Homewood Suites

Whenever you’re traveling for leisure, it’s always best to get an extended stay kind of hotel if possible. You just NEVER know when you’re going to need a stove or microwave! This hotel was pretty pricey compared to other United States locations (50,000 points/​night), but this was booked during the weekend of the Women’s World Cup. I booked during the World Cup draw in December, and I am glad I did, as this hotel quickly sold out. There are not a lot of American chain hotels in Winnipeg.
The service was great at the front desk. As I entered and exited, I was always greeted by name. It should be noted there is an airport hotel shuttle that will take you anywhere within a 5 km radius, although airport pickups get priority. That’s fair.
The room was clean, and I was given a suite where the bedroom’s separate from the living room and kitchen. I have stayed at bigger Homewood Suite locations, but everything seemed very new. I had no issues with housekeeping, and I liked having the newspaper delivered on my doorstep daily.
Breakfast was okay. If you go about an hour before it ends, you will encounter a lot more people versus earlier in the breakfast service. There were hash browns, scrambled eggs, bread, bagels, muffins, strawberries, cereals, etc. The variety was the same compared to other Homewood Suites locations. The orange juice was watery and somewhat carbonated, but that would be my only complaint.
I should note if you are staying here and need a decent sports bar/​pool hall/​place to eat in general, go to Flea Whiskey’s ( Unilocal it). They’re within the shuttle’s parameter. They have decent service and the good’s pretty good!

We always enjoy staying at a Hilton property so when we visited Winnipeg we looked for one that would fit our itinerary. We found this one and I’m so glad we did. This is a fairly new property and is really a very nice clean location. The staff is exceptionally friendly and helpful. The room is spacious with all the amenities you would need as well as wi-​fi. The breakfast is wonderful, with many fresh and tasty selections. The eggs and bacon served were real unlike some places and delicious. And of course there were the ever fantastic, make it yourself, waffles. There is a beautiful pool and hot tub as well as a well equipped exercise room. The price was reasonable at $ 132 CA. We plan to come back to Winnipeg soon and we will definitely stay here again.

This hotel just opened recently a month ago and my HHonor points got this room for $ 50 CN. With the devalued US dollar, this pretty much means $ 50 US as well. The downside is that there are foreign transation fees which can add up. Homewood Suites was not able to honor my Discover card reservation even though Hilton website allowed me to use without assessing any foreign fee. The previous Hilton hotel which was the newly opened Hampton Inn Winnipeg Airport was able to call into corporate to do a manual Discover card charge. So, I tried this approach but it could be that Homewood Suites was just too new in the system. Oh well, I can’t complain since my girlfriend found the décor interesting even though Hampton Inn was her preferred choice.
This extended stay hotel had a nice room layout with 1 bedroom, living room, and full kitchen. The bathroom was a bit cramped since the door had little clearance with the toilet sticking out. The bed was fine but I preferred Hampton Inn for some reason. I found it a bit lumpier here and my back noticed it. The breakfast was actually much better than Hampton Inn with scrambled eggs and sausage. I found Hampton Inn to have the processed egg with a slice of cheese folded inside not as appetizing.
For the amenities, I found it much better than Hampton Inn. There was a large sized pool which was much better to swim in compared to Hampton Inn. Also, there was a pool table to play billiards which was nice just in the back of the breakfast/​dinner sitting area. The exercise room was really nice and found it very similar to Hampton Inn. This hotel also had a shuttle bus to transport to airport was well as nearby Polo Park mall. In my opinion, this location is much preferred over Hampton Inn being only at the airport. Polo Park had so much to choose from in terms of dining/​shopping/​etc.