The Upgraded Life in Atlanta
Apr. 13th, 2025 06:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerGeorgia Travelog #25
Atlanta - Sunday, 13 Apr 2025, 8am
"We've upgraded you to a suite," is a phrase I love to hear as a frequent traveler. It's not always a significant upgrade, though. Sometimes the suite is barely bigger than a regular room. Sometimes it's got more space but no extra furniture— so I'm just looking at a lot of empty floor and walls. Other times, like this time, it's an older, kind of worn-down hotel. Here's a walkthrough of our upgraded room at a hotel just outside ATL airport:
Other than the noise outside the room (and flashing lights) from the parking lot that lasted until past 11pm, other... not-so-enjoyable... aspects of our stay included a slow line at the front desk and slow, creaky elevators. I mean, when the door doesn't even open and close smoothly, you wonder about the mechanical soundness of the lift and safety mechanisms. OTOH, once we closed the doors the sound from outside was muffled, and the bed was deliciously firm. I slept better than I did most of this past week on too-soft hotel mattresses.
Lest I sound like I'm looking a gift horse in the mouth, let me be clear that I do appreciate this upgrade. The extra space (and extra furniture!) was useful even on our one-night stay. As an elite benefit, it's nice. It's just that if I had a paid a lot of extra money for this suite... well, I'd probably wish I'd paid that money to get a nicer basic room at a nicer hotel.
Atlanta - Sunday, 13 Apr 2025, 8am
"We've upgraded you to a suite," is a phrase I love to hear as a frequent traveler. It's not always a significant upgrade, though. Sometimes the suite is barely bigger than a regular room. Sometimes it's got more space but no extra furniture— so I'm just looking at a lot of empty floor and walls. Other times, like this time, it's an older, kind of worn-down hotel. Here's a walkthrough of our upgraded room at a hotel just outside ATL airport:
Other than the noise outside the room (and flashing lights) from the parking lot that lasted until past 11pm, other... not-so-enjoyable... aspects of our stay included a slow line at the front desk and slow, creaky elevators. I mean, when the door doesn't even open and close smoothly, you wonder about the mechanical soundness of the lift and safety mechanisms. OTOH, once we closed the doors the sound from outside was muffled, and the bed was deliciously firm. I slept better than I did most of this past week on too-soft hotel mattresses.
Lest I sound like I'm looking a gift horse in the mouth, let me be clear that I do appreciate this upgrade. The extra space (and extra furniture!) was useful even on our one-night stay. As an elite benefit, it's nice. It's just that if I had a paid a lot of extra money for this suite... well, I'd probably wish I'd paid that money to get a nicer basic room at a nicer hotel.
