Red Room Chronicles

Marriott Rewards members can now earn Air France/KLM miles for stays at Marriott Hotels.

Marriott Rewards(R) and Air France/KLM to Offer Airline Miles for Hotel Stays

Last year I fell short of the 75 stay nights required to regain my platinum status, but since I was over 50 nights I was degraded to the shadow world of gold elite status. I didn’t even know such a level existed, but it does. Heck, there’s even a silver elite status. The discernable differences are small. Platinum guest have the 48-hour reservation guarantee and also the platinum arrival gift. The gift was usually water and cookies at everywhere but full service Marriott locations. You still get concierge level access with gold status and that is far more valuable than the other two perks as far as I’m concerned. I guess I’ve found that it’s not so bad living in the shadow of platinum status after all.

Identifying Information
Marriott Brand: Courtyard
Location: Westborough, MA
Property Web Page: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/BOSBR

Critique of the Property
Common Areas: Your run of the mill Courtyard design, with a small lobby, a restaurant and a pool. There’s a nice sized lounge area with a TV and a fireplace. Small gym with three treadmills an exercise bike and a weight machine combo. The hallways smell pretty musty and the carpeting in the elevator is very worn.

Guest Rooms: Dark blue bed skirts with a golden border. The king size bed has a white duvet and five medium size, but firm pillows. There’s a strange strip of multi-colored fabric that matches the bed skirt draped across the foot of the bed. It’s only purpose appears to be to break up the plainness of the white duvet. There’s standard four drawer dresser with a TV on top, an orange sofa with a small oval coffee table. The desk and chair are very standard. Wired high speed internet access is free.

Other Amenities: Plenty of parking. There’s a small kiosk in the lobby, basically two small, stacked refrigerators where they sell ice cream, soda and assorted small snack items.

Things To Watch Out For: The desk chair in my room is right in front of the in wall A/C unit, causing cold air to blow right up my back. Rooms on the highway side are subject to the constant din on traffic from Interstate 495.

Staff: Friendly

What’s Nearby?

Not much. This one is located in an office park that borders the intersection of two main roads and it’s a few miles drive to the nearest convenience stores or gas stations.

Restaurants: Friendly’s, McDonald’s, Picadilly Pub and Restaurant
Other Marriotts: Residence Inn
Other Hotels: Wyndham, Extended Stay Deluxe, Extended Stay America