Looking for a long weekend road trip at a SPG (i.e. Sheraton) Hotel for low points (my husband accumulated a lot of points during training for his job), I stumbled across the Four Points by Sheraton near the Detroit Metro Airport. 2,000 to 3,000 points a night is lower than anything I could find! To add to that, my husband has dreamed of going to the North American International Auto Show probably since he was a little boy. So here we are.
This morning we left at around 6:00 a.m. for a 6 hour car ride to Detroit. We stopped for lunch at Joe's Crab Shack in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The food and the service was really good but the best part was when we received the bill. This is one of many locations where Joe's Crab Shack is eliminating tipping. They are paying their workers a decent hourly wage. Credit card slips don't even have a line for tipping.
After checking into our hotel, we went to Michigan by the Bottle Tasting Room at their Royal Oak location. This is like visiting 8 local wineries all at once. They have wines from eight Michigan wineries. As I speak, I am enjoying the 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon from Sandhill Crane Vineyards. I also picked up the 2013 Lemberger from Domaine Berrien Cellars and the 2013 Chardonnay from Peninsula Cellars. They offer a full flight tasting of 2 ounces of 5 different wines with cheese and chocolate or a mini flight tasting of 2 ounces of 3 different wines (with no feed). They also have other local products (sodas, toffee, chocolates, cheese, etc.).
We returned to the hotel and enjoyed a quiet evening in. The hotel is really nice. It is in the middle of a remodel and so the pool and hot tub are currently closed as well as the full restaurant. Although our room isn't fancy, it clearly has been remodeled and is quite comfortable with a lounge chair, desk, fridge, and microwave.
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