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Sweet! Hotwire got us a king room at the fancy She...

Sweet! Hotwire got us a king room at the fancy Sheraton Downtown for $92! Boy did they get me alright... it truly was the $92 online special!

But they gave us the furthest room from the elevator on the 7th floor (I mentioned having 2 dogs & figured they would put us low & close to the exit like most hotels).

Observations:
- Quick & friendly check-in
- Decent views of the city & dumpsters in the alley
- Luggage cart had all flat tires & barely rolled
- Complicated & expensive parking ($12 to 22)
- Slowest & busiest elevators in the world
- No exhaust fan in the bathroom
- Bathroom TV doesn't work
- Room took over an hour to hit 68 degrees
- All the woodwork, floors & paint are beat up
- Area rug is full of old stains
- Bathroom door has gross splatter marks all over the glass
- Bathroom tile grout has turned from white/gray to brown
- No shower pressure & temperature constantly changes from luke warm to scalding hot
- Shower door is off the tracks, so you can't close it
- Warm bottle of Aquafina water on the table had a $4.99 price tag!
- Only one chair in the room for 2 people (picture shows 2 chairs)
- WORST BED IN AMERICA - hard, bouncy, and squeaky bed with non-supportive pillows (didn't sleep more than a couple hours). They advertise having some awesome mattress sleep system, but must've forgot it in the cheap rooms
- NO sound insulation from outside traffic, hallway, or other rooms. Sounded like a construction zone outside & a party inside at 11pm. Trash trucks coming and going through the alley ALL night long (rev bang bang crash beep beep rev)
- Loudest ice machine ever will scare you awake
- No trash bins outside the room, had to smell our Chinese food all night
- Free breakfast is only offered to VIP guests

Too bad Hotwire says "no refunds" because we would have turned around & walked out. We've had better rooms at Best Western & La Quinta for less than $92.

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