Marriott @ Munich

One of the worst technical inventions ever is the messaging system at Marriott in Munich. The moment you have a new message waiting, your TV turns on and you can’t turn to any TV channel without reading and confirming the damn message. It’s like “ we know you’re there…pick up Neo… Ahhaaaa, you’re awake, gottcha!”. I mean, I’m in damn holiday, I want to sleep late in the morning and boom, TV turns on, scares the crap out of me and starts blinking. And because I was in holiday, the SPA area was closed for renovation. Then, like it wouldn’t be enough paying a load of money on the room, you have no broadband, it’s 20€ extra a day (why can’t it be like in US????). Breakfast though is reasonable, a nice start in the morning thinking you have to almost cross the city to get to the Expo center (Messe), because one of the Marriotts is exactly at the end of the world: come out of the highway and there it is, with a great 200 bucks view of a roof and a high glass building. And cocktails at the sports bar suck big time. They’re a combination of ready-mixed cocktails you can buy at Aldi or so and a cheap ass bottled juice with doubtful taste. Accor hotel in Baar (CH) has a better interior design and options than this Marriott. If you want to stay in Munich near Messe, go for Hotel Bauer in Feldkirchen; probably best cocktails in the area, tasteful rooms, reasonable service.