We stayed in a room with two queen beds on the third floor of this very new hotel. The hotel has some interesting architecture, a very chic lobby, and convenient covered parking.
The hotel is very quiet with no loud guests or traffic to be heard during our two nights there. The beds and pillows are extremely comfortable and induce very restful nights of sleep. The coconut lime soaps and shampoos are very nice. Instead of the normal 9 or 10 channels you find at most hotels, the rooms each have a huge selection of HD channels via DirectTV. The hotel is located a very short distance from Redondo Beach and about 15 minutes from Long Beach.
Not everything was perfect… the rooms are too narrow for two queen beds. There is very little room between the air conditioner and the bed. The louvers on the A/C are also not adjustable which means the cool air will blow directly on you. I am guessing this wouldn’t be an issue in one of the single king bed rooms. The toilet and tub room were also cramped — on the border of being claustraphobic.
Prior to leaving the Phoenix area we had looked online and found very few places in either Bisbee or Tombstone that had any vacancies. The few that did had miserable ratings on TripAdvisor. We found that the Hampton Inn in Sierra Vista not only appeared to be new but also had received good ratings.
After a long day of driving and then touring Bisbee, AZ we were definitely ready for a place to get a good night of sleep. Upon arriving at the hotel we could definitely tell it was new. After checking in we made our room on the top (3rd floor). When we booked the room online I had put a request for an upper floor room in the “Notes” section. We were glad to see the request had been honored.
I had never stayed at a Hampton Inn but had always thought that they were meant to be on par with Marriott’s Fairfield Inn brand. However, at least with this new hotel, it appears Hilton is attempting to take the Hampton Inn brand to a higher level but at a reasonable cost. We paid $99 for a room with one king bed (AAA rate, not including tax). Non-AAA rates appear to range from $119 to $149.
The hallway was well lit and nicely decorated. Each room had a little picture next to the room number. This would be great if you are someone who has trouble remembering numbers. For example, in our case we could just look for the Liberty Bell if we couldn’t remember we were in room 315.
With this as our medium, we hope to showcase a little something about our lives together, to share with you some of the things that we both enjoy doing (and eating!) and hopefully inspire you to enjoy life like we do.
Life is a big wonderful trip where the end is never in sight. So let us all enjoy how exciting it is, how delicious and how challenging it can sometimes be.
Take out your traveling shoes and let’s go while we’re young!
