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!
Fast internet
A comfortable chair and a desk with good lighting.
I look for a well equipt gym.
Clean, safe comfortable room. Free WI-fi. Free breakfast.
Free or reliable WiFi.
Fast, free internet
Clean and close to where I am working.
Clean, quiet, wifi, and decent customer service.
A clean room.
Fast, free internet and breakfast.
I look for price vs. location and amenities, just like I do with leisure travel. There are some low daily rates out there with great amenities, but you lose that savings and more in transit costs (both monetary and sheer effort).
Free Internet – good breakfast is key for me in order to be called a great business hotel.
Clean, comfortable room is a must. Wifi and great customer service is also a must. Good location, good breakfast, nice staff, always makes it better.
Realiable Internet.
Comfy bed. Good exercise room with a good variety of dumbells and a treadmill/elliptical, hot good breakfast available.
I look most for a good location and internet connection. If the shower has decent pressure and controls, that’s gravy.
cleanliness, consistency, and quiet
Number 1 Priority – Cleanliness
I look for a hotel with complimentary Wi-Fi and breakfast.
Free wi-fi
Free wifi and convenient location
In addition to Complimentary Breakfast & WiFi, the overall quality of the hotel in its entirety is what seems to seal the deal for me. Everything from the kind of service I receive from the hotel staff all the way to how comfy the sheets feel and everything else in between.
Fast free wifi and easy access to transportation.
Complimentary Breakfast and Wifi are a must!
A really comfortable bed – a good night’s sleep is critical to performing well in meetings the next day
Free breakfast. Wifi throughout hotel.
A good lounge/meeting room for evening (relaxed) informal meet ups w/coworkers
Complimentary wi-fi and breakfast
Cleanliness and a good breakfast.
I look for free airport pickup and a good breakfast.
lounge!
I want complimentary parking, wi-fi, and breakfast. A comfortable bed and a casual room decor will be a plus.
I look for a comfortable bed, good breakfast and wi-fi.
Bathroom that doesn’t smell like you know what.
Free wifi and free breakfast
Free wi-fi, no bed bugs, and location, location, location.
Free wifi in rooms and lobby, lucrative award program and promotions, and location near social activity..
I look for a comfortable bed, free wi-fi and a GOOD copying machine in the business center!
Good quality wi-fi is essential. Free wi-fi is icing on the cake.
All I ask for is speedy wifi and roomy desk.
Fast internet and a hot breakfast.
free fast internet, good location
I am looking for a comfortable rooms with free breakfast.
For business travel I’m looking for a place with good wireless connection and in a convenient location to work. A comfy bed is always a plus!
A chance of an upgrade, breakfast and nice front desk staff
Must be clean and have a decent breakfast.
For my business trips, I generally look for location, comfort, price, and high-speed internet. The most important will be location (needs to be near where my clients or work). Upgrades and breakfast are always nice perks though. 🙂
Recognize loyalty status & comfy bed!!
A clean, quiet room with a reasonably comfortable bed.
Peace and quiet. (9/1 3:14 PT)