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Old 09-01-2019, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by njd1 View Post
While true, there is something to be said for staying at a hotel outside of earshot of either the airport or a city center. Noise is the enemy of good sleep, and one thing you learn pretty quickly in this business is good sleep is absolutely required to function well in the job, particularly on a 4 or 5 day trip. Get crappy sleep and by day 3 you'll be a zombie.

Case in point: Ithaca NY: The Hotel Ithaca is a very nice place to stay but it's in downtown and if you're not on the top floor the noise associated with the city street below is loud enough to wake me from a sound sleep.

Burlington, VT is my favorite overnight. It's beautiful, quiet, and the hotel we stay at has some of the most comfortable beds I've ever slept in. It's the one hotel at which I get a quality of sleep comparable to being at home.
Burlington and Portland are my favs. Nice hotels and plenty to do on a long layover.
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Old 09-03-2019, 03:38 PM
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Ithaca is by far the best overnight. College town, lots to do because you're in town. But as someone else mentioned, the street noise can be bothersome if you're on a lower floor. I sleep with the hotel air con on constant fan or something to drown out noise. The bed in ITH is the most comfortable. ELM (Elmira NY) is good too for a lot of the same reasons, but I don't know if we're RON there now.

You try to find something you like on every overnight. A restaurant, a bar, some place to exercise that isn't dank hotel gym. I'm not one to pack food, never have been, so finding decent local places is fun for me. I'm not a slam clicker mostly, but I'm finishing a degree, so most of my overnights are packed with class work.
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Old 09-03-2019, 05:28 PM
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Ithaca is by far the best overnight. College town, lots to do because you're in town. But as someone else mentioned, the street noise can be bothersome if you're on a lower floor. I sleep with the hotel air con on constant fan or something to drown out noise. The bed in ITH is the most comfortable. ELM (Elmira NY) is good too for a lot of the same reasons, but I don't know if we're RON there now.

You try to find something you like on every overnight. A restaurant, a bar, some place to exercise that isn't dank hotel gym. I'm not one to pack food, never have been, so finding decent local places is fun for me. I'm not a slam clicker mostly, but I'm finishing a degree, so most of my overnights are packed with class work.
Do you guys get overnights in Quebec? I’m studying French so that would be cool to me if I could practice there
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Old 09-03-2019, 05:56 PM
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Do you guys get overnights in Quebec? I’m studying French so that would be cool to me if I could practice there
We were in YQB(Quebec City) for a little bit, don’t know if that’s true now. Same with YUL (Montreal). In YUL, we stay at an Aloft by the airport that’s near nothing. But, if you are lucky to get the long overnight, take the shuttle back to the airport and get a day pass on the bus. It’s about $12 CAD, so it’s about $9 USD. Long bus ride, but if you want French immersion, that’s the way to do it!
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Old 09-03-2019, 06:46 PM
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We were in YQB(Quebec City) for a little bit, don’t know if that’s true now. Same with YUL (Montreal). In YUL, we stay at an Aloft by the airport that’s near nothing. But, if you are lucky to get the long overnight, take the shuttle back to the airport and get a day pass on the bus. It’s about $12 CAD, so it’s about $9 USD. Long bus ride, but if you want French immersion, that’s the way to do it!
In September we have no overnights in Quebec and only three trips with landings there. Tons of trips to Montreal including overnights, however.
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Old 09-04-2019, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Betasound View Post
We were in YQB(Quebec City) for a little bit, don’t know if that’s true now. Same with YUL (Montreal). In YUL, we stay at an Aloft by the airport that’s near nothing. But, if you are lucky to get the long overnight, take the shuttle back to the airport and get a day pass on the bus. It’s about $12 CAD, so it’s about $9 USD. Long bus ride, but if you want French immersion, that’s the way to do it!
Sounds cool to me
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