CHEAP NASHVILLE HOTELS

Baymont Nashville Airport
This hotel, renovated in June 2004, is located one mile from Nashville Airport and offers complimentary shuttle service from early morning until late at night. On site are an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Daily Continental breakfast is complimentary, and free USA Today newspapers are available in the lobby.

Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center
What to expect: This 40-acre complex of guestrooms, restaurants, and shopping is anchored by two large glass atriums, both with rolling streams and waterfalls, pedestrian bridges, diverse plant life from one of 12 on-site greenhouses and a variety of eating and drinking destinations. Vacationers benefit from a knowledgeable staff, and from the close proximity to local attractions. Business travelers return for the staffed business center and flexible meeting space. Amenity highlights: Four outdoor pools, an arcade, and a 24-hour fitness center, a sports bar, an Irish pub, and romantic restaurants provide just some of the options for relaxation. A variety of stores, a beauty salon, and an in-house florist and chocolatier are available. Travelers can also take a ride through the indoor gardens and streams on a Delta River flatboat. Insider tip: The General Jackson® Showboat, which cruises the Cumberland River, docks just outside the hotel. Entertainment includes a country music show and a lunch and dinner buffet. Gospel brunch cruises are also available. Many hotel employees recommend this attraction above all others to vacationing guests.

Marriott Vanderbilt
What to expect: The airy, deco-style lobby has checkered marble floors and mahogany-lined walls featuring beautiful contemporary artwork. With its proximity to downtown, the hotel hosts a mostly business clientele during the week, and vacationers and families on weekends. Amenity highlights: In addition to its convenient Midtown location, guests appreciate the hotel's high-speed Internet access, valet parking, multilingual staff, business services, and indoor pool. Complimentary shuttle service within a 2-mile radius takes guests downtown to attractions such as famous Ryman Auditorium and the Country Music Hall of Fame. Insider tip: The hotel's complimentary shuttle takes guests to Hillsboro Village for some of the best eclectic shopping in the city.

Millennium Maxwell House Nashville
What to expect: The only sounds in this hotel’s quiet lobby are light country music and the occasional whirring of the phone at the front desk. Large ferns decorate sitting areas, and modern art prints adorn walls. In a back hallway, which leads to the two hotel restaurants, an exhibit of Maxwell House coffee memorabilia sits behind glass. Guests periodically check e-mail in the small business area. Amenity highlights: A 24-hour fitness center provides a treadmill, elliptical trainer, Nautilus, spa tub, sauna, and women’s and men’s locker areas. A coin-operated laundry and two on-site restaurants add convenience. Complimentary shuttle service from early morning to night takes guests to and from destinations within a five-mile radius, which includes Music Row and downtown Nashville, as well as the airport. Insider tip: In 1892, grocer Joel Cheek developed a coffee blend and took it to this Nashville hotel, the Maxwell House, to be served. It was so popular that the Maxwell House hotel management served no other--marking the beginning of Maxwell House coffee.

Radisson Hotel Opryland
What to expect: Located across the highway from the convention center and Grand Ole Opry, and within a half-mile of many Opryland attractions, this hotel attracts a mix of conventioneers and Music City fans. Guestrooms are arranged around a central atrium, part of which doubles as a stage for special events and occasional live music. The hotel also offers business services such as A/V equipment rental, and flexible meeting space, including a 4,000-square-foot ballroom. Amenity highlights: A complimentary shuttle (subject to availability) transports guests to all other Gaylord properties, including restaurants and attractions such as the Grand Ole Opry, the Gaylord Resort and Convention Center, General Jackson® Showboat, and Opry Mills Mall. The hotel offers an indoor swimming pool and spa tub, and a separate children's pool. A small game room contains video games and air hockey, and an Applebee's restaurant is located just off the lobby.

Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel
What to expect: Guests enter an airy atrium lobby with a bank of four glass-walled elevators, richly patterned tile floors and carpeting, and colorful sofas and chairs in conversational clusters. Business travelers, lobbyists, and state officials comprise most of the weekday guests, with vacationers and families visiting on weekends.
Amenity highlights: The Pinnacle, the city's only revolving rooftop ballroom, offers a popular champagne Sunday brunch (reservations are recommended). For extra pampering, guests head for Adagio, the hotel's appointment-only spa, specializing in Swedish, deep tissue, and Shiatsu therapeutic massage. Adagio's other services include body wraps, facials, and scrubs. Insider tip: It's a 4-block walk to Hatch Show Print on lower Broadway for some of Nashville's coolest souvenirs. Hatch is famous for making block-type posters and showprints for Grand Old Opry performers, traveling carnivals, or the simply bizarre for 50 years. A wide variety of posters and postcards are available at reasonable prices.

Union Station - A Wyndham Historic Hotel
What to expect: Union Station was built in 1900 as a passenger railway station. Upon entering the huge lobby, guests are treated to a beautiful centerpiece fountain and a large fireplace surrounded by intricate wood carvings and historic murals. The hotel caters to vacationers seeking a romantic getaway and business travelers looking for a change of pace, yet still wanting to be close to the downtown business district.
Amenity highlights: Romance is the hallmark of the hotel, where 100 weddings are held annually. An on-site wedding planner helps couples plan the big day in one of two banquet rooms capable of accommodating 400 guests. For business meetings, the hotel offers classrooms that comfortably seat 80 people. Guests have access to a workout facility in Cummins Station, located 1 block behind the hotel. Insider tip: The Flying Saucer brewhouse, formerly Union Station's baggage house, sits directly behind the hotel. Visitors are treated to one of Nashville's largest beer selections of 70 draft beers and 160 bottled brews.