Why The Ann
Mornings at The Ann might begin downstairs at Little James, past SCAD students sketching in a corner booth while the espresso machine hisses. Stay a little longer, and those small moments begin to feel less like part of a hotel stay and more like part of your routine.
That distinction matters once a stay stretches past a few nights. A hotel room gives you a place to sleep. A suite gives you room to actually live: a kitchen to cook in, a couch that isn’t the bed, laundry running while you’re out for the day instead of waiting until you’re home.
The Ann belongs to Apartments by Marriott Bonvoy, a collection created specifically around apartment-style accommodations rather than traditional hotel rooms. So what does that actually mean for your stay?
If You're Staying 4 Nights or More
Your average hotel room works fine for a night or two. By night 4, the takeout containers have piled up and the restaurant menus have started to blur together.
Every suite at The Ann comes with its own kitchen and a separate living room, room to cook something, or just close the laptop and stretch out somewhere that isn’t the bed. There’s laundry too, which matters most around night 3, when the carry-on is running thin and nobody wants to pack for a trip they haven’t finished yet.
If There Are 6 of You, or 8
Splitting a hotel floor across three rooms means someone’s always texting “meet in the lobby.” Instead, the multi-bedroom suites (up to 4 bedrooms), which sleep up to 8, put everyone under one roof: separate bedrooms, one shared living room, and a kitchen island wide enough for the group to lean on while someone makes coffee.
If You're a Bonvoy Member
Book The Ann the way you’d book any Marriott property, and Bonvoy tracks the stay the same way: points earned, progress made toward Elite status. A longer Savannah stay counts the same as a week anywhere else in the portfolio, useful when this trip is one stop in a bigger travel year.
What a Kitchen Saves
4 nights of restaurant meals for a family of 4 adds up fast, and that’s before anyone orders a second round after dinner. A kitchen changes the math: breakfast at the table before a day in Forsyth Park, a stocked fridge for the walk back after the squares close up for the night.
Planning a longer visit, or gathering the family for a reunion or a school break? The suites and lofts are built around exactly this kind of stay.
Which One Fits Your Trip
Choose The Ann If
- Your group is 6 or more and everyone wants a separate bedroom instead of adjoining doors.
- You’re staying 4 nights or longer, and a full kitchen will cut down on daily dining costs.
- You’re a Bonvoy member and want a longer Savannah stay to count toward the account you already use.
- You need laundry done partway through the trip instead of packing for the whole stay.
- You’d rather live inside the neighborhood and feel like a local, walking the same squares as the people who live there, than stay in a room set apart from it.
Frequently Asked Questions
A hotel room is one space built around a bed. A suite at The Ann is built around a full kitchen and a separate living room, with a bedroom (or several) beyond that, so the stay works more like a short-term apartment than a single room.
That’s the idea. The Ann sits inside the Savannah Historic District, a walk from Forsyth Park and the squares, so a stay plays out more like living there for a while: a walk to Little James for coffee, a stocked kitchen, days that follow a routine instead of a hotel schedule.
Yes, suites welcome dogs (up to two per suite), and a pet fee applies for the stay.
Overnight valet parking is available every night at $50 per vehicle. Self-parking is also available in nearby garages, though those come with their own in-and-out charges.
It depends on the night and the season, same as any room in the Historic District. What changes is what the rate includes: a kitchen and a living room instead of a bed and a mini-fridge, which tends to matter more the longer the stay runs.