What are your favorite Marriott family resorts and hotels?

I don’t mean family as in children will be along, I mean family as in hotel brands under the Marriott umbrella.

I haven’t been there in a long time, but I used to quite like the Seattle Westin , which is in downtown Seattle, where there are tons and tons of things to do. Downtown has the historic public market, monorail to the world’s fair site, science center, opera, ballet, theaters, symphony, music, shopping, underground Seattle, great restaurants, ferry trips across Puget Sound, and that’s just from downtown. The area has the Pacific Ocean, lakes, forests, great mountains, a volcano, and Vancouver, Canada is just a few hours’ drive away.

Speaking of which, there are several hotels owned by that chain in Vancouver, B.C., a city I’d recommend perhaps more than Seattle. I’ve stayed in at least one of them (the Metropolitan), but I see it’s rate is listed at about five times what I paid for it, though I guess that was hmm… 15 or so years ago. Still, egad! It’s nice but not worth 450 CAD per night.

Dang, there are even four that-chain-owned hotels is Paris, France, and thee of them are cheaper than the Metropolitan in Vancouver! I’d rather be in Paris… or, let’s see, yep, Rome, Florence, Venice, London, etc…

Pier South Resort, Imperial Beach

Does Marriott still put the book of Mormon in every hotel room, in the night stand? That always bothered me.

@elbanditoroso I’ll check tonight at my hotel. I’m staying at an actual Marriott, usually I’m at Residence Inn or some other Marriott brand. Lots of hotels used to put a Bible in the nightstand, I don’t know how often that is done now. The Book of Mormon doesn’t bother me any more than any other Bible.

I don’t go to big resorts. Ever. Not my (our) thing at all. I don’t travel to be around large crowds of people; I travel to see, enjoy, and learn about foreign places.

@SnipSnip Not all Marriott affiliated hotels are big resorts. It’s not going to be a 6 room B&B, but some of the boutique hotels like the Autograph collection have unique decore and range in size. Still near popular tourist areas though, so not going to be out in the country.

Yes! There is a Book of Mormon in my Marriott nightstand. There is also a Holy Bible.

Wonder if you can request a Koran…

I never knew about the Marriott-Mormon connection. Just googled it. According to Wikipedia, they’re supposed to also have a Bible in each room.

J Willard Marriott

Read the bio above – born in Utah and a devout Mormon

JW Marriott Jr spoke at my high school graduation.

I’ve known the Marriott Mormon connection for many many years, I’m fine with it. Marriott was welcoming gay marriage weddings and receptions since way before the Supreme Court decision. The mainstream Mormons that I know are no different than any other group of people who go to church on Sundays, and even better they understand what it’s like to be a religious minority in the USofA. The very fundamental Mormons are of course annoying like any very religious group, and the very extreme sects that have child brides, cast out young men, and don’t let their flock leave the walls of their compounds should be put in jail.

@JLeslie They also used to teach that black people bear the mark of the devil.

And the Mormons baptise Jews after they die to Mormonism.

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I know all of those things. I thought they stopped that baptizing Jewish people thing. Of course that’s offensive and horrible.

As far as them being racist, as long as they are not racist now, I’m not going to worry about years ago. Probably more than half the Christians in the South were outright racist 70+ years ago; the KKK claimed to be very Christian. I also am not going to group all Mormons together, there are various sects and they vary greatly, just like so many religions.

@elbanditoroso: It’s not just Jews, it’s many people. I used to work at a government archives and the Mormons would come in and obtain lists of deceased and baptise the list.

I prefer the Marriott family home, until the court order that is.