Staying with Family at the Vital Hotel Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv is one of Israel’s major cities, sitting along the Mediterranean coastline. Families traveling through Israel have many hotel options when staying in one of the country’s most famous cities. We stayed at the Vital Hotel during one of our visits to Tel Aviv. The hotel is unusual as it shares a building with medical and office suites, and it doesn’t look like any other hotel we’ve seen during our travels. However, the Vital Hotel is still a valid option for some families planning a visit to Tel Aviv.
What Makes it Family Worthy?
The Vital Hotel on 14 Weizman Street is a small and unique boutique hotel in the commercial center of the city. The hotel is in a safe area close to the beach, Weizman Mall, Rabin Square, and several restaurants, galleries, and museums. It is a budget-friendly establishment that caters to families, business and leisure guests, as well as patients from the Ichilov Hospital which specializes in medical tourism.
Families will appreciate the large rooms with opening sofas that can easily accommodate a party of five. The only “issue” is that the hotel doesn’t have the atmosphere of a normal hotel, which some might find lacking, especially since they do not have specific services at all hours.
Our Welcome
We called ahead to request our usual accommodations of a feather-free quiet room. The room was ready by the time we got there, and the staff even left us a complimentary bottle of wine.
Hotel Decor
This hotel was clean, modern, and stylish. The decor included parquet flooring throughout and solid, dark wood furnishings. Using hues of creams and browns with accents of black and white, it was functional and pleasing to the eye with views of Tel Aviv skyline. However, it lacked curb appeal and looked more like an office building than a hotel from the outside. Inside, the hotel felt incredibly disjointed, with seemingly no planning to the rooms on each of the floors.
Our Room
We stayed in room 512. The room was quiet and well-lit with clean, no-frills décor in a generous and functional size.
The rooms colors were simple browns, whites, and creams. The flooring was wood, a great feature for those with allergies. It pretty much looked like an average apartment.
Our closet had basic shelving and a safe to store valuables. The hotel provided us with slippers, which is a nice personal touch in a budget friendly hotel.
Our room had a king sized bed with a nightstand. We were pleasantly surprised to find a full-sized pullout sleeper sofa that could accommodate two additional people. There were ample power sockets, ideal for families with numerous handheld devices. The hotel strives to be eco-friendly, and we found several energy-saving gadgets. We enjoyed complimentary cable TV and WiFi.
The room also had a nice desk next to the TV which was hung on the wall. Under the desk, we found the mini fridge full of purchasable snacks and drinks.
Our Bathroom
The bathroom was also a good size with no frills. It was almost entirely white tiled, with a small pot of red flowers on the gray countertop.
We had a basic shower with a glass door enclosure. We did appreciate the fact the room had practical amenities like a handheld shower attachment and a non-slip floor surface. However, there was no grab bar.
There was ample place for toiletries and cosmetics on the vanity sink countertop, and the property provided a nice amenity kit.
Business Lounge
We enjoyed their small business lounge, which had modest offerings and was open between 11 AM and 10 PM. Apart from being convenient for printing and Internet access, they also provided a few refreshments, snacks, and a light dinner.
Dining
The dining room served a typical but modest Israeli breakfast buffet. There was a selection of hot and cold vegetable dishes and salads, a variety of yellow and white cheeses, hot and cold cereals, boiled or scrambled eggs, a smoked and pickled fish selection, bread, and pastries, fresh fruit and liquid refreshments in the form of fruit juices, coffees or teas.
The hotel did offer room service for those who couldn’t or didn’t want to leave their rooms.
Amenities
Guests at the Vital Hotel can enjoy free access to the nearby mall’s health club. The on-site fitness center is equipped with both conventional and advanced fitness machines. Those flying in can use the hotel’s airport transfer service.
We found that the Vital staff made an effort to make our stay memorable. They showed us personalized attention and did their best to attend to the guests personally. When we arrived, they asked if we were hungry and they went out of their way to provide something for us to eat and drink. We asked for chamomile tea in the room. Not only did they send four tea bags, but they also gave us crackers and a bottle of water. They were very attentive.
Cost
Pricing starts at $180 per night and includes free WiFi in all rooms and public areas.
Autism Travel Tips:
- It is important to communicate your child’s individual needs with the hotel staff.
- If you have a child who is noise-sensitive, do ask for a quiet room.
- One of the many benefits of having parquet flooring is that it cuts down on allergies, but if your child is feather-sensitive for example, it is critical that you explain this to the hotel so that they can provide feather-free pillows and linen.
- For those with asthma and other allergies, make sure that you inform the staff not to spray cans of air freshener or bug spray in the room for 48 hours before your arrival. Unfortunately, we had a bad experience with their air freshener and ended up getting sick,
- The hotel takes safety seriously which is good, but there is no grab bar in the bathroom, so you need to make sure you are there to help your child at all times.
- If your child is temperature-sensitive, there is a/c in the room which can be adjusted.
- If your child is light-sensitive, there are double curtains to block out the early-morning sun.
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