The luxurious Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort is one of the most upmarket hotels in Chandler, a short walk from the 18-hole San Marcos Country Club golf course & driving range, and within 3 miles of all the main shopping areas in town such as the Chandler Fashion Center and the East Valley Mall. The resort runs a complimentary shuttle within a 5 mile radius, including to Chandler Municipal Airport. All 295 rooms & suites have a balcony or patio looking out over the hotel's swimming pool or its decorative courtyards with fountains and palm trees. For dining, guests can choose from two restaurants, one cafe, and two lounges. Room service is available, and other main facilities are a fitness center, gift shop, beauty salon, concierge, sports court, and no fewer than 29 meeting rooms - over 32,000 sq ft of event space.

Beside the Ocotillo Golf Course in south Chandler, the elegant Holiday Inn Chandler hotel (1200 W Ocotillo Rd) enjoys a quiet, peaceful setting in an upmarket residential area close to the edge of the desert, yet just 5 miles away from fine shopping and dining at the Chandler Fashion Center. The hotel its own restaurant open for breakfast, lunch and (limited) dinner, plus a lounge/bar, and room service; the neighboring golf resort has other dining options. At the rear is a sheltered outdoor pool and a palm tree-lined garden, while facilities inside include a gift shop, fitness center, hot tub and business center.

The surroundings of Holiday Inn Express Phoenix/Chandler are mixed rural/residential - the hotel is beside I-10 (exit 160), just north of Chandler Blvd, and about 1 mile from the edge of the Phoenix suburbs and the start of the open desert of the Gila River Indian Reservation. A little further west is the 16,000 acre South Mountain Park, one of the largest municipal parks in the USA, and offering many hiking, riding & cycling opportunities. Accommodation at the Holiday Inn Express consists of 125 rooms, not particularly new but well maintained, containing a refrigerator & a microwave. Free deluxe continental breakfast is served each morning, and the hotel has the usual three leisure facilities of fitness center, hot tub and outdoor pool.

Highlight of the recently renovated Courtyard Phoenix Chandler is an especially pretty courtyard garden comprising a pool, hot tub & sundeck surrounded by lawns, tall palms, and other tropical plants. The hotel sits next to a shopping center alongside I-10 (reached from exit 159, Ray Rd), opposite another mall (Foothills Park Place), close to many businesses along Chandler Blvd, yet also just a short drive from the unspoilt country of South Mountain Park. The Courtyard has 156 clean, comfortable rooms & suites, a fitness center, cafe serving breakfast, guest laundry and 5 meeting rooms.

The Courtyard by Marriott hotel in southwest Chandler sits at the edge of the countryside along Price Road by the 202/101 junction, one mile south of Fashion Center Mall and 15 miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. Open late summer 2009, the handsome, 6 floor building contains 150 brightly-decorated guest rooms, equipped with executive desk, flat screen TV and free internet access. The Bistro is open for breakfast & dinner, or for more choices there are plenty of restaurants a little way north, on the far side of Loop 202. Also available are two meeting rooms, a business library, an outdoor pool and health club.

The more luxurious of two adjacent all suite Marriott hotels next to Chandler's Fashion Center Mall caters more to the long stay business or leisure traveler though is also suitable for single night visits. Regarded as one of the top hotels in town, it has particularly clean, comfortable, well equipped rooms including a full kitchen - food for which can be ordered via the free grocery shopping service. Other free items are daily hot breakfast and weekday evening reception. The list of amenities is completed by a pool, hot tub, one meeting room, guest laundry and business services. The hotel is on Chandler Blvd, a block west of the Price Freeway.

The 101 extra large rooms at the SpringHill Suites Phoenix Chandler feature comfortable bedding, separate sleeping/working/living areas, and a kitchenette equipped with microwave, refrigerator & sink. Free hot breakfast buffet is served, and the hotel has leisure amenities of an outdoor pool and a hot tub, though no exercise room. As well as the Fashion Center Mall plus associated restaurants, the nearby 101 and 202 freeways put guests at the SpringHill Suites within easy reach of all other sites in Chandler and in the adjacent cities of Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert and Phoenix.

Near the southeast edge of the greater Phoenix metropolis, the Fairfield Inn Phoenix Chandler is a clean-looking building of 65 rooms, part of a busy area of shops, restaurants and other hotels along Chandler Blvd, just east of I-10 (exit 160). It is a little way off the main road so provides a quiet night's sleep, despite the proximity to the interstate. The staff are friendly & efficient, and the facilities are as expected for a hotel of this class, comprising free continental breakfast, an outdoor pool, whirlpool, fitness center and guest laundry.

Fairfield Inn Chandler forms half of a new Marriott development along Price Road, just south of the 202/101 intersection on the southwest side of the city. Guests are able to share some of the facilities of its neighbor (the Courtyard), including a lobby bar and the Bistro restaurant, while the hotel's own amenities include an outdoor pool, hot tub and a modern fitness center. The Fairfield Inn has 110 rooms & suites, the latter with refrigerator/microwave, and all furnished with the luxurious Marriott bedding. Internet access is free, as is the breakfast buffet, which includes a hot sandwich. The hotel opened late summer 2009.

The Best Western hotel in Chandler is an older building along Arizona Avenue (Highway 87) close to the town center, occupying a tree-lined enclosure in a mixed residential/commercial area, within walking distance of various restaurants and small shops. The 2 floor hotel is a mile away from attractions such as Chandler Park, East Valley Mall, the San Marcos Golf Resort and Chandler Art Center; it offers an outdoor pool, hot tub, free breakfast, and quite cheap rates. All 48 rooms have a microwave and a refrigerator.

Near the southwest edge of Chandler, the Comfort Inn hotel has a fairly quiet location along the main road through town (Chandler Blvd), with Kyrene Village Shopping Center on one side and the houses of Gila Springs Village on the other. The hotel is a newer, interior corridor building offering moderate prices and amenities of an heated outdoor pool, free full breakfast, guest laundry, and microwaves/refrigerators in all 70 rooms.

The large Clarion Hotel Phoenix has 3 blocks arranged around an outdoor pool with tropical gardens, by the Elliott Road exit of I-10 and within sight of the cactus-covered South Mountains which rise a short distance west. Nearby attractions include the Ahwatukee Country Club, South Mountain Park and the Tempe Sports Complex, plus there are many businesses, shops and restaurants in the vicinity. The hotel is also convenient for Tempe, West Chandler, Kyrene and Guadalupe. The buildings and all rooms are very clean and well looked after; the main hotel amenities are free hot breakfast, free evening reception, free airport shuttle, fitness center and business center.