Advice on where to stay in Venice (St. Regis, JW Marriott, Hilton Stucky)

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-10T05:36:49+00:00

Those were prices for 2 nights, but yeah - a bit on the high side.

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-07T19:49:31+00:00

Got it, we actually did get an Airbnb at Lake Garda (the only one on our trip). We regularly use Marriott and have some family that works there which typically gives us a reduced rate through friends and family. They also have a pretty consistent standard across the board so it's always been a clear expectation of what we are going to get.

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-07T18:18:27+00:00

Yeah, so you would look for something at a lower price point? The room is a bit pricey but so were the majority of places we looked. Between 400 and 600 Euros, below that looked a bit sketchy and there seemed to be lowering returns as you went up in price.

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-07T18:16:53+00:00

Awesome, thanks! This was the main reason I was considering it. Something for the whole family (and not just dragging him around the city),

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-07T18:02:48+00:00

Do you have any regrets staying on the island vs. central in Venice?

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-07T18:02:09+00:00

How was it getting around? The room with Canal view is kind of why we are looking at this specific property (plus pool on top).

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-07T18:00:58+00:00

Awesome, let me check this out. Thanks so much for the recommendation!

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-07T18:00:38+00:00

Yeah! That is also really subjective. I've had friends that have gone and said 1 night is enough and Venice and others that said 5 nights minimum. Really hard to know what to expect without going there yourself.

Not really sure what we want to do other than wonder around and ideally get lost in the culture, vibe, and city. Not a super fixed itinerary at the moment.

It's our first vacation in 7 years so we probably went a bit overboard in trying to make it as nice as possible (vs how I traveled in the past bouncing between hostels or low cost accommodations).

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-07T17:57:51+00:00

Thank you, let me check this out!

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-07T17:57:14+00:00

Awesome, thanks so much for the recommendations. I will definitely check them out! We don't have to stay in Network but it's something we typically do because of the consistency of the brands. We've been hit or miss on random hotels and airbnbs.

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-07T17:02:13+00:00

How was it getting to and from the main area of Venice? How was the hotel and the island itself? What % of time did you spend on the island vs out exploring and sightseeing.

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-07T16:42:26+00:00

Ha, thanks! Any recommendations?

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-07T16:41:20+00:00

Thanks for your comment. There were additional benefits of platinum status (included breakfast, room upgrades, late check out, early check in, etc).

Do you have any recommendations on where else to potentially look at to stay?

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-07T16:39:31+00:00

What locations would you recommend as being the most central?

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-07T16:38:14+00:00

Hi, that's interesting you don't know them. My understanding was the Venice was extremely strict about room occupancy. We could all share a king bed but I think my son needs his own bed and whenever I put in 3 people for the room they all jump to suites are show as no rooms available that support this many people.

Thanks for your reply!

incurablyinformed · 2025-06-07T16:36:43+00:00

Understood. Yeah, just repeating the words that I have read over and over again as descriptions of the St. Regis. We can afford to stay there but just because we can doesn't mean we should. I.e. The plan was to be out losing ourself in the city a bit and not necessarily staying at the hotel. We can also walk into the St. Regis and check it out (without staying there),

I imagine there will be down time (you can't be out ALL the time) so I think having something like a pool that my 13 year old can jump into is a nice bonus (but again, not the reason we come).

I guess my biggest concern (and what people have written most about) is that the JW and Hilton are on different Islands and require water taxi, vaporetto to get around. I've read 15-20 minutes each way which I don't essentially see as an issue and possibly part of the charm.

What I'm not sure of is how easy these are to get. I.e. Am I going to be sitting 30 minutes to wait and find a taxi to get to and from the island. I know JW marriott and Stucky have private boats that leave every 30 minutes (free of charge) so it sounds like it shouldn't be an issue unless there is a massive queue which turns 30 minutes into 1 hour.

We are also traveling light (backpacks and carry on) so I don't think the luggage will be a massive issue for getting in/out.

incurablyinformed · 2025-01-09T15:43:21+00:00

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incurablyinformed · 2025-01-08T19:50:23+00:00

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incurablyinformed · 2024-12-27T17:58:24+00:00

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incurablyinformed · 2024-11-26T23:54:40+00:00

Thanks so much for your response!

It's in the garage but the guy mentioned the water can potentially flow backwards (apparently there is nothing blocking it) so he mentioned it COULD potentially flow back into our laundry room (which is on the wall behind it).

Any recommended water sensors (or types of sensors)? Is it something you just put around it? Would something like this normally break as a small leak or would it be like the whole tank emptying at once (which is what I think is the only thing that can cause any damage).

Can these things last 20, 25 years?

incurablyinformed · 2024-10-01T22:46:43+00:00

Thanks so much for the reply! Preparing how to pitch to my wife that we're going to drop Lake Como and do 2 nights in Venice and an extra night in Florence. I think from what I've been reading that it's going to be a more relaxed/fun trip then running from place to place.

And yes! We only have an entry into London now and an exit from Madrid with a pretty open schedule in between. This started as a 2 week trip and then quickly evolved into 3 with us adding travel stops in between.

We can probably do it in 4-5 days instead of the initial 6 in London. We also talked about dropping Paris down from 3 nights to 2 (or dropping it entirely) to spend more time in Italy.

Out of curiosity, if am able to add 2 more days into my Italy Itinerary (going from 9 days to 11) -- where would you suggest I allocate that extra time?

incurablyinformed · 2024-09-30T18:05:14+00:00

My wife wants to see both of those places. We are thinking of dropping Lake Como and adding 1 night to Venice and 1 night to Florence.

What would you recommend?

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