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Cheap And Good Hotels Are Not Impossible
October 14th, 2008 by Trip Wend, under Air Travel, Airport Hotels, Vacation Destinations. No Comments
It is hard for someone to find a good hotel or one that is quite cheap, though there seems to be places to stay everywhere. Finding a place in the person’s price range and that has all the facilities the person desires can be very depressing. Read on for helpful tips regarding this crisis.
Firstly, set your level of expectation. You need to stay at a hotel for a reason. If it’s your honeymoon, you may want to experience something more luxurious where the hotel is part of the vacation itself. Perhaps you’re looking for bed and breakfast inns, or somewhere to indulge and let others wait on your needs. A business man may require something a little larger where he can work and conduct business from. A seasoned traveller may have simpler needs, or a limited budget that allows for nothing more than a place to sleep of a night. Your reason of being there is your ultimate guide to what is good, and what is cheap for the task you are setting out to achieve.
The person has to make a decision on what a \”good\” hotel is, even if it is just somewhere with a clean restroom and bedding that has helpful hotel staff. One can choose whether to spend their hotel day with or without an outside view, mini-bar with lots of food, and television with adult content. The person could be satisfied to have these privileges elsewhere, such as their home for example, and may just want a place to go to bed at night.
Most hotels you go to must make cash other than that from room charges. Therefore, they harshly make you pay four dollars for soda, six dollars for some candy, and twelve dollars to watch movies on the television. You should not buy these things just because they are there, even if you are not money tight. you should just go to the store and buy them there instead before going to the hotel.
If one wants a cheap motel and is not looking for a bed or breakfast inn, he/she should probably check out well known areas near huge traffic areas, industrial areas, or airports. The person will often find a good room there too, as long as he/she asks to see it. First the person should ask if it’s available just in case all rooms are full. Once the individual receives the key, he/she can feel free to check out the room and come back to either register or ask for another room.
I’ve stayed in a lot of hotels in my time. I’ve come to have an expectation of how much a room is worth to me, and at what point I will need to spend more elsewhere to get what I need to suitably rest. I’ve been more than happy with a particular chain of budget motels over the years. With the exception of one, they’ve all provided me with my minimum requirements and all at less than $50 per night. That is my idea of ideal, not necessarily just cheap. I’m happy to pay around $75 per night if the location is closer to where I need to be, or if the room includes my breakfast. Under those circumstances, however, the hotel is probably going to fall into a slightly higher category than just \”good.\”
Every person expects different things than another person would. Some individuals have even treated staff of the hotel as if the staff were somewhat lower than themselves while others treat everyone equally. Being respectful and polite, however, are the key things to having a wonderful hotel stay. One could not go wrong if he/she is courteous.
Different people can have a variety of reasons on why they stay in a hotel or bed and breakfast inn. The person should find a pretty good hotel that is not that expensive if he/she looks for one just to sleep in. People often share experiences with one another, for this is how they learn about good hotels.
10 Things I Like About Airport Hotels With Park Sleep Fly Packages
July 13th, 2008 by stevinium, under Air Travel, Airport Hotels, Park Sleep Fly. No Comments
10 Things I Like About Airport Hotels With Park Sleep Fly Packages
By Henry O’Shea
Park Sleep Fly Packages have become very popular in the past couple years, but some people still don’t understand why you would go this route when you can just go to a local airport parking lot the day of your flight.
There are a lot of reasons to do whatever you want to do, but:
These are the Top 10 Things I like about Airport Hotels with Park Sleep Fly Packages:
- I get to leave for my trip a day early. With my package booked at an airport hotel, I leave the day before. I stay at the hotel that night and depending on when my flight leaves, get up and go catch a shuttle to the airport the next day.
- I get to have a nice dinner the night before either at the Hotel Restaurant, or a restaurant nearby. There’s always a good restaurant near the airport.
- I Don’t have to worry about traffic. When I am at an airport hotel, I am almost at the airport and the shuttle will take me the rest of the way.
- I don’t have to search for a parking place at the airport parking lot, then hope for a shuttle to pick me up.
- I don’t have to worry about my car being in the airport’s longterm parking lot.
- I don’t have to worry about missing my flight. I get a wakeup call in the morning.W
- When I’m ready I just have to walk down to the lobby to catch my shuttle. No rushing around the house like a chicken with his head cut off.
- I don’t have to pay the airports exorbitant parking charges where I get nothing in return.
- When I come back from my trip, the Hotel shuttle comes and picks me up at the arrivals gate and helps me with my luggage. Cause by this time I am tired.
- I can always count on getting good service from the hotel parking and shuttle service.
So there you have it. My top 10 reasons for using airport park sleep fly hotels. This is actually a little known thing that started up when the airports started charging so much for parking that you could rent a room and leave your car at the hotel for free. I like to get something for my money, and paying for parking my car is not the best value.
I’d rather pay the hotel, start my trip early and have fun instead of worrying.
Henry
Henry O’Shea is A Former Travel Agent and Photographer currently living the good life, traveling and just having fun. Visit his blog at Phila Airport Parking or his other website at AAA Park Sleep Fly Packages
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