Any other hotels near or on airports?

Jay Honeck wrote:

Not to rule the place out on this basis -- I love Southern California -- but
without housekeepers and desk staff, you can't run a hotel.

Well, you could do like the western NC tomato farmers did in the 60s and provide
transportation for your workers. They would make the rounds of the workers'
homes at dark-30 and pick them up.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:

"Chico Hot Springs"... north of Yellowstone National Park.
It "used to be" that you would buzz the hotel, and two folks in
pickup trucks would come out and block the road (road was marked
like a runway :-), and you would land and then taxi up to
your room. 4-star resturant, hot springs, descent hotel,
and cabin/room outbuildings.

I never did hear the story about why they closed the airport.

Because some moron flatlander came in in his underpowered cherokee ****
box on a 90 degree day with a 20 knot direct crosswind and tried to go
around, crashed and killed himself. His estate sued. The hotel won but
decided to stop the landings.

Jay Honeck wrote:

That's true at any big-sports college.

Perhaps it won't stay that way. I heard an interview with some bigwig at
Vanderbilt University. UT considered that school a walkover in the dark ages
when I attended. A year or two back, they got rid of their athletic department
(and I may have the wrong term there, but it's the autonomous group that used to
run the sports programs, not the group that teaches the phys-ed courses). This
year they are #1 (so far) in the SEC, and they're saving some ridiculous amount
of money.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

Actually,
Vandy lost to LSU but do have a 4-2 record and for Vandy that is
outstanding! Saturday night Vandy will be 4-3 ..Georgia comes to Nashville
I will be highly depressed if Georgia does not leave Nashville 6-0 with
an absolute dominance of the SEC east. But I will hand it to Vandy ..they
always play tough against Georgia.
But as of today the SEC East standings are GEORGIA(3-0,5-0),
FLORIDA(3-1,5-1), VANDY (2-1,4-2), TENNESSEE(2-2,3-2),SOUTH
CAROLINA(1-3,3-3), and KENTUCKY(0-2,1-4)
But yes George, Vandy is better this year than they have been in a very
long time. I won't be surprised at all if there is a nice little SEC battle
in Nashville Saturday night...Dang I wonder if I could get some cheap
tickets to that one? Oh and Vandy's other lose, Middle TN upset them
17-15 in Nashville. MTSU played a great game!

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck wrote:

That's true at any big-sports college.

Perhaps it won't stay that way. I heard an interview with some bigwig at
Vanderbilt University. UT considered that school a walkover in the dark
ages when I attended. A year or two back, they got rid of their athletic
department (and I may have the wrong term there, but it's the autonomous
group that used to run the sports programs, not the group that teaches the
phys-ed courses). This year they are #1 (so far) in the SEC, and they're
saving some ridiculous amount of money.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your
neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

Jay,
Knowing that alot of counties will help with taxes and such..some even
buy and give land to companies to bring jobs into an area...why not pick a
place you'd like to have a Hotel at an airport. See what kind of biz deal
can be worked. I am sure you know your biz a heck of alot more than
myself,....but maybe a new hotel with all the local gov breaks may be more
cost wise than buying an older hotel that needs work..and may not get the
local gov goodies! I can only imagine the mortgage payment on a hotel....but
it should make a nice tax break

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

There is one in west bend, WI that is newer. Same theme rooms, but cleaner
and nicer.

Get out! I consider West Bend to be my "original" home town. My family
originally settled there after coming over from Germany back in the 1840s.
I lived there from 1960 - 67, and visited family often through the early
1990s.

Where is this hotel?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Knowing that alot of counties will help with taxes and such..some even
buy and give land to companies to bring jobs into an area...why not pick a
place you'd like to have a Hotel at an airport. See what kind of biz deal
can be worked. I am sure you know your biz a heck of alot more than
myself,....but maybe a new hotel with all the local gov breaks may be more
cost wise than buying an older hotel that needs work..and may not get the
local gov goodies! I can only imagine the mortgage payment on a
hotel....but it should make a nice tax break

Great ideas, but buying a tired older hotel is always going to be cheaper
than building new. The trick is to find one that needs freshening up, not
demolition.

And anything we would do would be way too small for any government to be
interested in funding -- heck, our entire staff is just 5 people (plus Mary
and me). Not a big help to anyone's unemployment rolls.

I don't think we can provide the kind of service we do if we were build a
hotel much bigger. I think we could MAYBE handle 45 suites, total, at the
outside, and still do the delivered-to-the-suite breakfast thing. Beyond
that, we'd start slipping into "Holiday/Ramada/Super 8" status -- which
would kill us.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 11 Oct 2005 13:38:22 -0700, "Jay Honeck" wrote
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My friend (who couldn't find enough help in Santa Barbara) told us that
he was able to recruit some help by "trolling the beach" -- walking
down the beach, and recruiting homeless people!

He said that there were literally dozens of people actually *living* on
the beach, because (a) the weather is beautiful, and (b) for political
reasons Santa Barbara is unwilling to do anything about transients.

True?


What year was that?

Hmmm,
Well I would think since most places charge a tax on staying in hotels,
maybe the lack of job creation would be offset by the tax revenue of the
"beloved" hotel tax . Adds to a counties tax base so the local government
has more money to waste.....you know how they like that!
Take TRI here at my home, the nearest hotel from the airport is a couple
of miles away at the I-81 interchange. Nothing is there at the airport! We
do have commercial traffic, but no we ain't O'Hare by a long shot! The
airport is doing pretty well at getting more routes from TRI , and would
like to expand further. What better selling point could the airport
authority make for getting more routes to fly here than having available
services for travelers,...not to mention their flight crews.
If you can offer them or some other place like it the chance for a
win/win situation you might be very amazed at how much "help" you can get. I
hate paying taxes, but I would rather see a small biz-man use the benefits
from it than some big company like WalMart or Proctor and Gamble that needs
"help" expanding like I need another hole in my head .
And since you won't be there all the time you actually may have to hire
more staff...even in Iowa

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Great ideas, but buying a tired older hotel is always going to be cheaper
than building new. The trick is to find one that needs freshening up,
not demolition.

And anything we would do would be way too small for any government to be
interested in funding -- heck, our entire staff is just 5 people (plus
Mary and me). Not a big help to anyone's unemployment rolls.

I don't think we can provide the kind of service we do if we were build a
hotel much bigger. I think we could MAYBE handle 45 suites, total, at
the outside, and still do the delivered-to-the-suite breakfast thing.
Beyond that, we'd start slipping into "Holiday/Ramada/Super 8" status --
which would kill us.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Jay,

Sorry I'm coming into this thread without many of the preceding posts
available. Has anybody mentioned the hotel on the airport at KSGU, St.
George, Utah?

Casey