Ever notice
Dec. 31st, 2007 10:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zianuraythat the more a hotel/motel/lodging costs, the more "additional fees" and the fewer amenities you get?
Mariott Maquis in Atlanta, GA -- minimum $150/night. Local phone calls, min. $1 each. Internet access -- $20/day in-room line; $10 PER LOGON WiFi. Fridge by prior arrangement, $10/night fee, "subject to availability"; no microwave. Parking $20/day.
Knight's Inn / King's Inn (various places) -- $50 night maybe. Generally $40. Dorm fridge and nuker in room. Free local calls. Free parking on a well-lighted lot. Usually no internet (unless you have a dial-up account -- in which case, that 800 number is a free call.)
Day's Inn -- $50-69/night. Most had a fridge. Local calls free (well, included.) WiFi / DSL included. Some had a nuker.
And the rooms are (heh) roomier at the Knight's Inn and better yet at the Day's Inn.
Sheesh. You do NOT get what you pay for in lodging.
I know, the Maquis is a big business/convention place, with bellhops and valet parking and overpriced cafes and grills that are closed when you're most hungry and roomservice food sucks.
Mariott Maquis in Atlanta, GA -- minimum $150/night. Local phone calls, min. $1 each. Internet access -- $20/day in-room line; $10 PER LOGON WiFi. Fridge by prior arrangement, $10/night fee, "subject to availability"; no microwave. Parking $20/day.
Knight's Inn / King's Inn (various places) -- $50 night maybe. Generally $40. Dorm fridge and nuker in room. Free local calls. Free parking on a well-lighted lot. Usually no internet (unless you have a dial-up account -- in which case, that 800 number is a free call.)
Day's Inn -- $50-69/night. Most had a fridge. Local calls free (well, included.) WiFi / DSL included. Some had a nuker.
And the rooms are (heh) roomier at the Knight's Inn and better yet at the Day's Inn.
Sheesh. You do NOT get what you pay for in lodging.
I know, the Maquis is a big business/convention place, with bellhops and valet parking and overpriced cafes and grills that are closed when you're most hungry and roomservice food sucks.
