Sheraton Lakeside Terrace Villas at Mountain Vista, Avon, Vail Valley — Hotel in Avon

Staying at the Sheraton Mountain Vista is no different than buying something disposable in America - it’s meant to fail you sooner rather than later.||||This lodging is, in part if not wholly, associated with timeshare use. I elected to stay a week in a 1 bedroom apartment-like suite. Although the kitchen is small, it is fully functional with standard size appliances. There is a 4-seat dining table off to the side with a stackable washer and dryer behind a closed door, adjacent to it.||||The living room is adequately sized and spaced, and has a sliding glass door that opens to a very small patio with a gas grill that takes up about 40% of the space.||||Behind the living room wall, complete with a gas fireplace (that only works from Sept-May) and a hanging 45 inch television, is a good-sized bedroom. It’s equipped with a king bed and an end-of-bed padded sitting bench with built-in drawers, and a small closet with a hanging safe. There is a second fireplace and another hanging, slightly smaller television. There is also a moderately large, triangular soaking tub.||||To the side of the bedroom, with access from the living room is the bathroom with double sink vanity, adequate enclosed shower and large toilet room.||||Superficially, the room doesn’t disappoint… until it’s used. In no specific order-||The carpeted floor feels like there is no pad. It may as well have been one huge rug cut to fit on top of a hard floor;||The coffee maker lacks a basket to hold the filter and the coffee carafe lid is broken, allowing steam to escape and burn your thumb if you use it to keep the lid from falling off when pouring coffee from the glass container;||One of the bathroom sinks has a cold water faucet that lacks any pressure beyond a thin pour;||The ceiling exhaust fan near the shower seems to be wired to flush the room with hot air rather than to draw warm, moist air out;||The cable television lacks a consistent signal, creating a frequent, distorted image when a signal isn’t stalled or missing entirely;||The management allows children to remain in the swimming pool after dark, screaming enough to require that windows and glass doors be closed to muffle their noise. BTW, those are openings required for ventilation purposes since the building doesn’t have air-conditioning due to it’s mountainous setting. Why the halls are cool and the Fitness Room is literally cold, seems to be the exceptions; and||*The 8 floor building with approximately 300 rooms, was serviced by a single elevator when a second one was taken offline.||||This is a Westin wanna-be, an attribute it will never attain due to a lack of detail and attention by ghost management. If you enjoy hearing children running up and down the halls while parents-in-training would rather talk with friends, laughing and playing loud music while keeping their doors open for cool hallway air, congratulations, this is your full price, mediocre...

First of all be warned, this is not part of Sheraton Mountain Vista Villas. When I made the reservation for the 2 bedroom suite, I was told that the Sheraton Lakeside Terrace was right next door, insinuating that they are part of the same property. They are not, even though you check in at the Mountain Vista. Our location at Lakeside Terrace seemed like group of rooms that was once a condo complex that Sheraton slapped their logo on the outside of the building. ||Positives: They did a very nice job, the two bedroom suite looks EXACTLY like the photos on the Bonvoy website, and I was more than satisfied with the aesthetics. There were two bedrooms, and two pullout couches, I would pass to the privately owned Athletic club across the street. The Athletic club venture to guess it was 1500 square feet. We were not able to use the pool at the Mountain Vista Villas, but they more than made up to it be giving us a had a 2 big indoor pools with a great slide for kids, a jacuzzi, workout room etc. Much better than the small pool at the Mountain Vista Villas. The athletic club would be a dream during winter season.||Negatives: No a/c, and ventilation is really lacking in the suite. Upon check in, I think it was a bit deceptive when you are told that there is no a/c, but "the policy is to let the cool mountain air cool down the room." Well that would be fine and dandy if the hand crank windows opened more 4-6 inches. There is literally zero cross ventilation. The weather was in the mid to high 80's during out stay. An yes there are two box fans and two tower fans provided, but I seriously felt like I was staying in a tenement in the city with those fans going. Thankfully we were able to put a box fan in front of the sliding glass door, and it definitely helped. Basically, you have to choose to let the morning light wake you or the sheer stuffiness wake you up. The master bath was so stuffy, we had to put a fan in the bathroom to blow the stuffy air into the master bedroom, gross.||I don't think I would stay here during the summer again, there are better accommodations in the valley that have a/c. If you plan to visit during ski season, I would definitely stay here, it would be cozy, and the 2 bedroom suite has two gas fireplaces (one in living room, the other in the master bedroom) to make it even cozier. The dining room can accommodate up to 8 people, which make it great for a group. There is also a patio area with a patio table and 4 chairs, along with a nice bbq.||If this location fixed the a/c situation, it would be a great...

Was very impressed by the room and all the precautions taken. Rather than just leaving the room empty of all ammenities as most hotels are doing this day, our room was supplied with an abundance of ammenities, all in bags tagged as "Clean". Since they don't have service coming in every day, they left extra coffee and kitchen supplies, toiletries, etc. Plus their coffee is Starbucks Pike Place, so on the better side of what you usually get in hotels.||I was relieved to see the second bathroom because the room descriptions on the Marriott site (where I booked) only gave detail about the master bath. So, for anyone interested in the 2 bedroom units, there are two bathrooms. The master suite is enormous and luxurious. The other bedroom and bath are quite small. We made use of the pullout in the Den area as well. They do state in their pre-arrival information that there is no air conditioning, in lieu of the "mountain breezes". The mountain breezes are not enough, I will say. The structure doesn't allow air flow through. Luckily there were no bugs, so I could keep the door of the master bedroom open and they do give a couple fans. Just doesn't help the middle of the unit (kitchen and den). ||And, yes, as another person has noted, the units do overlook a playground. I am sure this is a great benefit for families with small children, but it was pretty much active and noisy non-stop from 8:00 a.m. to sundown. It was a little bothersome since we had to keep the windows open and I was working part of the time while we were there (internet worked great by the way). After sundown, the teens come out but they didn't seem to be as noisy. ||I will say that it felt like we were in a residential area. I think the majority of the people hanging and playing around the lake were not tourists. Didn't bother us since we prefer more residential lodgings that resorts, but it is just something to be aware of if you want to feel like you are more on vacation. City Market grocery very nearby - you can walk.||Finally, the staff were great. I requested a late checkout, which was graciously granted. And then missed that late checkout because we started a hike later than planned. When I called to get just a wee bit more time, they were again gracious.||If I a back in the area, I would...