For a recent weekend trip to Savannah, this hotel offered an advance nightly rate that was half of the best rate at hotels in the historic district. The amenities in my room were on par or better than what I'd have found in a room twice the price in the historic district, and the Four Points' proximity to I-95 and I-16 made it more convenient to Liberty Street than Gateway or Midtown hotels.

The Four Points Airport's pluses include the flat-screen TV with over 40 channels. This was one of the few hotels I've stayed in that has cable rather than satellite TV, which meant I could check local radar during The Weather Channel's "Local on the 8s" segments. That was a big plus one cloudy, wet morning by helping me time my drive into downtown Savannah during a break in the rain.

The microwave and refrigerator in my room allowed me to save money on breakfast by buying milk and cereal at a nearby supermarket. (A Wal-Mart Supercenter is located on the opposite side of I-95 from the hotel; Food Lion and Piggy Wiggly are located one exit south on I-95.) Alternatively, the room service menu listed cereal for $4.50 and a full breakfast for $8.50. The hotel also offers room service during the evening, but the dinner menu is primarily sandwiches priced at $6.50. Bags of microwave popcorn were available for purchase at the front desk.

The room's biggest drawback was noise. I could hear every sound in the hallway and, while I never heard a TV from an adjoining room, one night while lying in bed I heard a couple talking in the bed on the opposite side of the wall. Masking noise with the sound of a fan isn't an option because the heat-A/C unit is controlled by a wall thermostat that didn't have a "continuous fan" setting. About the only way to keep the unit running is to set the thermostat on a temperature that would be outside of the comfort range. Turning on the bathroom fan wasn't an option since it sounded as loud as what passengers must have endured in the cabin of a Ford Tri-Motor propellor plane.

Another minus it that the hotel only has one elevator, and it's verrrry slow. Fortunately, for those who don't mind a bit of exercise, there are two enclosed stairwells at either end of the hall. One morning I left the lobby, passed a guy holding a cup of coffee and waiting for the elevator, walked to the end of the hall and up the staircase, and came out of the third-floor stairwell just as the guy with coffee was getting off the elevator.

I'm a Starwood Preferred Guest member but didn't get an upgrade to a suite. A sign in the third-floor hallway designates that floor as the SPG floor, however.