Clarion Hotel & Conference Centre

“Memorable night”

My date and I had a great time. The room was nice. The king size bed was lovely. She was amazing. For being right beside the freeway, there was not much highway noise, not that we were really listening for highway noise. Also no one complained about the noise ;-)

“Better than other Choice properties in ‘the city’”

The Clarion Hotel, in Abbotsford is better than most choice properties we stayed at in the lower mainland recently Check in process was quick and easy, parking is a little interesting as some of the parking is under building. The hotel is also a conference center so sometimes areas of the parkin… more

The Clarion Hotel, in Abbotsford is better than most choice properties we stayed at in the lower mainland recently Check in process was quick and easy, parking is a little interesting as some of the parking is under building. The hotel is also a conference center so sometimes areas of the parking lot can fill in quickly if there’s a conference going on. Room was clean and comfortable, no major issues to report. The property overall appears to be well maintained, and is right off the highway, but you couldn’t hear it at all from the room. The facility has an on-site restaurant, and you get a discount on meals during your stay, that being said, there is no breakfast included, which is a downside as other Clarion properties we’ve stayed at have had great breakfasts. Overall a good day nothing remarkable, but nothing bad either, but definitely better overall than other Choice properties further west

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“Noisy on the freeway side of the hotel”

This hotel is very easy to access from Hwy 1 if you are heading into or out of Vancouver. We stayed two nights. I would give it a 4 1/2 if it weren't for our experience with noise. If our request to change rooms had not been granted, I would have given it a 3, but the request was granted, so it … more

This hotel is very easy to access from Hwy 1 if you are heading into or out of Vancouver. We stayed two nights. I would give it a 4 1/2 if it weren't for our experience with noise. If our request to change rooms had not been granted, I would have given it a 3, but the request was granted, so it gets a 4. For more explanation, see below. This hotel is right beside the freeway into Vancouver (Hwy 1). Initially we were booked in an accessible room on the highway side of the hotel. We are heavy sleepers and usually can sleep through anything, but we met our match in this rooml! We lived beside Hwy 97 for 30 years and slept with the windows open, so we didn’t think the highway noise would bother us here, but were we wrong!! This was so much worse!!! I actually downloaded a noise level app to measure the noise level. It was 50 dB with the windows closed and 60 dB with the windows open. The traffic made pretty steady white noise at that level all night! It was also raining for most of the night and highway traffic is noisier when the road is wet. In the morning we asked to move to a room on the back side of the hotel for our second night. Our request was granted (yay!!) and we were able to move right away, but the 2nd room cost us $10 more. Initially they said it would be $20 more, but in the end the manager approved a difference of $10. I was told that the more expensive rate was because there were two beds in the room instead of one, but I would guess that the rooms on the quiet side of the hotel are probably more expensive. It is definitely worth a few dollars more if you value the quality of your sleep. I also found out that all the accessible rooms are on the highway side of the hotel, so if you book an accessible room, be prepared to be sleeping next to the noisy freeway. The noise level in the second room was about 30 dB with the windows closed, slightly louder with them open. If you are not familiar with the noise rating scale, every 10 dB is 10 times louder. My husband has stayed at this hotel before and didn't notice a problem with the highway noise, but he has always stayed on the back side of the hotel away from the highway. The staff did say that they usually try to book guests on the back side if they can. To be sure you get a quiet room, I would strongly recommend requesting a room on the side that is not next to the highway. Everything else about this hotel was very good. It used to be a Ramada and was with another chain before that, so it is not a new building, but was in good shape. Some parts looked tired, but those parts were in the middle of being renovated. The room that was not an accessible room still had enough space for my husband to move around easily with his walker. The accessible room had a shower instead of a bathtub. Attached to the hotel there is a White Spot restaurant that can be entered from outside or accessed from the end of the hallway on the 2nd floor. There are ramps at both restaurant entrances so stairs can be avoided. Your room key gives you a 10% discount for any meal or 25% discount for breakfast (during certain breakfast hours), but you may need to remind your server that you are staying in the hotel when they bring your bill. The prices at White Spot are not cheap ($20-$30 each for dinner, $15-$20 each for breakfast), but the food is very good.

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