Wingate by Wyndham Joliet

I have always enjoyed staying at the Wingate by Wyndham. The hotel was very clean and the room was great, despite me accidentally reserving a smoking room. Unfortunately we were unable to change rooms since the hotel was completely booked due to the CPX event. However, the front desk was the most unpleasant point of contact at that hotel. I forget her name, she was young and had short, blonde hair, but she was incredibly unpersonable and seemed very pre-occupied with her iPhone. Our room had a better personality than her. I would highly recommend that she no longer work on the front lines, because she is the one that gives incoming clients their first and last impression...and she left an impression. Other than that, it's clean, cheap and it was really close to the event we were attending.

Checking in was very easy, the night staff was incredibly polite and friendly. I wasn't that impressed with the bathrooms but did enjoy the bed, linens, and pillows. Our plans had changed unexpectedly and we asked if we could have a late check out time and wouldn't mind paying extra. The morning staff was very rude and didn't even look to see if we could and immediately said no. I ended up having to rush and pack up my items. I would have really loved a late check out as we traveled over 5 hours for a funeral in the area and wouldn't have minded a breather after such a long day. The breakfast was an okay hot breakfast. Bacon too crispy for my taste and the biscuits for the biscuits 'n gravy were rock hard. This was fixed by placing them in the microwave though. Overall, for the price we paid for two nights, it was a pretty good deal. Not in a bad area of Joliet either! A McDonalds and KFC are within walking distance.