Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa

Hotel: Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa 
Address: 44400 Indian Wells Lane, Indian Wells, California 92210, USA
 
Time of visit: March 2022
 
Equipment
Dumbbells go up to 50 lbs/22 kgs and there’s an adjustable bench to work with.
There’s also an area with three TRX stations.
There’s a shoulder press machine, a chest press machine and a leg extensions machine.
 
As for cardio equipment, there’re five treadmills, four cross-trainers, a stair-master, a Peloton bike and a pair of stationary bikes.
 
Accessories include medicine balls, exercise balls, yoga mats, sandbags and a Bosu ball.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary water? Yes.
 
Comments
The hotel gym is open from 6am to 10 pm.
I was very satisfied with the available equipment – from the weight-based machines and cardio equipment to the free weights, yoga section and the body weight section.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes, I would stay he again for the hotel gym.

Marriott

Hotel: Marriott 
Address: 540 North Michigan Avenue, River North, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
 
Time of visit: March 2022
 
Equipment
There’s a huge selection of pin-operated machines covering seated leg presses, seated chest/rear delt flys, ab crunches, chest presses, leg extensions and leg curls, lat pull-downs, shoulder presses, etc.
There’s also a cable machine, a Smith machine and a squat rack with plenty of weight plates.
They have barbells, kettlebells and dumbbells (up to 100 lbs/45 kgs) and several adjustable benches.
 
There’re loads of cardio machines – treadmills, cross-trainers, rowing machines and spinning bikes.
 
Accessories include exercise mats, exercise balls and step benches which can conveniently be used in a separate area ideal for stretching.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary water? Yes.
 
Comments
The hotel gym is open 24/7 and easily accessible with your room card.
It would’ve been nice if they’d had a pool.
There’s also a studio with spinning bikes for classes.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes, the hotel gym is huge and surely one of the best I’ve ever been to!

Blue Tree Resort

Hotel: Blue Tree Resort 
Address: 12007 Cypress Run Road, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida 32836, USA
 
Time of visit: March 2022
 
Equipment
There’s a multigym at the end of the room allowing for exercises such as chest presses, shoulder presses, seated rows, lat pull-downs, leg curls, etc.
The also have dumbbells (5 to 15lbs/2 to 7kgs) and kettlebells (5 to 20 lbs/2 to 9kgs) as well as an adjustable bench.
 
Cardio equipment covers a step machine, a cross-trainer, a stationary bike and two treadmills.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary water? Yes.
 
Comments
The hotel gym is relatively small and the equipment isn’t new, but it is in excellent shape.
It’s very clean and sanitation wipes were available.
I believe the opening hours are from 5:30am to 9pm.
Besides regular towels, they also had chilled towels.
 
I was disappointed that they didn’t have much of a variety when it came to the equipment or weight range. I was happy to see that they had the multi-gym machine, I was able to do most of the exercises I planned on doing.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes – the hotel is great, but the hotel gym is average at best.

Home2 Suites

Hotel: Home2 Suites 
Address: 11606 Malcolm McKinley Drive, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
 
Time of visit: March 2022
 
Equipment
Dumbbells go up to 50 lbs/22 kgs and there’s an adjustable bench. There’s also a cable machine with a fair selection of handles.
 
As for cardio equipment, there’re two treadmills, a cross-trainer and a stationary bike.
 
Accessories include medicine balls, foam rollers and exercise mats.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary water? Yes.
 
Comments
The hotel gym is open 24/7.
They should really leave something which can be used to wipe down the equipment after use. For some odd reason, it’s stored at the front desk.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes, everything is very clean and the staff is great.

Aloft

Hotel: Aloft 
Address: 1301 Chisholm Trail, Euless, Texas 76039, USA 
 
Time of visit: March 2022
 
Equipment
Dumbbells go up to 50 lbs/22 kgs and kettlebells go up to 35 lbs/16 kgs. There’s an adjustable bench as well.
There’s also a cable machine with a solid range of handles.
 
In terms of cardio equipment, there’s a stationary bike, three treadmills and a cross-trainer.
 
Accessories include a Bosu ball, exercise balls, medicine balls, elastics and exercise mats.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary towels? 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary water?
 
Comments
You can access the hotel gym 24/7 by using your room card.
It’s clean but quite small. However, it had everything you needed.
It would’ve been nice if they’d have had a lap pool.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes, I’d stay there again if was in the area.

