A welcomed and wonderful surprise!!

If you’ve made hotel reservations anyplace else in Memphis, cancel them and stay here instead!!! Arrive Memphis was the highlight of our family’s road trip from North Carolina to Texas for Christmas 2021!! While completing our obligatory holiday trip 1/2 way across the country, my husband and I decided to make a mini family vacay out of it. We took our time driving, brought our Border Collie, Ruby as “emotional support” and decided to stop in Memphis, Tennessee. Arrive Memphis was wonderfully hip, comfortably cozy, and all-around fabulous! Think downtown industrial loft meets cozy modern farmhouse. From the moment we checked in every staff member was incredibly kind, excited to serve, and available to answer any questions.

Our dog Ruby was welcomed with lots of love and got to meet new human and dog friends. The food we ordered from the hotel’s Longshot restaurant and shuffleboard lounge was incredible. if you visit, order the Winter Collins cocktail! You’ll thank me! Carlos took care of our car in the dedicated parking garage and was great to work with. Ruby got to play at Central Park, a dedicated dog park a short two-blocks away, but the hotel has a relief area right across the street.

A wonderful historic surprise to our visit was The Lorraine Motel, located a block away and within eyesight of the Arrive’s entrance. The Lorraine Motel is where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in April of 1968. What an amazing opportunity our daughter’s had to participate in this self-guided tour of one of America’s greatest tragedies. We only got to stay one night, but my 14-year-old didn’t want to leave and my 11-year-old gave the whole place 2-thumbs-up. Do you know how hard it is to please pre-teens??!? I can’t say enough about how wonderful Arrive Memphis was. You’ve GOT to stay here!!

Dec. 23, 2021