We just spent a night at the Andaz Scottsdale Resort & Bungalows. We had a 16-hour overnight in Phoenix, so rather than staying at one of the (rather depressing) airport hotels, I figured it would be more fun to redeem World of Hyatt points and stay at a property that offers a bit more of an experience.
I’ll have a full review soon, but in this post I’d like to sort of address a topic more broadly. I think this hotel stay sums up why I really don’t particularly enjoy staying at most hotels in the United States. Essentially, I’d argue that we’ve basically seen the complete decoupling of price and quality when it comes to hotels, and that’s just hard for me to come to terms with…
To be clear, it’s not that the Andaz Scottsdale is a bad property… it’s not. Instead, it’s that more often than not when I stay at a hotel in the United States, I’m in disbelief at how much hotels are trying to charge, while offering so little. For what it’s worth, the hotel was charging around $1,100 per night including taxes & fees, and that seems to be the rate for most of the month (I redeemed 29,000 points).
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
