internet!
Reliable WiFi (not just the lobby … not just sometimes … not terribly slow)
comfy bed and wifi
I look for fast, free wifi in a hotel for a business stay
Location is most important to me
Points and promotions are most important factors!
Location is the most important to me but a good bed is also important
clean room, comfortable bed, good internet connection and free breakfast
Free breakfast, free internet terminals (not just wifi), free airport shuttle, downtown location.
I look for an on-property restaurant named for a local sports hero with an extensive collection of athletic memorabilia and relics from bygone eras lining the walls. Especially important is that my waiter introduces him/herself by name and ensures me that he/she will be “taking care of [me].”
Easily available plugs for charging, fast reliable internet.
Wifi and a decent brekfast.
lots of outlets and cleanliness
Comfy bed
Wifi and easy to reach plug-ins.
Good reading lighting and cleanliness.
With regard to a business hotel, my top 3 criteria are location, location and location.
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comfy bed and decent shower
Comfortable bed, free breakfast, wifi, and a pool
Clean room, free wi-fi, and lots of points!
A comfortable bed in a quiet room. And breakfast.