Parents Weekend Hotels need some help/advice

eadad
Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:07:57 +0000

EAmom and I have just decided to attend parent’s weekend since D wants us to attend her sorority’s Parents Cocktail that we missed last year.

The main downtown hotels are obviously sold out but I found availability at The Fairfield by Marriott at Columbiana Mall as well as two properties that are closer in, the Embassy Suites and Homewood Suites at Greystone (near the zoo) which are both only about 2 miles away.

Does anyone have any experience with either of these two? I read mixed reviews of the Embassy Suites which ranged from very nice to awful, dirty and old. The Homewood Suites are newer and are lower in Hilton’s pecking order but the rooms are $30 a night more expensive than the Embassy Suite which concerns me about the latter.

Any help would be appreciated here.

Thanks.