Our family’s passion for travel means we spend a good deal of time throughout the year in hotels. While we live in a nice home in a residential suburb of Cleveland, and have a shared development Olympic size pool, our kids love the adventure of not only new travel locations, but also new hotels.
As soon as we get to the doorsteps of a new hotel, our kids favorite thing to do is grab a luggage cart and ride along with all of our belongings to our room. It then is only a matter of time when our family is all in our bathing suits and headed down to the pool.
So it came as no surprise when our middle son was turning 3 years old earlier this year, and requested a hotel pool party with the family. Our family used points to rent a room at the Staybridge Suites near Akron, Ohio, and had a great time entertaining family and giving our son a great time.
Since that time, we have now had countless requests to have another hotel pool party in 2015. So we have been keeping an eye on what options we have within a reasonable vicinity for our families to meet.
As luck would have it, a brand new Cambria Suites recently opened in Avon, Ohio. So I recently paid them a visit and arranged a private tour of the property to check out the rooms as amenities.
Most important amenity for our family is the pool. The hotel features an indoor pool and jacuzzi, adjacent to a fitness center.
Next, we took a look at four different room types.
First, was a corner room king bed suite. Most of the rooms we saw were brand new and had yet to even have anybody stay in them. The bedroom was separated by a small wall with a small sitting area. Both rooms featured flat screen TVs. The bathrooms were large and modern with walk-in showers. The room also featured a small kitchenette area with fridge, sink and microwave.
The next room was also a king bed suite, though this room was ADA accessible and featured a lot more open space. In lieu of a walk-in shower, these rooms featured a tub with shower chair.
The third room we saw was a standard 1 bedroom king suite. This room was the same format as the prior rooms. The only difference was the kitchen area was smaller with no sink.
The last room was a double queen room. Again, same amenities as the standard 1 bedroom king suite.
All rooms featured a pull-out sleeper sofa, though our boys would see the “L” shape design of the couch and likely sleep on it as is.
Overall, I was really impressed with the rooms and thought they could be an excellent property to evaluate in the future.
Adjacent to the main lobby was a large foyer/sitting area, business center, bar, and restaurant. Breakfast is not included in the nightly rate, so plan accordingly.
Cambria Suites Avon is part of the Choice Privileges rewards program, with rooms currently starting at $99 per night or 16,000 points.
While the hotel soft opened on December 14, 2014, the grand opening of all the rooms is scheduled for January 15, 2015.
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Source: InACents