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Originally Posted by Propeller
(Post 3216649)
Okay all that is nice but location still does matter eapecialy for those of us that dont pack food for each trip or cant due to the hassle of commuting. LAW for example is a particularly terrible overnight for me since theres pretty much nothing around the hotel. I want hotels that are near some food options or maybe even a grocery store. Some of my favorites are CUU, TYR, and GRK and theres something for everyone. I hate the typical hotel by the highway with a gas station and nothing else we tend to stay at.
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Originally Posted by Cyio
(Post 3217008)
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. |
Originally Posted by Varsity
(Post 3217134)
Mainline stays there too, which is hilarious.
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Originally Posted by Sasquatched
(Post 3217127)
Especially if that gas station is in one of those states that forbids them from selling beer. So frustrating!
For locations they also seem to be around a bunch of car dealerships. Is Envoy trying to tell me something? I dont drive a Hyundai |
Originally Posted by martyByrde
(Post 3216802)
Thats absurd, you’re telling me you’d rather stay in a fleabag LaQuinta. Rather than ride the elevator down to the lobby at a nice hotel, with a good location lobby to heat up spaghetti Os?
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Originally Posted by 3400
(Post 3216976)
The LQ in HSV is very nice (Borat voice), had none of those problems. RDU isn’t bad either. Compared to our MEM or GRR overnights, I would take LaQuinta every time.
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. |
Originally Posted by uavking
(Post 3217246)
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 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. |
Originally Posted by highfarfast
(Post 3216887)
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.
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Originally Posted by 3400
(Post 3216976)
The LQ in HSV is very nice (Borat voice), had none of those problems. RDU isn’t bad either. Compared to our MEM or GRR overnights, I would take LaQuinta every time.
Originally Posted by Cyio
(Post 3217008)
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. |
Originally Posted by uavking
(Post 3217246)
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. 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. |
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