TownePlace Suites by Marriott Wilmington Newark/Christiana

The only reason I did not rate 5-stars is because of some cleanliness issues and housekeeping skills that I think are questionable, and also the mattress quality. My husband's job requires us to travel and stay in any given hotel for 300+ nights a year. We were in the area for his work and while the room we were assigned is huge, the housekeeping duties could definitely stand to be improved. First things first. The floor when you walk on it was sticking to my shoes, and i removed my shoes, it was slimy/filmy. Because I did not want to lose the size room we had, I decided to ride it out for the entire week and just used one of their dishrags and "mopped" the floor myself like Cinderella: on the hands and knees just a-scrubbin'. It took going over the floor twice like that to get the stickiness/slimy feeling off the floor. The carpets/rugs were fine. While I know the rooms don't get used EVERY single night, there was a slight dust build-up on all surfaces (counters, kitchen table, nightstands, and end tables in the living area), but a simple wipe down of my own was sufficient. And I travel with my own Clorox wipes, no big deal. The mattress was a concern because my husband is a rough sleeper. Meaning, he tosses and turns in his sleep...like he's trying out for the USA gymnastics team doing acrobatic maneuvers. That said, the mattress is a VERY low quality and I felt EVERY. SINGLE. MOVE. he made because if he "bounced", I did too! Change the mattresses...do better here. Terrible quality. As for the housekeeping skills, just call me the "Martha Stewart" representative for Better Homes & Gardens styling. The top sheet was literally on the bed COMPLETELY wrong. The tag for the sheet goes to the foot of the bed. The fitted sheet didn't even fit the bed correctly...ENTIRELY too big and not tucked in. And the pillows were low quality as well. The bed was made, and looked nice at first glance, but the moment we pulled the covered down, you could see EVERY wri kle because the right sheets were not on the bed, nor were they on correctly. I could stay in this room again though. I know not every housekeeping staff is trained the same, but they really should re-evaluate how to clean the floors. That was nasty. But again, I didn't want to lose the room size, so I made a simple sacrifice. I had nothing better to do that day while my husband was off to work. Big plus in my book was that the kitchen in our room provided a full size stove with an oven and I was able to cook a full meal in the room. Very big plus...more rooms should be like this, especially for the longer stays with prices of food everywhere increasing. Staff is amazing and the rest of the room and hotel and grounds surrounding the hotel were great. Just fix the cleaning solution of the floors and more attention to details when housekeeping staff makes the beds, and for the love of all things holy, change the mattresses!!