Bigdog wrote: The first nite out we stayed in Redding and when we checked in there was a very strong odor of curry..The bed looked as if it hadn't been changed and the bathtub had black stuff in it,$85..........................Same thing as in Redding,the sheets were so worn,they also looked slept in and the shower head blew off and hit me in the back of the head..$110.
I stayed once for 8 months in a hotel while waiting for my transfer to be finalized. During this time, and others while on business I have encountered bathrooms not clean, questionable bedding, and once even had a room that the heat did not work in, and it was below 0 outside. I prefer my rv, it is kept to my personal and families sanitation standards. I wish when I take a business trip that I would be allowed to take the fiver. As a family we recently took a 7 night vacation at an RV Resort for $205. That would be less than three nights in most hotels. Has anyone seen the Oprah episode when they show the sanitation secrets of hotels? Enough to make me want to take my own bedding.
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We just bought our MH in Aug, so up to now, we've mostly used hotels, and seen a variety in the quality in places we've stayed. I'm pretty careful in choosing a Motel, but always try to get it for under $100/night. In June, we stayed in Door Co., WI, and had an excellent stay at Beachfront Inn. It was exceptionally clean and homey, and the people were friendly. Also, in September, we were in Glen Arbor, MI at Lakeshore Inn, and found the same to be true - exceptionally clean, and very pleasant surroundings. Both these rooms were in my price range, and I was extremely satisfied. On the other hand, we had to stay in St. Joesph, MI at a chain motel in May, due to a family member having emergency surgery, and I had never seen a dirtier motel. No alarm clock, and we had to be up early to be at the hospital. M&Ms were on the floor under the bed from a previous client. It was just nasty. We made do, just because it was a short notice stay, and didn't want to hassle. But it was just a place to crash, and we showered and got out of there. Now that we have the MH, we will most likely use it for everything except long drives across country trips.
Kathy
pete42 wrote: If this has been discussed to death before feel free to delete the topic.
Last trip to Alabama we stayed in motels.
bed sucked, pillows were flat and noise was really loud.
saying nothing about how long it takes to check-in behind some very drunk people.
I truly feel for the night clerks.
how many have endured the same or similar conditions?
Pete
I'm to old to miss my sleep
First I quite staying in those places and changed to Hampton Inn. Now Hampton Inn has extemely nice beds and pillows, and also no noise! But Hamption Inn is usually over a $100 a night. So now I stay in Hotel Allegro. If I don't like the bed or pillows, I know who to blame. And the noise is usually over by 11pm. If it is not, I can move.
I travel for work and average 150 nights per year in hotels. I would highly recommend finding a hotel family you like and stick with it. I too stay in the Hilton chain and usually a Hampton Inn. They are generally clean, comfortable, and have a decent breakfast. At least the same hotel family brings some consistency. In the summer when the kids are out of school I do bring the family and try to make working camping trips. Nothing like getting out of work and going canoeing or just relaxing by the fire.
Thread number 8-bizzionon, two hundred and three on the subject.
But I wanted to give this twist. I'm going to a college football game tomorrow. I would have had to make a motel reservation a full year ago. But, I called the campground a month ago and am in.
No let me go back to the original thread- 25 bucks a night (versus 100+++ on the motel), and the real thing is that I have a gallon of milk in the fridge and a bag of cookies in the pantry!!!!!! (and no honor-bar prices or key needed). I'm sitting at my kitchenette, the wi-fi is working great and posting on Woodalls forums....
If I have a choice, and I usually do, I will camp vs hoteling it any day of the week! Last March my DD and I went to a rock concert that was about 4 hours from home. The original plan when I bought the tickets was that my DH and DS would come with and we would camp. My DD and I would go to the concert and my DH and DS would have some father-son bonding time. Well, the DS and DH wound up having some sort of Boy Scout event to go to and because I don't do the towing, nor am I about to learn on a 40 ft. fifth wheel, I made reservations at a hotel using a discount hotel reservation website. NEVER AGAIN! The room was worn down and nasty. Peeling wallpaper, a sink in the bathroom being held in place by a wooden dowel, nail heads protruding from the walls, worn out and stained fabric on the couch, bathroom floor that was still dusty/dirty in the corners, the toilet clogged with the first flush (which they fixed). The only reason why I didn't move was because the beds were okay (although there's nothing like my own bed) and the hotel was sold out because of the concert. I wasn't going to start looking for another hotel in the area, which I am not familiar with, to find another room. For one night we put up with it. Never again.
We stayed in a motel recently only because the MH was in the shop overnight. Miserable bed which was supposed to be a queen but was really a double, hairballs from previous guest's hairbrush still on the carpet, horrible coffee, lounge chair was stained, bathroom vent clogged with dust, sheets like sandpaper, flat pillows and the bathtub would not hold water. $135.00. Movie - $14.00, mediocre room service dinner $52.00. Cheap and uncomfortable.
If I had to stay in hotels/motels while traveling, I would travel less.
I've stayed in some very nice 4-star hotels in Europe, where I didn't take my RV. Rack rates ranged from $150 to $300 Euros per night. Even so, whether or not they are quiet, depends on who is in nearby rooms and what they are doing.
I don't see equivalent hotels here at any lower prices, particularly in cities. On the road, you can find halfway decent room quality (and much larger room sizes) in "business-class" motel chains like Drury for $100-$150 a night, but service is minimal. As you go down the price scale, rooms are dirtier, furnishings shabbier. At some point, you get down to the "in and out in an hour" motels, which can be really dirty and noisy.
Even in a RV park or campground, how quiet it is depends on your nearest neighbors, which is luck of the draw.
I started camping in 1994. The last time I stayed in a motel was 1998 when I went to Iowa for my Mother's funeral. I made a vow after that trip that I would never stay in another motel or hotel.
I haven't yet and never will. I like to take my home with me.
Before I was retired I had no choice but to stay in what ever accommodation was available on the road. Now that I am retired it is my bed, my food which is priceless. The cost of the RV or it's depreciation does not even enter into the picture because it is a lifestyle that we have chosen and worked for and I am going to spend my money on what and how we want to, financial sense or not. I have yet to see an armoured car following a hearse.
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