Best Western is the world's largest hotel chain. Everyone can be assured a comfortable, affordable room and overall pleasant experience awaits them at any Best Western location.
Best Western is the world's largest hotel chain and still growing. They actively accomplish this feat by allowing other hotels to become Best Westerns. Any privately owned hotel or motel could apply to become a Best Western. The applicant hotel must then meet a certain minimum set of standards before being allowed to use the Best Western name. The main similarities I have seen pertain to the quality of the rooms and customer service. At any motel or hotel using the Best Western name, a clean and comfortable room is guaranteed. The customer service at the front desk is always helpful and friendly whether you're in Seattle, Atlanta, or anywhere between.
While a comfortable, clean room and friendly customer service is guaranteed at every location, available amenities and building design vary widely from location to location. Commonly available amenities include a swimming pool, hot tub, complimentary hot or cold breakfasts, exercise rooms, and Internet access. Location design can vary anywhere between a 40 room drive up motel to a 672 room resort hotel. Many Best Western locations are rated in the AAA tour book and the Mobil travel guide. Best Western publishes a 360-page hotel guide that lists every location, their available amenities, and price range. Since there is such a diverse pool of Best Westerns available to stay at, be sure to check the list of amenities available at the locations in the area before making a reservation.
For the frequent traveler, Best Western's Gold Crown Club awards frequent stay points, similar to frequent flier miles, which can be used for free stays at any of the 4,100 locations worldwide. The points can also be redeemed for gift cards, merchandise, and other products and services that are available on their website of www.goldcrownclub.com. Gold Crown Club points can also be transferred into frequent flier miles for many different airlines. Elite levels are available starting at 15 stays per year. Elite level club members are entitled to complimentary room upgrades, early check-in and late checkout privileges, dedicated level-exclusive priority service, special offers, and annual recognition gifts. This is the best hotel customer rewards program out there. Nothing even comes close.
The most widely sought after amenity is a good complimentary breakfast. Many Best Westerns now offer hot items, such as eggs and sausage, along with the more traditional continental breakfast. A few have a full hot breakfast buffet. (One location I spent a good deal of time at in Madison, WI offers a made to order hot breakfast with 3 different combinations.) Several Best Westerns have a restaurant with breakfast available, but not complimentary. This is unusual however, and is only found at high-end locations.
Price is always an issue when choosing a hotel. Generally speaking, the more amenities hotels have the higher the price. Also, hotels with a more desirable location tend to be higher priced. Since Best Western has such a wide variety of amenities and locations available, they most assuredly have rooms priced affordably for everyone.
Not only does Best western have great customer service, comfortable rooms, and a wide variety of available amenities, they also have more locations than any other hotel chain in the world. Everyone can be assured a comfortable, affordable room and overall pleasant experience awaits them at any Best Western location.
