Downtown layovers
#11
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I am referring to domestic flying only..I do like some downtown layovers but the number is getting smaller and smaller. Indy, Boston, Little Rock, Houston, among others are good. Then you have the bad.....Jackson, Buffalo, Albany, Tallahassee, Baltimore, Dayton, Providence, NY, and St Louis, just to name a few. I have found most guys who like the downtown layovers are big beer drinkers. They always say this layover is horrible but I have a hole in the wall bar I like to go too.
#12
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I think the cutoff time between long and short layovers needs to change also. 12 hr layover I don't want to go downtown.. I'm not going to drink or go out usually. I just want to eat, work out, and sleep comfortably. 15+ hrs then maybe I'd rather go downtown. 12hrs isn't enough time imho.
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#13
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I think the cutoff time between long and short layovers needs to change also. 12 hr layover I don't want to go downtown.. I'm not going to drink or go out usually. I just want to eat, work out, and sleep comfortably. 15+ hrs then maybe I'd rather go downtown. 12hrs isn't enough time imho.
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#14
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True. And having private transportation to a downtown hotel is a huge plus over the unpredictability of airport hotel vans..
#15
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Agreed. If we're using transportation as the argument, downtown wins just about every time. I'd rather spend 0 minutes on the curb and 20-30 in a climate controlled van with my crew member(s), than 15-20 minutes on the curb to climb into an overstuffed community van with 3 more stops before getting to the hotel.
#19
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I also think private transport for all layovers should be looked at, barring a property on airport grounds, which may inspire more of those as short hotels.
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