Best Hotel Deal In Chicago!

Chicago, the windy city, is a great place to visit! So when my daughter wanted to tour a college in Indiana, we took the opportunity to spend 15 hours in the windy city. Here's the almost free family travel way to tour Chicago. We dropped our rental car off at Midway Airport. No need for a car in the city plus parking rates are outrageous. The orange line runs directly from Midway Airport to downtown Chicago. Cost $3 per person each way. Took 30 minutes. I found a hotel at the State/Lake train stop so we wouldn't have to drag our suitcases very far. The Comfort Suites on Michigan Avenue was $110 per night including breakfast. If you follow my blog at all, you know how much I love breakfast included. Now Comfort Suites is part of the Choice Brand. I am not usually a customer at this brand, but always sign up for the loyalty program if you stay outside of your chosen brand. You never know.

This hotel is a phenomenal deal. It's a suite so you have a pull out couch, kitchenette plus a bedroom with queen bed. Hot breakfast with waffles, eggs and yogurt was served in the morning. The location is amazing. 4 block walk from The Bean, right on Michigan Avenue so blocks from Garrett's, 1 block to the river and 5 blocks from the theatre where Hamilton is being performed.
I checked awardmapper.com, of course, when I started looking for hotels in Chicago, but you needed a lot of points for Starwood, Marriott and Hilton hotels in the area. So I started looking for more budget hotels near the State/Lake train stop since we had an early morning flight and I didn't want to drag a suitcase across town.
This hotel seemed perfect on paper and in reality was even better.
Other suggestions while in Chicago, Pizano's for deep dish Chicago pizza, Garrett's for carmel cheese popcorn, check out The Bean in Millenial Park, boat ride on the river and the giant statues on Michigan Ave. Of course, if you can score Hamilton tickets, definitely go see the show. The trick there is to wait until the last minute and prices drop on the resale sites. Good luck and enjoy the windy city!