SYD airport hotels

[Foreigner]

4* Rydges (317 rooms) will open in 2013. Is there tentative opening date?

Pluses are new facilities, train/taxi/bus options, convenience from/to airport.

Other than Rydges, other accommodation options are:

- Stamford Plaza

- Holiday Inn

- Novotel Brighton Beach

- Mercure (previously Hilton)

- Ibis

- Airport International

 

[simongr]

Why do people stay at airport hotels? Is it just for the early flights or long transits? Aren't they horribly expensive and not that great?

 

[Daver6]

Living in PER, I've stayed at the IBIS once and Stamford several times for work. Certainly cheaper than a comparable CBD hotel. Only reason I stayed there is I had meetings/conducting business in the area. Otherwise, can't see a reason to stay there.

I also know airport hotels will often be used for meeting where everyone needs to fly in for the meeting.

 

[markis10]

THere is also a Quest property.

Sydney Airport Apartment Accommodation - Quest Mascot

 

[NM]

Why do people stay at airport hotels? Is it just for the early flights or long transits? Aren't they horribly expensive and not that great?

I only use them if I have a short overnight transit. My last was at MEL Airport HI when I arrived into MEL late morning, caught Skybus to city worked the afternoon in Melbourne, caught Skybus back to the airport that evening and stayed at HI. Was then ready for a breakfast session in FLounge the following morning while awaiting QF93 departure.

 

[The Rok]

The Holiday Inn @ Sydney does a really good breakfast. I used to stay there a lot for meetings where everyone flew in from different states.

 

[Justinf]

There is also the Formule 1.

 

[Foreigner]

There is also the Formule 1.

Aah, of course. (I'm told this property is somewhat different than other F1's... There's a bar also.)

 

[mella2007]

I've stayed at the Stamford once when it was newly opened. Great size room, room service food good, nice view and no noise.

 

[markis10]

Aah, of course. (I'm told this property is somewhat different than other F1's... There's a bar also.)

Isnt that an Ibis - F1 with a bar????

 

[Foreigner]

Isnt that an Ibis - F1 with a bar????

The Ibis is on O'Riordan Street whereas the F1 is within airport parameter adjacent to the fast food outlets on Ross Smith Ave.

 

[Justinf]

Aah, of course. (I'm told this property is somewhat different than other F1's... There's a bar also.)

I stayed there on the night of the NRL grand final. Flew up from Melbourne and as it was a long weekend and grand final weekend, the city hotels were too expensive. The 'bar' isn't really a bar from what I could tell. It was just a room where you could buy booze. It didn't look inviting at all. There was no difference between it and the Formule 1 at Melbourne airport, which I have stayed in.
Have stayed at the Stamford Plaza a few times. Perfectly fine. If going for a footy weekend in Sydney, often staying there is much cheaper than staying in the CBD. And if I only have hand luggage, it's a five-min walk from the Domestic terminal to check in and then a 10-min walk to Mascot train station which only costs $3 to get into Central station (thus avoiding the $16 it costs from Domestic station close by). Then after the game and a few beers, it's back to the Stamford Plaza for the night (getting off at Mascot station and avoiding the ripoff airport surcgarge) where it's then an easy 5-min walk to the terminal for the flight home the following day. I usually book a 1pm departure, which allows a sleep in and and hour and a half in the Lounge.
So sometimes airport hotels can be used as a cost-effective way of travelling for the leisure traveller.

 

[markis10]

The Ibis is on O'Riordan Street whereas the F1 is within airport parameter adjacent to the fast food outlets on Ross Smith Ave.

I know they are different, it just so happens the Ibis is pretty much the same as the F1 re decor and hose out bathroom, but has a bar, I was not aware the F1 had one!

 

[Justinf]

The Ibis is on O'Riordan Street whereas the F1 is within airport parameter adjacent to the fast food outlets on Ross Smith Ave.

I think there was a tongue firmly planted in markis10's cheek when he typed that.

 

[Foreigner]

So sometimes airport hotels can be used as a cost-effective way of travelling for the leisure traveller.

And the non-leisure traveller, too. Reminds me of my stay at Sofitel Chicago O'Hare. Close to airport, short walk to train station to city centre. Shuttle services to airport and nearby shopping centre. And significantly cheaper than city hotels during busy periods.

 

[markis10]

I think there was a tongue firmly planted in markis10's cheek when he typed that.

Absolutely, although work wanted to know what I thought of it when they put me up at the Ibis a few years ago (HO is in Alexandria), F1 with a bar was my response.

 

[blu]

We got a good rate from hotel site (for o/n stay about two weeks back), at HI.
Room, breakfast (x2), dom shuttle and undercover car parking for 4 days for about $250 (or $270?). Eitherway we were happy with it. We normally use the Stamford with additional parking at $20pd.

 

[Fantic125]

I've stayed at the Sydney Ibis a few times prior to catching late morning/early afternoon Int flights out.

This is mainly because I've been caught out a few times now when my ADL-SYD flight has been delayed, and while I've been able to make the connecting flight my luggage hasn't (these have usually been multi-destination trips across different climates where HLO isn't an option).


I've also stayed at airport hotels in LHR, KUL, CLE, ORD and SIN, but the airlines have paid for those stays....

 

[Blinky]

Sort of off topic, but 40 years ago (in two weeks time) my wife and I stayed at the now Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport on the evening of our wedding before going to Fiji on our honeymoon early next morning. We might just do the same thing before flying off in two weeks time, even though we don't need to.

 

[markis10]

Sort of off topic, but 40 years ago (in two weeks time) my wife and I stayed at the now Holiday Inn on the evening of our wedding before going to Fiji on our honeymoon early next morning. We might just do the same thing before flying off in two weeks time, even though we don't need to.

Are you sure, the HI at the Airport is not 40 years old, it was built as a Parkroyal in 82, unless you mean the HI Melbourne Airport which if course just celebrated 60 years!

http://www.etravelblackboard.com/ar...rport-recreates-history-to-celebrate-60-years