Chicago
Deals
- Congress Plaza Hotel: Weekday rates from $117, 7/17-8/15
- Best Western Grant Park: Weekday rates from $142, 7/17-8/15
- Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile: Weekday rates from $249, 7/17-8/15
Hotels
Marriott Chicago O'Hare

Composed of a 12-story main tower and connected three-story building, this hotel is 2.5 miles from the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 4.5 miles from O’Hare International Airport, and 13 miles from downtown. The hotel is popular with conventioneers and tour groups, who gather in a central lobby with living-room-style seating.
Marriott Chicago Schaumburg

- This 14-story hotel is set between corporate offices and a forest preserve, 1 mile south of Woodfield Shopping Center.
- Guestrooms with dark-wood furnishings offer cable TV, video-game consoles, and three types of Internet access.
- Amenities include indoor and seasonal outdoor pools; complimentary shuttle service is offered to the mall and nearby offices.
W Chicago Lakeshore

Business travelers and hipster vacationers appreciate the professional service and array of choices for mingling and relaxing such as the 33rd-floor Whiskey Sky Bar and the first-floor Wave Restaurant and Bar. The W Hotel's lobby offers comfortable lounging areas with a mirror-tiled waterfall behind the zig-zag marble reception desk, fresh flower and wheat-grass arrangments in white vases, carved-wood chairs, leather sofas and ottomans, wood floors, natural light, and ambient music.
Marriott Suites Chicago O'Hare

- Set on the east edge of OHare, this 11-story hotel is one-half mile from the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center.
- Suite-style guestrooms with refrigerators and two TVs feature separate living and sleeping areas set off by French doors.
- Amenities include a pool, exercise room, and separate mens and womens saunastheres also a business center.
The Westin O'Hare

This 12-story, completely non-smoking Westin is a favorite with corporate travelers, who appreciate the location, business and recreational facilities, and famously comfortable bedding. The marble lobby is an inviting space with a soothing waterfall, grouped leather seating, Benchmark restaurant, coffee shop, and sunken bar with plasma-screen TV.
Hilton Northbrook

Nestled among woodsy areas, this hotel offers a picturesque setting for business or social events. In the chandeliered marble lobby, an ornate tapestry hangs behind the registration desk, and palm trees and flowers fill brass planters. A nearby fireplace warms a separate sitting area, where guests relax and read.
Hotel Monaco Chicago - a Kimpton Hotel

Faux Greek columns set the stage for the eclectic decor of the Hotel Monaco's lobby, which is furnished with a fireplace and brushed-velvet couches piled with pillows. Returning guests are often addressed by name, and new guests complete a preference card that makes their next stay more personalized.
Sheraton Gateway Suites Chicago O'Hare

A casual restaurant bordered by comfortable lounging areas and live plants occupies the center of the Sheraton's skylit atrium and lobby. The hotel's friendly and knowledgeable staff directs guests to several event and meeting rooms surrounding the atrium. From Monday through Thursday, the clientele mostly consists of conventioneers. On weekends, wedding and other social parties and leisure travelers stay at the hotel.
Hyatt Regency Chicago

A two-story, glass-atrium lobby provides comfortable seating amidst trees, flowers, and a reflecting pool. Located within four blocks of Magnificent Mile shopping, Lake Michigan, and the Loop business and theater districts, the 36-story Hyatt Regency Chicago attracts business and leisure travelers. Extensive on-site meeting and event space makes it popular with conventioneers as well.
Hyatt Regency O'Hare

Distinguishable from afar by its four gleaming copper towers, this business- and family-friendly hotel has 100,000 square feet of meeting space. The two-tiered lobby offers leather bench seats. An abstract bronze sculpture juts through one side of the nine-story skylit atrium, the center of which is dominated by cylindrical glass elevators, dotted on the edges with sparkling lights.
Activities
- Architectural River Tour
- Chicago CityPass
- Chicago Grand Tour
- Chicago Grand Tour and Sears Tower Sky Deck
- Chicago North Side Tour
- Chicago Segway Tour
- Chicago Skyline Boat Tour
- Dinner at Morton's, The Steakhouse - Chicago
- Elegant Chicago Dinner Cruise
- Lakefront Speedboat Tour
- Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament
- Shoreline Water Taxis