I travel extensively, mainly for business, but als...

I travel extensively, mainly for business, but also personal when I get the opportunity to. I stay at Hilton properties about 99% of the time as I enjoy their consistency and amenities. As a business traveler I will not stay here again. The staff are great, let me say that much for the place. Everyone was very helpful and friendly. The grounds themselves are nice, the room was spacious and clean, and I appreciate the fact that neighboring room noises cannot be heard. Here's the downsides.....

Depending on what building you stay in, you will not be conveniently located to amenities. The workout room? That's in a separate location up on top of the hill, and not a short distance away, again depending on your room location. Restaurants? Depending on what's open, one is at the far end of the property, up the hill (nice view), and the other is down at the opposite end of the place by the golf shop. **Side note here for anyone using their corporate cards...the terminals in the restaurants are coded as "gift/novelty shop" and not as a restaurant, so your cards may not be accepted, depending on your company's policies.** The dinner menu is limited, and the wine prices were high, even for a hotel restaurant. Here to golf? That's about a 1/4 mile away, and of the two tennis courts, there was one good net.

The worst part is the exterior noise levels. If you are in the main building facing the pools, it will be noisy. Due to the orientation of the walkways and buildings, you will hear people walking and talking, or carts and bags rolling, as the sound both echoes off the walls and the walkways. The large pool area in the back played host to two large parties (with DJ's, etc) during the week I was there that ran past the 10pm cutoff by about 20 minutes or so, and then there was the loud party goers wandering through the parking lots back to their rooms.

Tonight was the topper as a large delivery truck pulled into the lot below my room, backed up several feet with it's reverse beeper beeping, and then idled as it prepared to offload. Thankfully it cut it's motor for the main duration of the work, but a delivery truck pulling in at 8:35 PM is a little much.

Like I mentioned, I'm a business traveler, and I often work at times that require early starts to my day. But even if I were getting to sleep in and relax a bit, the overall noise and inconvenience of this place would keep me from coming back.