I had to make last minute travel plans to Atlanta, Georgia. My wife went online to Priceline.com and put in a bid for a hotel room of $40.00 a night for 3 nights. The bid came back with the Fairfield Inn & Suites-Marriott in Suwannee, Georgia. The total for all three nights with taxes was $144.57.
The Priceline site gave the Fairfield’s address as 105 Gwinco Blvd. and the Fairfield Inn’s web site gave the address as 105 Celebration Drive. My older TomTom could not find the Celebration Drive address but could locate the 105 Gwinco Blvd location. As it turns out, the Fairfield Inn is on Celebration Drive. I guess I need to update my TomTom.
As I had a 12 hour drive ahead of me, I thought I would call the Motel about 2:00pm, and let them know I would not be arriving until after 8:00pm local time. The receptionist said that would not be a problem as my room was guaranteed.
TomTom got me to the area without any problems, except for the fact that the Fairfield Inn is not visible from the interstate or the main intersection. It is even difficult to see from the street, until you are right in front of it.
I arrived about 8:15pm and the gentleman/receptionist had my reservation and room ready. There were complementary cookies at the front desk and he offered me a $5.00 off coupon for Outback Steakhouse which was located just two doors down the street.
The room was your typical clean motel room. TV with local channels, CNN, HBO, PBS and sports channels. Two twin beds, desk, iron and ironing-board, in-wall AC/heat and a closet area to hang your clothes. The alarm clock/radio not only could receive the local NPR station but also had a connection for my MP-3 player.
Breakfast: The complementary breakfast consisted of hot waffles that you cooked right there, hot biscuits and gravy, hot oatmeal with fixings of raisins and nuts if you wanted them, egg and sausage and egg and bacon sandwiches, a selection of cold cereals, milk, juice, assorted fruit yogurts, chilled grapefruit and mixed fruit cups, hard boiled eggs, fresh bananas and apples, and of course toast, coffee and tea. So I guess there was something for everyone.
The staff: They were friendly and welcoming and very knowledgable about the area. They were especially knowledgable about how to negotiate the local travel-ways.
Other ammenities: The hotel has a pool, hot-tub, USA-Today News paper, 24 hour coffee and tea, a computer (1) with internet access in the lobby and free WiFi in your room. Their web site says there also is a fitness center, coin operated laundry facilities on site and free parking.
In the immediate area I saw host a of eateries such as, Applebee’s, Checker’s Burgers, Outback Steakhouse, Wendy’s Burgers, Cracker Barrel and Chinese restaurants.
Location: 105 Celebration Drive · Suwanee, Georgia 30024 USA. This is about 30 miles NE of downtown Atlanta, off of I-85 (I-85 & Hwy. 317).
