Hotel Review: Heathman Lodge (Vancouver, WA)
Location: Vancouver, WA
Price: $$
Summary: Fantastic business hotel with perks!
We stayed at the Heathman because it was close to the Blue Lake Triathlon course, in which my husband competed, and we couldn’t have been happier. They upgraded us to their business floor for free, which includes a daily reception with food and beverages. Another benefit of the business floor is that they will bring exercise equipment TO YOUR ROOM – wow! We did not try this service however, as someone was a little sore from a triathlon… However, for the same reason, we did have a chance to try their pool and hottub. Both are in a brightly lit room with floor to ceiling windows which look out on some greenery. I liked it because of the natural light and also because it didn’t smell too strongly of chlorine.
The staff was very courteous and helpful, and the hotel itself was decorated in a pleasing rustic, hunting lodge motif. Our room was very spacious, with a desk, a big comfy chair, and a flat-panel LCD screen. This was our first time sleeping on the Tempur-pedic mattress, and we were very impressed with that – the mattress is similar to very thick memory foam and it truly doesn’t move when your bed mate gets into or out of bed in the night. A warning though: if you send away for their marketing information, you may never hear the end of them! 
We had a nice dinner at the Hudson restaurant, as well. In fact, we really loved everything about the hotel, except that there wasn’t a great view from the room (freeway on one side; mall on the other). However, that was easy to overlook (so to speak) and we look forward to staying there again.
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