I'm staying at the Hapton Inn this year and depending on the stay maybe for all future ProgPowers, we'll see how it goes.
The Hampton Inn is awesome, even if it is slightly farther from the action. It's not as high-class as the Residence Inn or the Sheraton (it's about on par with the Fairfield in that respect), but they don't treat their customers like shit like the Granada does. Plus, you don't have to walk/stumble along busy Peachtree St. to get there and back; you can take Spring St. which is much quicker, as well as safer. I think you'll like it.
After this year I will NEVER, I repeat NEVER give the Best Western Granada Suites my business. They treated me like absolute shit after staying there three times. So to reiterate a previous statement it is "NOT" the place to be.
You and me both, man... I was one of the people who got screwed out of a room at the Granada during ProgPower 2.0 (the year of the 9/11 attack), despite the fact that I had a confirmation number, and despite the fact that my roommate called to confirm our reservation beforehand. They DID find us a room, but they charged us the same price, for a shitty one-bed room, as our original suite was going to cost. I know a ton of other people who have also been screwed over by them, be it that same year or in subsequent years.
Fuckers. I'll never give them my business again, and I'll never recommend them to anyone.
