The Fairfield Inn and Suites, San Bernardino, February 2012
During the long Presidents' Day weekend, Marc and I decided to fly to Los Angeles, rent a car, and travel to Palm Springs. At that time, we had lived in California for over 20 years and had heard so much about Palm Springs, yet, we never vacationed there. Fares to Palm Springs directly from SFO cost a fortune and so Marc decided to buy plane tickets to Los Angeles instead with his free travel vouchers courtesy of UNITED. The drive was not bad at all. We decided to stay mid way between LA and Palm Springs, San Bernardino to be exact, to cut expenses. We booked a room at the Fairfield Inn and Suites of the Marriott Chain of Hotels. Marc travels a lot for his line of work and he is loyal to the Marriott Group of Hotels. He loves to earn points and he gets free stays every so often. It was a no brainer which hotel to stay in during this trip.
Our hotel in San Bernardino for our weekend getaway to Palm Spirngs
The Fairfield Inn and Suites of the Marriott Hotel Chain in San Bernardino
The lobby of the Fairfield Inn and Suites
Another view of the same lobby
The front desk where hotel guests normally check in and out
One of the hotel's hallways
Whenever possible, we try to stay in a room that is not at ground level and whose door could not be opened straight from the street like many old motels all over the US. We have stayed in many of them but we just don't feel as safe and secure in them.
The door of our room
The bed
A side chair and bedside table
The bedside table on the other side of the bed
The hotel closet, quite sufficient I might add for any traveler. I don't understand why I did not take pictures of the closet's interior. It usually has a portable luggage rack, an ironing board, a flat iron, and hangers.
The usual work desk
The flat screen TV on top of the usual dresser with a bible in one of its drawers
The bath tub
A partial view of the bath tub. I liked the striped pastel colored shower curtain
The toilet, no bidets in US bathrooms, folks.
The vanity with soap and face and hand towels