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BEST WESTERN PLUS Palm Desert – reviews, photos

3.0 of 5
74695 Highway 111, Palm Desert, CA 92260
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Ranked #13 of 22 hotels in Palm Desert
4.0 of 5 stars 150 Reviews
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Calgary
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11 reviews 11 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
12 helpful votes 12 helpful votes
“good value, average hotel”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 January 2012

My friend and I were looking for something in Palm Springs close to the golf courses like Indian Wells and the PGA tournament that was going on in La Quinta. This hotel is on highway 111, the main drag through all of the towns comprising Palm Springs. It is central and close to malls, theatres, and most of the golf courses (Indian Wells was 2 minutes away, La Quinta about a 15-20 minute drive). Unfortunately I found the room to be fairly average to oldish - with a very strong smell of cleaning product that greeted us when we entered. The safe was not reset and the room wasn't serviced/cleaned until the late afternoon, which was a bit annoying to return to on our second day there. However the price was fairly reasonable and the location was nice and central in Palm Springs, so a decent hotel for the money overall.

  • Stayed January 2012, travelled with friends
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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AZ
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12 reviews 12 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“Good breakfast, decent location, but walls paper thin”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 January 2012

We read the reviews and stayed at this hotel for 3 nights but barely got 1 good night's sleep. It felt like our neighbors were sleeping in our room - you could hear them snore, cough, drop something on the floor, flush, and engage in a few other things. The breakfast is great no doubt so that kind of makes up for the lack of sleep - coffee helped. Bring ear plugs or have a few strong shots at night to overcome the noise.

Room Tip: HIgher floors in the corner - avoid floors at the bottom!!!
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  • Stayed January 2012, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Long Beach, California
Top Contributor
87 reviews 87 reviews
Reviews in 45 cities Reviews in 45 cities
58 helpful votes 58 helpful votes
“Wonderful location and price”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 January 2012

We have stayed here many times and have never been disappointed. The location is great and the price is within our budget. Most of our favorites restaurants are very close by as well as the golf courses we like to play. We keep coming back, over and over again. We did not get to go to the pool this time but we were able to see it from our room.

  • Stayed January 2012, travelled with friends
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Los Angeles
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15 reviews 15 reviews
Reviews in 11 cities Reviews in 11 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
“Great hotel for one-night getaway!”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 January 2012

My husband and I visited this hotel for one night in October for a little getaway. (We're from L.A)

We had a good experience, but would probably stay closer to "the action" in Palm Springs next time.

We were given a ground floor room overlooking a courtyard and the pool. The room had hard wood floor which was kind of unique. The paint in the bath tub had seen better days, and it was an older style tube TV... but other than that everything else felt modern and clean.

We used the jacuzzi in the evening and the chlorine smell was extremely strong...In the morning we used it again and it wasn't so bad though.

Breakfast is included and they give you 2 vouchers to turn in. They have a limited menu with made to order items. The food was good but I felt a little pressured that I wouldn't be able to make any changes or substitutions. So basically my option was healthy or not healthy. I couldn't have pancakes and fruit, for example. It was either pancakes and sausage/bacon or fruit and cereal. But hey - it's free - so I shouldn't really complain (I went with the unhealthy and it tasted great). We sat outside under a pretty boganvilla tree so it was very pleasant.

Ultimately - the hotel met our needs, but wasn't anything spectacular. I'm happy with that though. There are plenty of hotels in the area that looked run down and sketchy so if I wanted to go to Palm Dessert again and was on a budget I would consider the Best Western Plus.

Room Tip: Request a room facing the Courtyard/pool. They have balconies.
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  • Stayed October 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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big thicket Texas
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10 reviews 10 reviews
Reviews in 10 cities Reviews in 10 cities
15 helpful votes 15 helpful votes
“Disorganized”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 January 2012

Three things I look for in a hotel are clean, quiet, and convenient. The Best Western Plus Palm Desert (California) fulfilled those requirements for me however they blew it in another way. It goes without saying that I expect whatever room amenities are included actually work. In this case the TV problems were pathetic.

The in-room TV channel listing showed dozens of available choices but only a few actually worked. I called the front desk to complain and they literally told me that our set must be one of the older models that does not receive all the channels so they would bring us a new one.

After half an hour of watching cartoons I called the front desk again to inquire about our replacement TV. The phone just rang and rang for several minutes with no answer. Eventually the ringing sound changed to a dial tone. So I hit the "O" button once more and once again the phone just rang and rang for several more minutes. Finally the front desk clerk picked up and told me he had been busy. Obviously he knew the phone had been ringing for a long time and he was ignoring me. He said he would have the replacement TV to us in a half hour.

Sure enough, a full hour after my initial complaint he knocks on our door and takes our defective TV to another room nearby where he intended to swap it for the better one in that room. It seems that he not only knew our TV was bad before he rented the room to us but he knew exactly where a better one could be found. I have to wonder why he didn't just check us into that room in the first place.

While he is exchanging the TV's we went out to dinner. When we returned hours later we discovered that the remote control had disappeared. I called the front desk again. He said he would bring us another remote. Half an hour later I walked up to the front office and found the desk clerk lounging in the breakfast room watching TV with his feet up on a table. He was on his break I suppose while he makes us wait for a new remote control. I spotted another employee in the back office fiddling with a bunch of remotes swapping batteries. Apparently he was trying to find one that works.

Finally he handed me one and said he would check on us in a few minutes to make sure everything was OK. He never did show up at our room but fortunately the new remote and the replacement TV worked fine - and it only took four hours to get to that point.

This is an old hotel with peeling paint in our room and 1950's era yellow plastic tub-shower. I don't know how they justify calling this property a "resort." We had booked this place in advance at a discounted price using "Hotels.com." I have to wonder if this Best Western Plus actually has better rooms, but reserves their steerage class rooms for customers like us who use discounter web sites.

  • Stayed December 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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  • Best Western Palm Desert
  • Palm Desert Best Western
Address: 74695 Highway 111, Palm Desert, CA 92260
Price range (per night):* INR4,403 - 6,409

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