Springhill Suites by Marriott Savannah Downtown Historic District

The room was large and its layout was better than average (including more then enough table space and seating). They even have separate restroom and bathroom. The view from the 6th floor was nice. I actually enjoyed walking towards the river/historic area. In my book it was not far or boring at all. You say it's farther from downtown, I say it's closer to other historic squares such as Pulaski. I actually enjoyed the lower 8 squares more than those located closer to the river. Also remember that there's a free shuttle going in circles (aka Forsyth loop - see www.connectonthedot.com/new-dot-express-shuttle-services for details). The parking situation was not an issue contrary to my expectations. There's a 5-level public garage on the same block. Basically, one building behind. We arrived around 6 pm, stayed for two nights, left around 10 am, and it cost me under $40.

Location was perfect, centrally located. Staff were wonderful, it's been quitting front desk, housekeeping, valet and the breakfast staff. The breakfast was always well stocked and warm. However, I wish they had more variety for the eggs and meat in the morning. The room lay out was a little odd with the two bathrooms, but we made it work. The beds were not as comfortable as I like but definitely not bad. One of the biggest problems was the extremely slow, and often broken elevators. Not the hotel's fault at all, but we tried to park in the garage behind the hotel and it was closed (broken) and unable to be accessed on our first day, which caused us to have to use valet. Once you check into valet they charge you for the entire stay immediately. We probably could have moved and gotten a refund, but we just gave up at that point due to the garage issues. During a busy check-in day the housekeeping also missed servicing our room one day. We didn't realize it until about dinner time and housekeeping was gone for the day, but we just asked clean towels to be delivered, and they were brought up immediately. Overall, it was a good stay and we enjoyed the hotel.

We went to Savannah for sights. The hotel located in the "downtown" area near historical district. It is about in 15 minutes of walk out of the River Street. Everything is pretty close. Savannah is a tiny town though so if you don't stay in the outskirts everything will be in your walking distance. There is a good parking garage just for $5 on weekends, so we paid $10 for two days and it is just one block out of the hotel or less than 5 minutes of walk. Hotel also has $40 valet parking, but I don't like valet parking at all. The hotel is pretty clean. Suites are roomy. Beds are comfy. We had separated shower and restroom in our suite (I mean toilet bowl and a sink in one room and a bath tube/shower and a sink in another room). Easy to check-in and check-out and they freeze just $1 security deposit on your credit card, compared to many hotels that freeze something about $100-400 we have stayed in. There are coffee maker, small fridge, microwave, iron in the room. We didn't go to a GYM so I can't tell you anything about it but where we did go was a pool. And it was good. They have a type a spa hot tube, unfortunately only 4 nozzles worked. But we still enjoyed getting in cold pool water after sitting in hot. The breakfast was amazing. Great choice: cereals, oatmeals, coffee, juice, viena waffles, toasts, scrambled eggs, turkey patties were served. It is a buffet type of breakfast - self-service.

The location was great, walking distance to everything. The room was spacious and comfortable, and the breakfast was good.

Cameron was amazing! He greeted us every time we re-entered the hotel, asked questions about our itinerary, and gave us a map of all the good places to eat in the area within walking distance from the hotel. The valet people were top tier too. Lil mama with the glasses, buddy with the dreads, and guy with the golds were all professional and down to earth. All we interacted with had a "can-do" and "I will" attitude and just seemed to be enjoying work and life.