Envoy 2021: A New Hope
04-05-2021 | 10:04 AM
#411
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04-05-2021 | 11:27 AM
#412
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I have do get dresses to go down to the lobby in hotels like this. Nobody likes a naked pangolin.
04-05-2021 | 11:59 AM
#413
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I get the desire to have access to a microwave and mini fridge (plenty of business class hotels such as Hilton/Hyatt/Crowne Plaza/Marriott, etc., have fridges btw), but for those of us who didn’t go into this profession to eat four days of leftovers out of a cooler, it would be nice to stay in higher tier properties within striking distance of food and stuff to do. We get per diem for a reason. Do you think the road warriors that we traditionally fly would be jazzed about an LQ next to a Waffle House because “yay, I don’t have to walk 20 ft to nuke stuff?” Come on man.
04-05-2021 | 12:49 PM
#414
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Please gents, feel free to bring up on today’s union call your collective love for LQ, and lower, tier hotels. :rolleyes
I get the desire to have access to a microwave and mini fridge (plenty of business class hotels such as Hilton/Hyatt/Crowne Plaza/Marriott, etc., have fridges btw), but for those of us who didn’t go into this profession to eat four days of leftovers out of a cooler, it would be nice to stay in higher tier properties within striking distance of food and stuff to do. We get per diem for a reason. Do you think the road warriors that we traditionally fly would be jazzed about an LQ next to a Waffle House because “yay, I don’t have to walk 20 ft to nuke stuff?” Come on man.
I get the desire to have access to a microwave and mini fridge (plenty of business class hotels such as Hilton/Hyatt/Crowne Plaza/Marriott, etc., have fridges btw), but for those of us who didn’t go into this profession to eat four days of leftovers out of a cooler, it would be nice to stay in higher tier properties within striking distance of food and stuff to do. We get per diem for a reason. Do you think the road warriors that we traditionally fly would be jazzed about an LQ next to a Waffle House because “yay, I don’t have to walk 20 ft to nuke stuff?” Come on man.
I think some of our worst overnights could be improved just by trading one Holiday Inn location for another closer to downtown or the local points of interest.
04-05-2021 | 01:35 PM
#415
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Honestly, the La Quinta's I've stayed at here haven't been terrible (I know that brand can be though, just hasn't been bad here). So yeah. I'd rather be able to heat up my dinner while I'm changing out of uniform and unpacking my bag rather than doing that and THEN doing the long* travel to the lobby to heat up my food and then doing the long* travel back to my room to eat my now cold food due to the long* journey.
04-05-2021 | 02:30 PM
#416
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That GRR overnight hotel is gross. The carpets feel, how should I say, moist all the time, yet are dry. Yuck. It is a very bizarre place, with the mattress's sitting with an upward curve to them lol. Looks like you are laying down on a giant U.
Anyway, good luck on the hotel front.
Anyway, good luck on the hotel front.
04-05-2021 | 03:23 PM
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Please gents, feel free to bring up on today’s union call your collective love for LQ, and lower, tier hotels. :rolleyes
I get the desire to have access to a microwave and mini fridge (plenty of business class hotels such as Hilton/Hyatt/Crowne Plaza/Marriott, etc., have fridges btw), but for those of us who didn’t go into this profession to eat four days of leftovers out of a cooler, it would be nice to stay in higher tier properties within striking distance of food and stuff to do. We get per diem for a reason. Do you think the road warriors that we traditionally fly would be jazzed about an LQ next to a Waffle House because “yay, I don’t have to walk 20 ft to nuke stuff?” Come on man.
I get the desire to have access to a microwave and mini fridge (plenty of business class hotels such as Hilton/Hyatt/Crowne Plaza/Marriott, etc., have fridges btw), but for those of us who didn’t go into this profession to eat four days of leftovers out of a cooler, it would be nice to stay in higher tier properties within striking distance of food and stuff to do. We get per diem for a reason. Do you think the road warriors that we traditionally fly would be jazzed about an LQ next to a Waffle House because “yay, I don’t have to walk 20 ft to nuke stuff?” Come on man.
Plus those that are into fitness are usually much better served bringing specific food for their goals.
Regardless, I get we all have different tastes and motivations, I just find it hard to believe that some hotels don’t offer microwaves and fridges.
04-05-2021 | 04:52 PM
#418
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In regards to the per diem comment, cost isn’t the only contributing factor. I bring food for the health benefits. Ask most of the senior mainline pilots and they will pretty much say with certainty that bringing your food is one of the best things you could do. Even high end prepared food at nice restaurants is still horrible for you.
Plus those that are into fitness are usually much better served bringing specific food for their goals.
Regardless, I get we all have different tastes and motivations, I just find it hard to believe that some hotels don’t offer microwaves and fridges.
Plus those that are into fitness are usually much better served bringing specific food for their goals.
Regardless, I get we all have different tastes and motivations, I just find it hard to believe that some hotels don’t offer microwaves and fridges.
04-05-2021 | 05:10 PM
#419
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Sort of a tangent, but if you're by an REI, check out the Sea to Summit collapsible bowls in the camping section. Couple different sizes, microwavable, and they double as plates. The titanium sporks in the same section are handy too.
04-05-2021 | 06:00 PM
#420
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Thank you. I could meal prep, but I get very tired of eating the same thing day after day, plus the time it takes to do it. Slam clicking isnt my thing either so I appreciate our better overnights near stuff and hopefuly thats with a good crew. In my previous post I meant COU not CUU, but I agree that breakfast is realy good!
I think some of our worst overnights could be improved just by trading one Holiday Inn location for another closer to downtown or the local points of interest.
I think some of our worst overnights could be improved just by trading one Holiday Inn location for another closer to downtown or the local points of interest.
It doesn't have to ne either/or.
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