{"id":5228,"date":"2013-09-14T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/?p=5228"},"modified":"2014-12-29T18:37:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T23:37:39","slug":"aloft-ballantyne-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2013\/09\/14\/aloft-ballantyne-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Aloft Ballantyne Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday the 13th, a great day for travel? \u00a0Well, it didn’t start that way for me, but it ended okay. Glad I didn’t get checked into room 13! \u00a0The Aloft Ballantyne<\/a> is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, in a corporate park\/golf club\/suburban neighborhood. \u00a0There are probably two restaurants, bars and fast food outlets for every 1 person.<\/p>\n

The hotel is bright and modern, what you’d expect from an Aloft, and the staff has that traditional southern flare & hospitality I know and love.<\/p>\n

What I loved: Free parking, free wifi and the huge selection of magazines in the room (Wired, National Geographic, Food & Wine), the hotel participates in the Starwood Make A Green Choice program (250 points if you skip housekeeping), plenty of outlets in the room!<\/p>\n

What I didn’t love: like all other Alofts, the hotel only provides 1 pillow per person (two pillows on a king sized bed) and, like all other Alofts, they hotel only offers a 2-in-1 shampoo\/conditioner. It’s Bliss, which is a great product, but for those with long hair, you know why conditioner is a must.<\/p>\n

The Aloft Ballantyne is one of the Alofts that offers a hot, made-to-order breakfast. \u00a0The lobby features the WXYZ bar, which to my surprise, was hopping on a Friday night. \u00a0They offer great happy hour deals (that seems to be a theme with the Aloft hotels.)<\/p>\n

The hotel offers some great views, surprising for a corporate park hotel. From my room I could see the Ballantyne hotel (I’ll be there next) and a golf course. The sunset was amazing<\/p>\n

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The rooms are standard, you know what you get when you visit an aloft. The layout is well designed, the bed is – mostly – comfortable, the bathroom is sufficient and there are a lot of little extras – wireless printing, an audio\/visual center that allows you to connect your computer\/device to the TV in the room, \u00a0a magazine rack, ironing board\/iron, etc…<\/p>\n

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The hotel is clean, which is priority #1 in my book, priced competitively, and convenient. \u00a0I’d return to the Aloft Ballantyne.<\/p>\n

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