Intercontinental

Hotel: Intercontinental 
Address: Moreno 809, Monserrat, C1091AAQ Buenos Aires, Argentina
 
Time of visit: March 2022
 
Equipment
There’re a lot of pin-operated machines such as rear delts/chest flys, chest presses, leg curls, lat pull-downs, hip abductors, shoulder presses and leg presses.
There’s also a bench press setup, a TRX section, a Smith machine and a bench for biceps curls as well as a dip, chin-up and pull-up tower.
Dumbbells range from 2 to 50 lbs/1 to 22 kgs and there’re three adjustable benches including a decline option.
 
As for cardio equipment, there’re five treadmills, two stationary bikes and two cross trainers.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary water? Yes.
 
Comments
Opening hours are from 8am to 9pm.
There’s also a sauna and steam room.
I was happy to see that they had different barbells allowing you to load them with plates according to whatever exercise you felt like doing.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes, it’s one of my favorite hotel gyms!

Hyatt House

Hotel: Hyatt House 
Address: 535 Rep. John Lewis Way South, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA
 
Time of visit: March 2022
 
Equipment
There’re kettlebells (10 to 35 lbs/4 to 15 kgs) and dumbbells (up to 50 lbs/22 kgs) as well as an adjustable bench.
There’s also a cable machine with a fair selection of handles.
 
As for cardio equipment, there’re two stationary bikes, two cross-trainers and four treadmills.
 
Accessories include medicine balls, exercise balls and a foam roller.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary water? Yes.
 
Comments
The hotel gym is open 24/7 and conveniently accessible with the room key.
Everything is well-maintained and clean.
It would’ve been nice if they’d had spinning bikes.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Not sure – the location was good, but I wouldn’t necessarily stay there because of the hotel gym.

Intercontinental

Hotel: Intercontinental 
Address: Königsallee 59, City Center, 40215 Düsseldorf, Germany
 
Time of visit: March 2022
 
Equipment
There’s everything you need in terms of weight-based equipment! They have barbells and dumbbells (9 to 100 lbs/4 to 44 kgs), a lot of different machines and there’s also an entire area dedicated to TRX training.
 
The cardio section covers loads of treadmills, cross-trainers, stationary bikes and even rowing machines.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary water? Not sure.
 
Comments
This hotel gym is actually a public gym (“Holmes Place”), but when you stay at the hotel, you get free access to the hotel gym, sauna and pool.
 
As this is a public gym as well, it’s one of the largest hotel gyms I’ve ever seen. It wasn’t busy on the day I visited it.
 
I was very happy with the range of available equipment, etc. It’s good quality.
The cleanliness/house-keeping level is also very good.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes, this is one of the best hotel gyms I’ve ever seen – we’ll surely return when we are in Düsseldorf!

Caribe Royale

Hotel: Caribe Royale 
Address: 8101 World Center Drive, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida 32821, USA
 
Time of visit: March 2022
 
Equipment
There’re are many different weight-based machines such as leg presses, biceps curls, chest flys, shoulder presses, seated rows, rear delt flys and back extensions.
There’s a cable machine, a Smith machine and a tower for dips and chin-ups/pull-ups.
 
Dumbbells range from 5 to 100 lbs/2 to 45 kgs and there’re around four adjustable benches include a decline option.
 
There’s a huge cardio area covering stationary bikes, spinning bikes, treadmills, cross-trainers and even a rowing machine.
 
Accessories include exercise balls, exercise mats, yoga blocks and medicine balls.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary towels? No.
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary water? Yes.
 
Comments
The hotel gym was two stories with everything you needed for a good workout. They had cardio and strength training equipment and there’s an area where you could use mats as well as medicine balls.
Opening hours are daily from 6am to 9pm, it’s staffed in this period and was never crowded.
The view was great over-looking the pool area.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes, I would definitely come back to this hotel, the hotel gym was amazing!
 

Bohemian Hotel

Hotel: Bohemian Hotel 
Address: 700 Bloom Street, Celebration, Orlando, Florida 34747, USA 
 
Time of visit: March 2022
 
Equipment
The hotel gym consists of a stationary bike, a cross trainer and two treadmills plus some dumbbells (5 to 35 lbs/2 to 16 kgs) and an adjustable bench – that’s it.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary water? Yes.
 
Comments
The hotel gym is available 24/7 – access via your room key.
It’s a very basic hotel gym. Small and carpeted with limited space and equipment.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
No, the equipment is simply too limited.