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Heyltslori

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 8:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Pamy said head.:)

Pamy

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 8:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    


Tabbyking

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 9:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
no babyruths in the pool.

unless it's our tvch gal!

Tabbyking

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 9:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
oh, and a friend swears to me that she knows someone who went to vegas and discovered a lady's body wrapped in plastic under her bed.
i always check under the bed now, but never found anything good. not that a body would be good, but i bet if that really happened, someone gets comped big time for the rest of her life!

Babyruth

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 9:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hey! :)

Tabbyking

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 11:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
yeah, babyruth!!!

Deesandy

Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We found a empty condom package in the condo of a homeowner who was staying there for a week...without his wife.

hmmm...

Oregonfire

Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can't much speak to lodging during a vacation, because I've stayed in some real dives during my world traveling days. I would say that the room and bed must be clean and the air not too hot.

I know from my childhood that I always hated regimented vacations. You know, where you get up at the crack of dawn to doggedly complete some Type A person's itinerary. That's work, not a vacation. Chose two or three of the things you truly want to do for the entire day, and leave plenty of time for soaking up local color and the always-pleasant unexpected activities.

Teachmichigan

Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 11:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Woohoo...Warren! :) (Might have to get him to answer to "oooohhhhhh Pooooollll Maaaannnnn" though!).

Worst thing I've seen (thank goodness) is an old pizza box w/ a couple of slices of pizza left in the bottom drawer of a bureau. Looked like it'd been there a good long time...but we got another room out of the deal.

Fortunately, DH and I both have decent jobs now, so we can afford nicer hotels and avoid dives. We don't travel much, but when we do, we go in style! :)

Texannie

Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oregon, I do slot in "free time" in my type A schedule of activities! ;)

Deesandy

Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 12:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
While we are talking about items found in hotel rooms, let me tell you this one!

My mother-in-law went to Savannah GA for a wedding. We stayed in what you would think to be a "safe" hotel. We were rushed the first day and basically dropped off our luggage and went to the dinner rehearsal. The next morning, we found a four inch mushroom growing out of the tile in the bathroom.

We did not have to pay for our weekend visit.

Tabbyking

Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 2:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
we stayed at one of the motel 6's in sunnyvale. they had shampooed the carpet and it wasn't dry. we didn't realize it and just opened the door and set our soft-sided luggage down on the floor and took off for a day at great america. when we got back to our room about 11:00 p.m., all of our suitcases had soaked up the water and all of our clothing was damp. they had no other rooms. we all got into the beds in our street clothes. and discovered neither bed even had a top sheet--which really grossed me out because they rarely wash their blankets and spreads, just the sheets, and i didn't even get a sheet to separate me from the blanket:). i went to the office. they told us they would comp us for the next time we came to town and gave us a paper saying so.
about a month later, we went there again. they told us they couldn't comp the room because the woman who had signed our paper was only a 'learning employee' and never ended up staying on with them.
i went ballistic. i think they finally gave us half our money back, but we never stayed with them in sunnyvale again. i contacted motel 6 corporate, but they were less than helpful and told me no one is allowed to comp a room. huh?
and even motel 6's are not inexpensive when they are in silicon valley. it was 70 bucks or something for a night even 4 or 5 years back.

i do stay with them in san luis obispo if i don't make a round-trip in one day, because everything else there is so expensive, but no problems there so far! knock on sheetrock!

Urgrace

Monday, January 26, 2004 - 10:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Warm, inviting, friendly, prompt, thorough service is first with me. A heated pool would be nice, but I've never expected it to be heated and never based my vacation experience on heated pool water. Guess my priorities are different.

As for the best place I've ever stayed, it was a private cabin completely furnished with tv/vcr and clock radio, linens, microwave & fridge in the fully equipped kitchen with a cook stove, but also right down to such things as condiments and coffee, beach mats, videos, books, suntan lotion, an umbrella, bbq pit and a hammock. Our host even gave the cabin ambiance with knick knacks, photos and art, and brought us fresh flowers and fruits.

BTW I love St. Augustine.